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THE lecturer pointed out, that as long as the chief practical use A of electricity was in telegraphy it was the quickness of action, rather than the ability to transmit large amounts of power to a distance, that formed the chief feature in the employment of electricity; but that in this exhibition the numerous practical examples of the electric transmission of power, rather than the electric transmission of signals, formed without doubt the leading feature.
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On the Economical use of Gas-Engines for the Production of Electricity . Nature 25, 280–282 (1882). https://doi.org/10.1038/025280b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/025280b0