Electric Light: Its Production and Use
by Urquhart, John W
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/none
- Seller
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Picton, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Crosby, 1890, 3rd ed. 380 p., 41 p. adv., 16 p. engineering series, with 145 illustrations; plain directions for the treatment of dynamo-electric machines, batteries, accumulators and electric lamps. Also discusses generators and circuits. Green boards stained, spine cracked, fep repaired, next page foxed but seems mostly clear throughout. Fascinating reading about early development of batteries and light. A rare edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Naval Marine Archive (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 814488
- Title
- Electric Light: Its Production and Use
- Author
- Urquhart, John W
- Format/Binding
- Book
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- none
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Third edition, carefully revised, with large additions.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Crosby Lockwood and Son
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1890
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- development of electric light
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- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...