Electric Power Transmission A Practical Treatise For Practical Men

Author : Louis Bell
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330151303
Total Pages : 781 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (513 download)

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Download or read book Electric Power Transmission written by Louis Bell and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-24 with total page 781 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Electric Power Transmission: A Practical Treatise for Practical Men This volume is designed to set forth in the simplest possible manner the fundamental facts concerning present practice in electrical power transmission. Busy men have little time to spend in discussing theories of which the practical results are known, or in following the derivation of formulæ which no one disputes. The author has therefore endeavored, in introducing such theoretical considerations as are necessary, to explain them in the most direct way practicable; using proximate methods of proof when precise and general ones would lead to mathematical complications without altering the conclusion for the purpose in hand, and stating only the results of investigation when the processes are undesirably complicated. In writing of a many-sided and rapidly changing art, it is impossible in a finite compass to cover all the phases of the subject or to prophesy the modifications that time will bring forth; hence the epoch of this work is the present and the point of view chosen is that of the man, engineer or not, who desires to know what can be accomplished by electrical power transmission, and by what processes the work is planned and carried out. This treatment is not without value to the student who wishes to couple his investigations of electrical theory with its application in the hands of engineers, and puts the facts regarding a very great and important development of applied electricity in the possession of the general reader. Such apparatus as is described is intended to be typical of the methods used, rather than representative of any particular scheme of manufacture or fashion in design. These last change almost from month to month, while the general conditions remain fairly stable, and the underlying principles are of permanent value. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.