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THE death is announced, at the age of sixty-one, of PROF. FRANCIS BACON CROCKER, professor of electrical engineering, at Columbia University from 1893 to 1914, and president of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers in 1897. Prof. Crocker's work in the standardisation of electrical equipment throughout the world won him high praise from Lord Kelvin. He w*as the author of books on electric lighting, electric motors, the management of electrical machinery, and related subjects.
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[Obituaries]. Nature 107, 721 (1921). https://doi.org/10.1038/107721c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/107721c0