Standard Handbook for Electrical Engineers
Edition: Seventh Edition
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc.
Published: 1941
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Softcover
Number of pages: 2303
Copyright date: 1941
Description: Per the Preface, this edition expands the former section on power plant equipment to cover power system equipment generally; adds "basically new treatments" of power transmission, electronics and radio, interior wiring, illumination, prime movers, and the telephone; adds coverage of air conditioning, aviation, lightning technology, high-voltage generators, and cyclotrons; and expands the coverage of codes and standards. This edition also introduced a new physical size and typography.
Table of contents: title: Index to Sections for Quick Reference; title: 1
label: Units and Conversion Factors; title: 2
label: Electric and Magnetic Circuits; title: 3
label: Measurements; title: 4
label: Properties of Materials; title: 5
label: Circuit Elements; title: 6
label: Transformers, Regulators and Reactors; title: 7
label: Alternating-current Generators and Motors; title: 8
label: Direct-current Generators and Motors; title: 9
label: Rectifiers and Converters; title: 10
label: Prime Movers; title: 11
label: Power Plant Economics; title: 12
label: Power System Electrical Equipment; title: 13
label: Power Transmission; title: 14
label: Power Distribution; title: 15
label: Wiring Design--Commercial and Industrial Buildings; title: 16
label: Illumination; title: 17
label: Industrial Power Applications; title: 18
label: Electric Heating and Welding; title: 19
label: Electricity in Transportation; title: 20
label: Electrochemistry and Electrometallurgy; title: 21
label: Batteries; title: 22
label: Wire Telephony and Telegraphy