Electric Illumination. [two volume set]

Dredge, James, editor; Conrad Cooke, M. F. O'Reilly, S. P. Thompson, H. Vivarez; W. Lloyd Wise

Published by Engineering, London, 1885

About this Item

Mammoth technical & historic study of electrical lighting, mostly from the pages of the British journal "Engineering."; revised and amended. Includes information on basic electricity, voltaic arcs, mechanical production of electricity, generators in theory & practice, conductors, carbons, arc lamps, the Jablochkoff Candle, incandescence-arc lamps, incandescent lamps, abstracts of patents; electrical measurement, standard works on electricity, photometry, the human eye, dynamometers, testing installations, recent dynamos & lamps. Volume one is undated, but circa 1882. Hardcover, two giant volumes bound in full maroon cloth, gilt titling. Professionally rebacked, original spines laid down, general wear & scuffing, rubbing, nicks, frayed corners & edges; new endsheets minor tanning to pages, ink name on flyleaf of volume two, damage (short tears, tanning, chips) to a few page edges. Text clean; xx, 693, cxc; xv, blank, 455, cccxciv; xiii pages; indices, figures. (The large roman-numbered sections in each volume are the patent abstract sections.) Size: Large Quarto. Seller Inventory # p0939os

Bibliographic Details

Title: Electric Illumination. [two volume set]

Publisher: Engineering, London

Publication Date: 1885

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Edition: First Edition.