Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xv, 455, cccxciv, xiii pages)
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digital, PDF file(s)
ISBN:
9781107280854
Series Statement:
Cambridge library collection. Technology
Content:
Two years after Thomas Edison patented his electric light bulb, the 1881 International Exposition of Electricity in Paris, featuring many spectacular lighting displays, showcased the potential of this technology for commercial and domestic use. The accompanying International Congress of Electricians also agreed on international standards for units of electrical resistance, potential and current. In its wake, James Dredge (1840–1906), editor of the British periodical Engineering, compiled this illustrated overview of electrical technology and its application to lighting. First published in two volumes between 1882 and 1885, and using material that had previously appeared in Engineering, as well as new articles by various contributors, this substantial work reflects the complexities and possibilities of a propitious technological development. Among other topics, Volume 2 covers electrical measurement, standard textbooks, photometry, and recent developments in lamps and dynamos. The appendices give abstracts of British electrical patents from 1873 to 1882
Content:
Preface -- Part I: 1. Electrical measurement -- 2. Standard works on electricity and magnetism -- Part II: 1. Photometry -- 2. The eye as a photometric instrument -- Part III: 1. Dynamometers -- 2. A testing installation -- Part IV: 1. Recent dynamo machines and lamps -- Index -- Appendices
Note:
Originally published in London by Offices of Engineering in 1885
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781108070645
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781108070645
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9781107280854
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107280854
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