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Original Papers of John Hopkinson

Original Papers of John Hopkinson

Original Papers of John Hopkinson

Volume 1: Technical Papers
John Hopkinson
B. Hopkinson
December 2014
1. Technical Papers
Paperback
9781107455986
£27.00
GBP
Paperback

    John Hopkinson (1849–98) was a British electrical engineer who invented the three-wire system for the distribution of electricity. Originally published in 1901, this book forms the first in two volumes of Hopkinson's papers, focusing mainly on technical subjects. The text also incorporates editorial notes, numerous illustrative figures and a memoir of Hopkinson's life. Material of a more purely scientific character can be found in the second volume. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Hopkinson, engineering and the history of science.

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    December 2014
    Paperback
    9781107455986
    364 pages
    229 × 152 × 21 mm
    0.53kg
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • Memoir
    • Memorandum on engineering education
    • 1. Group-flashing lights
    • 2. The electric lighthouses of Macquarie and of Tino
    • 3. On electric lighting
    • 4. On electric lighting
    • 5. Some points in electric lighting
    • 6. Dynamo-electric machinery
    • 7. Dynamo-electric machinery
    • 8. On the theory of alternating currents, particularly in reference to two alternate-current machines connected to the same circuit
    • 9. Note on the theory of the alternate current dynamo
    • 10. Alternate current dynamo-electric machines
    • 11. An unnoticed danger in certain apparatus for distribution of electricity
    • 12. Induction coils or transformers
    • 13. Report to the Westinghouse Company of the test of two 6,500-watt Westinghouse transformers. May 31st, 1892
    • 14. Presidential address to the Institution of Electrical Engineers, January 9th, 1890
    • 15. Inaugural address, Institution of Electrical Engineers, January 16th, 1896
    • 16. Presidential address to the Junior Engineering Society, November 4th, 1892, on the cost of electric supply
    • 17. Relation of mathematics to engineering.
    • John Hopkinson
    • Editor
    • B. Hopkinson