The book is addressed to car owners and repairmen, and some knowledge of the fundamental principles of the electric circuit is presupposed.
The same authors’, “Electrical equipment of the motor car”, (U. P. C. book co., 1920, $3.50) considers the more elementary phases of the subject, without describing the special installations which form the subject of the more recent book.
Senior author is associate professor of electrical engineering, Armour Institute of Technology.
Practical trade mathematics for electricians, machinists, carpenters, plumbers and others. J. A. Moyer and C. H. Sampson. Wiley. 172p. $1.50.
A practical elementary mathematics for adult students. All the problems relate to operations familiar to the men in their various occupations, and unusual mathematical terms are avoided. Numerous problems and worked-out examples are provided, the electrical problems being grouped separately.
Senior author was formerly in charge of division of electrical calculations in the General Electric Company; the junior author is head of technical and mathematical departments, Huntington School, Boston, Mass.
Interior electric wiring. A. L. Nelson. American Technical Society. 265p. $2.50.
A practical book, of the correspondence school type, on the installation of electric wiring in buildings, with directions for wiring for special purposes.
Shop mathematics; a treatise on applied mathematics dealing with various machine-shop and tool-room problems, and containing numerous examples illustrating their solution and the practical application of useful rules and formulas. Erik Oberg and F. D. Jones. Industrial press. 280p. $3.00.
A practical mathematics designed to teach the machinist or apprentice learning machine shop practice how to perform the calculating necessary in his work.