Cyclopedia of applied electricity : a general reference work on direct-current generators and motors, storage batteries, electrochemistry, welding, electric wiring, meters, electric lighting, electric railways, power stations, switchboards, power transmission, alternating-current machinery, telegraphy, etc.
A multi-volume technical reference on applied electricity issued by the American Technical Society in Chicago in 1916 for tradesmen and correspondence students. Line diagrams of wiring, windings and switch circuits alternate with halftone photographs of dynamos, belt-driven generator sets, battery racks and switchboard-lined power station rooms, offering schematic symbols, machine silhouettes and grainy industrial interiors.
