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THE growth of the terminology of electrical science has been so rapid, that the new terms and phrases coined since the publication of the last edition of the author's larger dictionary, exceed in number those which were originally in use. This necessitated a re-casting of the previous work; and to avoid the production of a cumbersome volume, the greatest attention has been paid to conciseness of expression, with the result that this handy little epitome has been produced. It is even now too large for a pocket dictionary, and it would perhaps have been better to have reduced the bulk by omitting many of the words which are familiar enough to need no explanation.
A Pocket Dictionary of Electrical Words, Terms and Phrases.
By Edwin J. Houston Pp. iv + 945. (London: Swan Sonnenschein and Co., 1898.)
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A Pocket Dictionary of Electrical Words, Terms and Phrases. Nature 59, 174 (1898). https://doi.org/10.1038/059174b0
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