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THE history and development of electric power has recently been reviewed in a handbook by W. T. O'Dea (South Kensington, Science Museum Handbooks. “Electric Power”, Part I, “History and Development”. London: H.M. Stationery Office, 1933. 2s. net). This handbook should prove of the greatest value to inventors of electrical devices. An excellent historical account is given of the development of the various sections of the electrical industry. Notable apparatus illustrating the various stages in the development of the art and represented in the Museum by originals or replicas are indicated by asterisks. Anyone therefore who has read this book beforehand will be able to derive the full benefit from a visit to the Museum. Clearly printed photographs are shown illustrating the latest devices and methods used in engineering; they include a mercury arc rectifier, high-tension lattice towers, methods of transporting heavy engineering apparatus, etc. Many of the objects exhibited at the Faraday centenary exhibition are now included.
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History and Development of Electric Power. Nature 132, 543 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/132543a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/132543a0