Alfred Powell Morgan

Facts about electricity, radio waves, electrons and electronics with directions for building radio receivers and amplifiers and information on sending and receiving radio and telegraph signals.

Discusses the historical background and present-day importance of electrochemistry and includes instructions for constructing apparatus and performing experiments.

Explains solid state physics, transistors, and semiconductors. Also gives instructions for constructing a transistor motor, a solar-powered receiver, a galvanometer, a solar powerhouse and other electronic devices.

Information on keeping fish in home aquariums and reptiles and amphibians in vivariums. Grades 5-8. For other editions, see Author Catalog.

Facts about electricity, radio waves, electrons and electronics with directions for building radio receivers and amplifiers and information on sending and receiving radio and telegraph signals.

An introduction to the basic principles of chemistry with instructions for simple experiments.

Alfred P. Morgan produced an excellent book to help young people discover science and scientific principles through the construction of scientific experiments. Each chapter is a description of a phenomenon and a detailed step-by-step plan, with drawings, to show how to build an apparatus to conduct an experiment to learn more. The principles include several weather experiments, a great section on gyroscopes, a section on steam power, and several experiments showing how sound can be studied, as well as many other fascinating ways to learn scientific methods and have great fun. While the book is about ninety years old, the experiments can still teach effectively. The construction of the experiments can challenge a young person to learn to use simple hand tools and discover the joys of craftsmanship as well.