Abstract
CONSIDERING the very rapid strides that have been made during the past six years in the industrial application of electric motors, the appearance of this handsome volume, giving the latest information on this topic, is thoroughly timely. It constitutes, though somewhat popular in style, a welcome addition to the library of the electrical engineer. Those who are accustomed only to the slow and steady development of industries in the Old World can hardly appreciate the revolution that is setting in in consequence of the employment, especially in small workshops and factories, of electric motors in place of steam-engines or gas-engines. They win their way because, though the actual cost of power is no cheaper, the expense of the electric motor is less than that of the steam-engine or gas-engine. It is less trouble-some to keep in order, takes less room, runs at a more uniform speed, and is more cleanly. What wonder, then, that thousands—literally—of electric motors are already in use in New England, where an invention is welcomed, not sneered at, because it is new.
The Electric Motor and its Applications
By T. C. Martin Jos Wetzler (New York: Johnson, 1887.)
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THOMPSON, S. The Electric Motor and its Applications . Nature 35, 410–411 (1887). https://doi.org/10.1038/035410a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/035410a0
