Direct Alternating Current Testing by Frederick Bedell: First Edition (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Vc. 1st Edition. Very good condition in a full green calf prize binding with arms of Northampton Polytechnic Institute (now part of City, University of London), light wear and slight sunning, five raised bands across spine with gilt floral decoration, tiles in gilt on brown label across spine, spine sunned, all edges marbled, marbled end papers, prize label signed by the principal and founder R.(Robert) Mullineux Walmsley. internally clean and bright, binding firm, x plus 265 pages including index. [QP].…

Green Cloth. Condition: Very Good +. No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. X, 265 Pp + Ads At Rear. Green Cloth, Gilt. First Printing With 1909 Date On Title Page. A Standard Treatise On The Subject. With Bedell's Yellow Cornell Name Label On Front Pastedown. "Frederick Bedell [1868-1958] Received An A.B. Degree From Yale University In 1890 And A Ph.D Degree From Cornell In 1892. He Was Appointed Assistant Professor Of Physics At Cornell In 1893, And, In 1904, Professor Of Applied Electricity. His Most Important Contributions In Electrical Engineering Were His Experimental Investigations And Theoretical Studies Delaing With Alternating Currents. In 1917, He Was Appointed As An Advisor In The Establishment At Cornell Of One Of The United States Army Schools Of Military Aeronautics Which Led To His Work In The Investigation Of Airplane Performance And Design. He Also Worked On The Development Of Devices To Aid The Deaf By Utilizing The Phenomenon Of Sound Conduction Through The Bones. For Twenty-Nine Years He Served As Editor Of The Physical Review. After His Retirement, He Did Research At California Institute Of Technology. " His Papers Are At Cornell. Physical Review Commenced Publication In July 1893, Organized By Cornell University Professor Edward Nichols And Helped By The New President Of Cornell, J. Gould Schurman. The Journal Was Managed And Edited At Cornell In Upstate New York From 1893 To 1913 By Nichols, Ernest Merritt, And Frederick Bedell. The 33 Volumes Published During This Time Constitute Physical Review Series I; The Physical Review Is The Most Important And Enduring Monument Of English Language Advanced Physics. …