Electrical Measurements

Abstract

(1) THE casual reader may be surprised by the easy confidence with which the publishers imprint “First Edition” on the title page of this book. But they are certainly justified; there can be no reasonable doubt that the work will run through many editions, for it is excellently done, and is very easily the best that has yet appeared on this complex subject. It would be difficult to find any type of problem in high-frequency measurement which escapes mention. This catholicity, indeed, brings with it one disadvantage which might well be corrected in a later edition: the range of methods covered is so wide that critical comparison, on which the reader might base a choice of method, is insufficiently provided. It would be genuinely helpful if the author would follow “Baedeker” and the “A.A. Handbook” in attaching stars to recommended methods.

(1) High-Frequency Measurements.

By August Hund. (International Series in Physics.) Pp. xi + 491. (New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc.; London: McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., Ltd., 1933.) 30s. net.

(2) Advanced Electrical Measurements.

By Dr. William R. Smythe Dr. Walter C. Michels. Pp. x + 240. (London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1933.) 15s. net.