Electrical Dictionary

The purpose of this work is to present the public with a concise andpractical book of reference, which it is believed will be appreciated inthis age of electricity. The science has expanded so much that thelimits of what may be termed strictly a dictionary of the present daywould a few years ago have sufficed for an encyclopedia. It follows thatan encyclopedia of electricity would be a work of great size. Yet adictionary with adequate definitions, and kept within the closest limitsby the statement of synonyms, and by the consigning of all theinnumerable cross-references to a concise index will be far more than amere dictionary in the ordinary sense of the term. ...