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ELECTRICITY IN THE SERVICE OF MAN
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USES OF ELECTRICITY OR WONDERS OF ELECTRICITY

Electricity is one of the greatest wonders of modern science. When professor Faraday first demonstrated the nature of electricity in the last century, the great statesman of Britain. Gladstone wanted to know what the use of that electricity was Faraday retorted, "What is the use of runs-born baby O" Indeed, today the baby has grown into a vigorous man It IS a mysterious power like the giant who could be called to obey an order by rubbing Aladdin’s magic lamp. There IS no miracle which It cannot perform. Most of the Inventions of the twentieth century depended on lt.

It has revolutionized our domestic life. It turns our fans, air-conditioners, and refrigerators in summer and heats our rooms and Supplies hot water in winter- It washes our clothes, dries and irons them Modern kitchen IS equipped with electric toaster t cooking-range, micro-wave oven, etc. Electric vacuum cleaners sweep the floors and electric shavers are used for daily shaving. It IS used for turning on the radio, television. V C R- video games and dish antenna.

 

The discovery of electricity has worked wonders in the field of transport and communication. It has made it possible to send messages over thousands of kilometers through telephone, telex, e-mail, teleprinter, and fax in the twinkling of an eye. Ships and airplanes are provided with wireless sets. They are guided by the control tower when need be. Radar is also a kind of radio device which makes flying safe and possible even in bad weather. Electric trains are also used for transport.

Edison's invention of the electric bulb is another triumph of electricity. Our homes, factories, clubs, and roads are illuminated with electric bulbs. Simply switching on and switching off plunges everything into darkness and illuminates every nook and corner, which is nothing short of a wonder. Electricity is also trapped in batteries which are very widely used these days. It is also used for operating computers and robots.

 

Electricity has been used in surgery and medicine for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases. It enables doctors to locate fracture or dislocation of a Joint and to find out internal disorders by taking X-ray photographs. A radiologist can see the exact position and condition of any organ by ultra-sonography. Diseases of the heart can be diagnosed with the help of E.C.G. skin diseases can be cured by exposure to ultraviolet rays and muscles are restored to their normal condition by electric massage. The laser helps in curing certain internal wounds without opening the body.

It is also used in generating atomic energy. Small or big factories and mills use electricity. It may rightly be asserted that cheap electric power is the index of a country's industrial development and prosperity. Any country where there is load-shedding, as we have in Pakistan, cannot develop industrially. Electricity is used for melting steel and all other metals. It helps in composing and printing books, magazines, and newspapers, etc. It works tube-wells for watering the fields. Electric cranes are used for lifting heavyweight. Electric lifts and stairs are also widely used in the west and it is the only pollution-free energy. In short, volumes have been written on the •wonders of electricity and yet it is like a drop out of the ocean. Because new discoveries of its usage are being made. A day might come when the wonders of electricity will make life on this earth similar to the life depicted in the "Arabian Nights".