The purpose of this book is to introduce the reader to the study of the physical properties of crystalline solids. Chapters 9 through 20 deal with the electronic properties of solids and require familiarity with the elements of wave mechanics, although in a number of chapters no explicit use of wave mechanics is made.
The purpose of this guidebook is to advise managers, engineers and operators of electric power systems in developing countries on the principles and methodologies that should be applied when planning the expansion of their electric power generating systems.
Essay about Introduction; Wires, Cables and general electrical accessorie; Nature of electricity and its fundamental laws; Work, power and energy; Chemical and heating effects of electric current; Magnetism, electromagnetism and electromagnetic induction; DC generators; DC motors; Cells and batteries; Wiring system; Single-phase AC circuits; and Poly-phase system. (Jml)