New York / London: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. / Chapman & Hall, Limited, 1954. Good+ EX-LIBRARY. Bound in the original green cloth, lettered in shiny gold on the spine. Moderate wear to corners and spine ends. Inner hinges are perfectly sound. "WITHDRAWN" stamp, and a few other library markings on the endpapers. Text pages are clean. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated with hundreds of figures and photos. Tables. Graphs. Problems. Index. From the Preface to the Third Edition: "[A]pproaches to the theories of some of the machines have been modified. [There are] significant changes in the more detailed developments of equivalent circuits, vector diagrams, methods of calculating the cross-axis voltages of synchronous machines, and the equations describing the oscillations of synchronous motors. additional material has been added in [the cross-field theory section] to clarify the polarities of the transformer and speed voltages. Additional material is provided on adjustable-speed drives, rectifiers, and self-synchronous machines. Methods of determining the constants of synchronous machines have been added. The nature of short-circuit currents in alternators has been explained on the basis of the constant flux-linkage concept.". Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Hardcover. Good+ EX-LIBRARY/No jacket. 8vo. xii, 721pp. Seller Inventory # 007249

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Title: Alternating-Current Machines, Third Edition

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. / Chapman & Hall, Limited, New York / London

Publication Date: 1954

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ EX-LIBRARY

Dust Jacket Condition: No jacket

Edition: Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged.

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