Here's a few going back 270 years with a focus on electricity, enjoy. * Electricity in the 17th and 18th Centuries A Study of Early Modern Physics (1979) https

Here's a few going back 270 years with a focus on electricity, enjoy. * Electricity in the 17th and 18th Centuries A Study of Early Modern Physics (1979) https://archive.org/details/electricityin17t0000heil https://archive.org/details/electricityin17t0000heil * Early electrical communication (1964) https://archive.org/details/earlyelectricalc0000marl https://archive.org/details/earlyelectricalc0000marl * Bibliographical history Of Electricity And Magnetism (1922) https://archive.org/details/bibliographicalh033138mbp/page/n5/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/bibliographicalh033138mbp/page/n... ^ This is still one of the best. * Electric Science Its History, Phenomena, and Applications (1853) https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Lks1AAAAMAAJ https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Lks1AAAAMAAJ * The History and Present State of Electricity (1769) https://archive.org/details/historyandprese00priegoog https://archive.org/details/historyandprese00priegoog