Abstract
THE economic side of engineering is one which the student is generally left to pick up as best he can on his way through life. Little attention is paid to it as a rule in the course of his technical training, and it: is not until he starts on practical commercial work that he begins to realise that pounds, shillings and pence enter as much into the engineer's formulæ as the fundamental units of length, mass and time. These two books should be very useful, therefore, not only to the budding electric railway engineer, but also to all students of engineering, as serving to show the many things needed besides technical knowledge to make a good engineer.
Notes on Electric Railway Economics and Preliminary Engineering.
By W. C. Gotshall. Pp. iv + 251. (New York: McGraw Publishing Co., 1903.)
Engineering Preliminaries for an Interurban Electric Railway.
By E. Gonzenbach. Pp. 71. (New York: McGraw Publishing Co., 1903.)
This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution
Access options
Subscribe to this journal
Receive 51 print issues and online access
$199.00 per year
only $3.90 per issue
Buy this article
- Purchase on Springer Link
- Instant access to full article PDF
Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
S., M. Notes on Electric Railway Economics and Preliminary Engineering Engineering Preliminaries for an Interurban Electric Railway . Nature 69, 579–580 (1904). https://doi.org/10.1038/069579b0
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/069579b0
