Abstract
THE Association of Engineering and Shipbuilding Draughtsmen publishes (Draughtsman Publishing Co., Ltd., 96 St. George's Square, London, S.W.1) a series of pamphlets containing much useful information. A recent issue, entitled “The Grid System”, contains a historical survey of electricity supply in Great Britain from the formation of the Edison Light Co. in London in 1881, through the troublous years when various Acts of Parliament were passed which in some cases hampered the industry; the first contracts for the ‘grid-iron’ or grid system were placed in the year 1928, and this was followed by the growth in the space of six years of 4,000 miles of transmission lines and the placing of 26,000 steel pylons. the advantages of standardizing frequency are discussed and the systems adopted for grid tariffs and trading. Much of the information is not readily obtainable elsewhere. A list is included of A.E.S.D. printed pamphlets and other publications written specially for engineering and shipbuilding draughtsmen.
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The Grid System. Nature 144, 190 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/144190a0
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