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ONE of the important practical questions which an engineer continually has to face is the transmission of power from the place where the power is generated to the spot where the power is needed. Where the distance is great, belts and shafting are not only wasteful but impracticable, and hydraulic or pneumatic transmission is called into play. Here, again, great distances cannot be surmounted without great loss of power, and hence from time to time many wistful glances have been turned in the direction of electricity. It is only to-day, however, that, amid the manifold applications of electricity, its employment as an economical means of transmitting power has become a question of practical importance.
Electric Transmission of Power.
By Paget Higgs (London: E. and F. N. Spon, 1879.)
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B., W. [Book Reviews]. Nature 21, 10 (1879). https://doi.org/10.1038/021010a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/021010a0