Atkinson Philip. The Elements of Electric Lighting

New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, 1897. — 302 p.The object of this volume is to meet the demand for a, complete, comprehensive treatise, setting forth the various facts pertaining to electric lighting in plain language, devoid of technicality and perplexing mathe matical formulae, from which business men, mechanics, and those who have the care and management of dynamos and lamps, as well as general readers, may gain a knowledge of the principles and construction of the apparatus by which this light is produced, and of the nature of that invisible, intangible agency which is its prime cause. It is also designed as a convenient hand book for the electrical engineer, from which he may refresh his memory in regard to the apparatus described and its use, or gain a hint as to the nature of electricity as developed in its practical application. As the storage battery has become an important auxiliary in electric lighting, a full description of its construction, principles, and application has been given, and also of the inductive, alternating current system, which has recently been so largely developed.