The Elements of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering. Prepared for Students of International Correspondence Schools, Scranton, PA. Volumes I - IV

by International Correspondence Schools, Scranton, Pa

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Book desription: Scranton: Colliery Engineer Co.. Very Good. 1898. Hard Cover. 4 volumes (2954 pages) , plates, thousands of text illustrations and diagrams, half leather, very good. 4 volumes only. From the preface: "We decided to issue a new edition of all the Instruction and Question Papers of our various Technical Courses, which should be uniform in style and type, and suitable for publication in book form. The volumes for the present Course, the Electrical Engineering (formerly the Mechanical-Electrical) , are seven in number: Volume I contains the Instruction and Question Papers on Arithmetic, Algebra, Logarithms, Geometry and Trigonometry, Elementary Mechanics, Hydromechanics, Pneumatics, and Heat. Volume II contains the Instruction and Question Papers on Steam Engines, Strength of Materials, Applied Mechanics, and Steam Boilers. Volume III contains the Instruction and Question Papers on Machine Design, Principles of Electricity and Magnetism, Electrical Measurements, Batteries, and Applied Electricity. Volume IV contains the Instruction and Question Papers on Electric Transmission, Electric Railways, Electric Lighting, and Dynamo-Electric Machine Design (Continuous Current) , Motor Design (Continuous-Current) , Theory of Alternating-Current Apparatus, Design of Alternating-Current Apparatus. ~ In preparing this edition, we have thoroughly revised the Papers which originally constituted the Course, and have brought everything up to date. The Paper formerly known as Power Transmission has been taken out and replaced by the Paper entitled Electric Transmission. The Papers entitled Electric Railways and Electric Lighting have been added to the Course. " MBW14; 2954 pages .

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