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CLARKSON, RALPH PRESTON.[[2]] Elementary electrical engineering. il *$2 Van Nostrand 621.3
20–19604
“A textbook of theory and practice, particularly adapted for the instruction of mechanical, civil, and chemical engineers and others desiring a short course.” (Sub-title) Contents: Introduction; Units and terms; The solution of circuits; The generation of electricity; Electrical measuring instruments; Illumination and power, electrical transmission, theory of lighting devices. There are 141 diagrams and an index.
CLEMENCEAU, GEORGES EUGÈNE BENJAMIN. Surprises of life. *$1.90 (4c) Doubleday
20–16497
This collection of tales, translated from the French by Grace Hall, tells the stories of curious characters in all walks of life. The initial tale, Mokoubamba’s fetish, is of an old negro from Central Africa, reseater of chairs, weaver of mats and mender of all things breakable, wise beyond other men and with a philosophy of his own with regard to fetishes. Some of the other titles are: A descendant of Timon; Aunt Rosalie’s inheritance; A mad thinker; Better than stealing; A domestic drama; The treasure of St Bartholomew; Lovers in Florence.
“To face facts, though not always a pleasure, is a duty. To face the French novelist’s interpretation of them seems to us in many cases neither the one nor the other.”
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