Basic Electricity

by U.S. Bureau of Naval Personnel

This expanded and revised U.S. Navy training course text provides thorough coverage of the basic theory of electricity and its applications. It is unquestionably the best book of its kind for either broad or more limited studies of electrical fundamentals.It is divided into 21 chapters and an extensive section of appendixes. Chapters cover safety, fundamental concepts of electricity, batteries, series direct-current circuits, network analysis of direct-current circuits, electrical conductors and wiring techniques, electromagnetism and magnetic circuits, introduction to alternating-current electricity, inductance, capacitance, inductive and capacitive reactance, fundamental alternating-current circuit theory, direct-current generators, direct current motor magnetic amplifiers, and synchros and servomechanisms. Appendixes acquaint lay readers with common terms, abbreviations, component color-code, full load currents of motors, and cable types; they also supply trig functions, square and square roots, basic formulas, and laws of exponents.Thus the reader is supplied with a complete basic coverage of all important aspects of electricity. And, drawing on its ample funds, the Navy was able to fill this text with dozens of illustrations so that the book becomes almost a multimedia teaching process.This is an excellent text for classroom use or for home study. Students will also find it a valuable supplement to courses in which theory is emphasized while little attention is paid to application; it will also supplement a course in which this situation is reversed. In addition, Basic Electricity serves the lay reader who simply wants a knowledge of fundamental concepts of electricity or wishes to study more advanced concepts and applications. 1969 edition.

Genres: Physics, Engineering, Reference, Science, Electrical Engineering

1240 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 1, 1970

Reviews

[Matt Miglieri · Rating 4 out of 5]

SPOILER ALERT: If you’re looking for an emotionless, humorless, dry description of basic electrical concepts, you’ve come to the right place. This book is merely about electricity, but I won’t hold it against the Bureau of Naval Personnel because that’s all the book is claiming to be. Not quite a five star review because the diagrams were all colorless. If you suffer from insomnia, keep this book on your nightstand because it will efficiently lull you to sleep.

[Joe Richardson · Rating 2 out of 5]

Far less interesting than it's sister book on electronics. This is essentially there same material as the electricity section of any high school physics 1 textbook. That's all this book is intended to be, and it is serviceable, but unless you were forced to read this one, it makes more sense to just get a physics textbook.

[Mills College Library]

621.3 U5825 1970