Author: Fred H. Whipple CompanyPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781396024238
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 594
Book Description
Excerpt from Whipple's Electric, Gas and Street Railway Financial Reference Directory, 1890, Vol. 2 It requires less electric power to produce a given light than any other arc lamp. Because the disk presents a greater surface of contact than when two pencils are used, a stronger and much more steady light is secured. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.