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THERE are applications of electricity that give work to many men, applications which employ much plant and apparatus, and on which large sums of money are spent, about which we have heard very little or nothing in the institution. Again, we hear little, if anything, about what is occurring on what I may term the borderland between electricity and the other sciences. In this borderland or fringe a large number of scientific workers are quietly at work, and what is to-day a laboratory experiment may to-morrow form the basis of a large industry. Finally, we should have an opportunity of discussing the many details in the design and operation of electrical plant and apparatus, the importance of which cannot be overestimated.
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From the presidential address delivered to the Institution of Electrical Engineers on November 14 by Mr. W. Dnddell, F.R.S.
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The Borderland between Electricity and other Sciences. 1 . Nature 90, 345–347 (1912). https://doi.org/10.1038/090345a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/090345a0