(1) Alternating-current Electrical Engineering (2) Magnetism and Electricity for Home Study

Abstract

(1) IN his preface the author states that this text-book “covers in a general way the main ground included in the title without going into too great detail in any one particular branch.” It is intended for engineers and students, and covers the syllabus for the Grade II. (A.C.) paper of the City and Guilds examination. So wide is the field covered that the book is almost an encyclopædia of alternating-current practice. The general reader, therefore, will be disappointed in places owing to the brevity of the descriptions and the lack of full explanations. In a book written mainly for examinational purposes there is not much room for original matter, but some of the proofs are neat and novel, and the author gives a new system of harmonic analysis which we discuss below.

(1) Alternating-current Electrical Engineering.

By Philip Kemp. Pp. xi + 494. (London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1918.) Price 17s. net.

(2) Magnetism and Electricity for Home Study.

By H. E. Penrose. Pp. xxiii + 515. (London: The Wireless Press, Ltd., 1918.) Price 5s. net.