Abstract
THIS book is exactly what it professes to be—a practical book for practical men—and is vastly superior to “Electric Light,” by the same author. The detailed instructions given in the first 42 pages, on the erecting, managing, and repairing dynamos, are admirable, and are not to be found in any other book in the English language. The young electrical engineer will find just the information he needs: how to fit up a large dynamo when received in parts from the makers; how to prevent the commutator becoming rough in use; exactly what to do if it be rough; how to prevent sparking at the brushes; how to attach a new commutator and make joints in the armature wires; what to do if the dynamo heats; and how to get over the various other difficulties met with in the dynamo-room.
Electric Light Fitting: a Hand-book for Working Electrical Engineers.
By John W. Urquhart. (London: Crosby Lockwood and Son, 1890.)
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Electric Light Fitting: a Hand-book for Working Electrical Engineers. Nature 44, 586–587 (1891). https://doi.org/10.1038/044586a0
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