Abstract
MR. PERREN MAYCOCK, who has already written a number of excellent text-books on electrotechnical subjects, has produced in the present case a book which, while offering no particular attractions to the non-technical reader, undoubtedly serves the purpose for which it is written; namely, to give a thorough idea of present practice in the electric lighting of buildings. The book is the more welcome since the widespread introduction of 200 and 220 volt lamps during the last three years has rendered all books dealing with electric-light fittings written previous to that time seriously out of date. It is not merely the perfecting of the 200 volt lamp which has rendered this change possible. The design of lamp-sockets, switches and fuses has been of late much improved. The fewness of parts, the simplicity of construction, and the ease and security of wiring of the modern lamp-socket are in striking contrast to the older fittings. These improvements, though apparently trivial, are none the less important.
Electric Wiring, Fittings, Switches and Lamps.
By W. Perren Maycock Pp. xv + 446; with 360 illustrations. (London: Whittaker and Co., 1899.)
Electric Bells and Alarms.
By F. E. Powell. Pp. 77; with 51 illustrations. (London: Dawbarn and Ward, Ltd.)
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M., D. Electric Wiring, Fittings, Switches and Lamps Electric Bells and Alarms . Nature 61, 562 (1900). https://doi.org/10.1038/061562a0
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