Abstract
THE mere change of title from 'electrical techno-JL logy' to 'applied electricity' for the Part I paper in the examination for the University of London degree in engineering means very little to electrical students, who have to study all their subject whatever it is called. That the same course is to be taken by all other engineering students is another matter, and difficulties must arise when the educationist has to decide what amount of his special subject has to be presented to students who are to become civil or mechanical engineers. For the latter, the more subtle aspects of electrical engineering can well be omitted, with more emphasis on the broader issues of economy, types of electric drive, transmission systems, and even protection. The author has used his experience in this matter to present a text-book which covers both this ground and that for the examinations of the Institution of Electrical Engineers-what may be called the step between the electricity of physics and the specialized technology used by the qualified electrical engineer. The selection of material, the examples, emphasis on practical magnitudes, and diagrams are excellent, but one has qualms about non-electrical students taking this course.
Applied Electricity
By A. W. Hirst. Pp. xi + 290. (London and Glasgow: Blackie and Son, Ltd., 1942.) 15s. net.
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HUGHES, L. Applied Electricity. Nature 151, 713 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/151713a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/151713a0