Cyclopedia of applied electricity : a general reference work on direct-current generators and motors, storage batteries, electrochemistry, welding, electric wiring, meters, electric lighting, electric railways, power stations, switchboards, power transmission, alternating-current machinery, telegraphy, etc. . Author of Alternating-Current Engineering AUGUSTUS TREADWELL, Jr., E. E. Associate Member, American Institute of Electrical Engineers Author of The Storage Battery: A Practical Treatise on the Construction, Theory, andUse of Secondary Batteries SAMUEL SHELDON, A. M., Ph. D. Professor of P
Cyclopedia of applied electricity : a general reference work on direct-current generators and motors, storage batteries, electrochemistry, welding, electric wiring, meters, electric lighting, electric railways, power stations, switchboards, power transmission, alternating-current machinery, telegraphy, etc. . Author of Alternating-Current Engineering AUGUSTUS TREADWELL, Jr., E. E. Associate Member, American Institute of Electrical Engineers Author of The Storage Battery: A Practical Treatise on the Construction, Theory, andUse of Secondary Batteries SAMUEL SHELDON, A. M., Ph. D. Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of BrooklynJoint Author of Dynamo-Electric Machinery, Alternating-Current Machines HOBART MASON, B. S., E. E. Assistant in Electrical Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn: Associate Member, American Institute of Electrical EngineersJoint Author of Dynamo-Electric Machinery, Alternating-Current Machines H. M. HOBART, B. Sc. Member, Institution of Civil Engineers, American Institute of Electrical EngineersJoint Author of Armature Construction ALBERT GUSHING CREHORE, A. B., Ph. D. Electrical Engineer; Assistant Professor of Physics, Dartmouth CollegeAuthor of Synchronous and Other Multiple Telegraphs; Joint Author of Alter-nating Currents. Z C : r-, O O 1:0 S - asw ?+^^ tfS <D tfl ^ [^ ::3 ^ Fore v/or d ONE of the simplest acts in modern life is switching onthe electric current that gives light or power, or thatmakes possible communication between distant child can perform that act as effectively as a man, sothoroughly has electricity been broken to the harness of theworlds work; but behind that simple act stand a hundred yearsof struggle and achievement, and the untiring labors of thousandsof the centurys greatest scientists. To compact the results ofthese labors into the compass of a practical reference work isthe achievement that has been attempted — and it is believedaccomplished—in this latest
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