The Standard Electrical Dictionary A Popular Dictionary of Words and Terms Used in the Practice of Electrical Engineering

by T. O'Conor Sloane

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Genres: Reference

1590 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 29, 2009

About the author

Thomas O'Conor Sloane was an American scientist, inventor, author, editor, educator and linguist, perhaps best known for writing The Standard Electrical Dictionary and as the editor of Scientific American, from 1886 to 1896 and the first science fiction magazine, Amazing Stories, from 1929 to 1938.
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Reviews

[Eric Wardowski · Rating 5 out of 5]

An old guide to electrical terminology

It is very interesting to see some of the archaic and historically inaccurate terms along with others we still use today. I find it enlightening to see where some of the ideas came from.