Orla E. Loper

The contents of this important textbook are designed for quick advancement in electrical technology -- for both the student of engineering institutes and the apprentice. It contains a complete and thorough coverage of direct current fundamentals. It is further intended to lead the student into advanced studies in other fields of electricity like alternating currents and electronics.
The contents of the book are so arranged as to lead from simple concepts to those which are more difficult. At first are presented those basic understandings upon which advanced applications are based, followed by a discussion of the advanced applications. Each new principle presented and explained is based on information which the student has previously mastered. Each section of the book concludes with a summary of key points and a series of questions designed to review and apply the information of that particular section. This will help the student to prepare for his examinations. Every aspect of direct current technology has been dealt with in detail and yet in a simple and easy-to-understand manner. The student should have no difficulty in following the text from the first introductory unit to the very last page.… (mais)