Original Papers of John Hopkinson: Volume 1, Technical Papers
Volume 1, Technical Papers
Published on 4. December 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
364 pages
978-1-107-45598-6 (ISBN)
Description
John Hopkinson (1849-98) was a British electrical engineer who invented the three-wire system for the distribution of electricity. Originally published in 1901, this book forms the first in two volumes of Hopkinson's papers, focusing mainly on technical subjects. The text also incorporates editorial notes, numerous illustrative figures and a memoir of Hopkinson's life. Material of a more purely scientific character can be found in the second volume. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Hopkinson, engineering and the history of science.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
591 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-107-45598-6 (9781107455986)
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Content
Memoir; Memorandum on engineering education; 1. Group-flashing lights; 2. The electric lighthouses of Macquarie and of Tino; 3. On electric lighting; 4. On electric lighting; 5. Some points in electric lighting; 6. Dynamo-electric machinery; 7. Dynamo-electric machinery; 8. On the theory of alternating currents, particularly in reference to two alternate-current machines connected to the same circuit; 9. Note on the theory of the alternate current dynamo; 10. Alternate current dynamo-electric machines; 11. An unnoticed danger in certain apparatus for distribution of electricity; 12. Induction coils or transformers; 13. Report to the Westinghouse Company of the test of two 6,500-watt Westinghouse transformers. May 31st, 1892; 14. Presidential address to the Institution of Electrical Engineers, January 9th, 1890; 15. Inaugural address, Institution of Electrical Engineers, January 16th, 1896; 16. Presidential address to the Junior Engineering Society, November 4th, 1892, on the cost of electric supply; 17. Relation of mathematics to engineering.