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THAT this well-known and valued text-book, first published in 1928, has appeared in its fourth edition is a remarkable achievement and bears testimony to the author's ability. The principal alterations introduced in the present edition refer to underground cables, and recent extensive research and development work in connexion with the thermal properties of cables is set out in the revised Chapter x. There is an excellent bibliography with up-to-date references. For some obscure reason the index is not so complete as could be wished; for example, the name of J. A. Fleming appears in the text but not in the index.
The Principles of Electric Power Transmission by Alternating Currents
By H. Waddicor. Fourth edition, revised. Pp. xxi + 458. (London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1939.) 21s. net.
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The Principles of Electric Power Transmission by Alternating Currents. Nature 146, 668 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/146668a0
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