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KAHAPETOFF'S text on experimental electrical engineering had become so comprehensive that it became desirable for the production of the present abridgement for undergraduate purposes, but even so the number of experiments described-and these cover the ‘heavy’ or machine side only-are so varied and numerous that a normal undergraduate could expect to cover a fraction only. After all, it cannot be necessary that a student be taken through all the experiences possible; apart from training his hands, the purpose of laboratory work should be to give him faith in the theory that he obtains from books and lectures, supplemented by exercises, and he should be taught to depend on what he learns. Nevertheless, the present text would be invaluable in designing or improving laboratory courses.
Electrical Laboratory Experiments—Theory and Practice:
being an Abridgement of ” Experimental Electrical Engineering”. By Prof. Vladimir Karapetoff. Arranged and Revised by Prof. Boyd C. Dennison. Pp. xii + 487. (New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.; London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1936.) 20s. net.
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H., L. Electrical Laboratory Experiments—Theory and Practice. Nature 139, 134 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/139134c0
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