Project Gutenberg 2021-09-29 Public domain in the USA. 87 Various Verschillende Various, Various Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, Fifth Series, No. 40, Vol. I, October 4, 1884 Susan Skinner, Eric Hutton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, Fifth Series, No.…" is a scientific publication printed in the late 19th century. It serves as a collection of articles that explore advancements in various fields such as electricity and gas, as well as presenting discussions on literature and art. A significant theme of this issue revolves around the potential future of electricity, highlighting its rapid progress and its competing role with gas as a source of lighting and power. The main article discusses the development of electric lighting, tracing its history from its early experiments with arc lights to its more practical applications through incandescent lamps. The piece addresses both the promise of electric light and its commercial failures, attributing past speculation to its current lack of public enthusiasm. It outlines electric light's benefits, comparing it favorably to gas in terms of safety, cost-effectiveness, and overall utility in domestic and public spaces. Other contributions in the journal touch on various topics, from literature critiques to personal narratives, creating a multifaceted view of the era's intellectual pursuits. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 65.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Periodicals AP Text Category: Literature - Other Category: Science - Physics Category: Engineering & Technology Category: Art Category: Journals 133160 2025-07-26T09:14:27.294149 text/html 109190 2024-10-18T16:28:37 text/html 366692 2025-07-26T09:14:30.342161 application/epub+zip 365820 2025-07-26T09:14:27.922188 application/epub+zip 132262 2025-07-26T09:14:27.577155 application/epub+zip 414143 2025-07-26T09:14:32.302138 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 398772 2025-07-26T09:14:30.059144 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 164499 2022-09-29T20:44:43.226172 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 118895 2025-07-26T09:14:27.115139 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 98674 2024-10-18T16:28:37 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 11145 2025-07-26T09:14:32.426155 application/rdf+xml 28118 2025-07-26T09:14:27.671151 image/jpeg 3113 2025-07-26T09:14:27.630163 image/jpeg 358498 2025-07-26T09:14:27.312159 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog