Basic Electricity

by Bureau Of Naval Personnel

Originally a training course text, this book now offers the best nontechnical coverage of the basic theory of electricity and its application. Topics include batteries, circuits, conductors, AC and DC, inductance and capacitance, generators, motors, transformers, amplifiers, and more. Includes many questions with answers. 349 illustrations. 1969 edition.

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

490 pages, Paperback

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