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Steinmetz, Charles Proteus

9781330312353: General Lectures on Electrical Engineering (Classic Reprint)

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The lectures have been collected and carefully edited by my assistant, Mr. J. L. R. Hayden, and great thanks are due to the publishers, Messrs. Robson Adee, for the very credit able and satisfactory form in which they have produced the book.

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Publisher: Forgotten Books
Publication date: 2019
Language: English
ISBN 10: 133031235X
ISBN 13: 9781330312353
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 294

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