Abstract
As shown by the sub-title, this work is addressed to students of wireless telegraphy. It outlines, without very elaborate mathematics, the general principles of alternating currents and their generation, transformation, etc., in a way readily intelligible to those having already some general knowledge of electricity and magnetism. As the book advances, the treatment specialises more and more in the direction of wireless working. Discussions of the influence of inductance and capacity lead up to a consideration of resonance, and high-frequency resistance is given a prominence justified by its importance in this class of work. A few typical measuring instruments, as used in wireless installations, are briefly described at the end. A reviewer, on turning over the leaves for the first time, might receive a false impression from the presence of an illustration in the chapter on alternating-current generators of an obsolete, although historically interesting, type of machine. This is, however, not unduly enlarged upon in the letterpress. The book is clearly written throughout, and should save those for whom it is intended much trouble and waste of time in picking out the parts of the subject that they require from the many more complete and general works on alternating-current working.
Alternating Current Work. An Outline for Students of Wireless Telegraphy.
A.
Shore
By. Pp. ix + 163. (London: Wireless Press, Ltd., 1919.) Price 3s. 6d. net.
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Alternating Current Work An Outline for Students of Wireless Telegraphy . Nature 105, 133 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/105133b0
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