Electricity at the Paris Exposition of 1889 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Electricity at the Paris Exposition of 1889

The official report on the electrical features of the Paris Universal Exposition of 1889 is included among a large number of reports by United States Commissioners to the various departments of the Exposition, and the whole has just been published collectively by the Government.

Owing to the very many groups and classes comprised, the publication is not only cumbersome in form, but inconvenient for ready reference and use, and as its circulation will probably be confined chiefly to public and other large libraries, the work will not be readily obtainable by those who desire copies.

In offering this volume to the public, the publishers endeavor to meet the wishes of those to whom the collection of official reports will not be accessible, or who desire the complete portion on electricity in a convenient form for reading and reference.

Although ready for the press three years ago, this volume could not be published until after the publication of the complete report; most of the matter, however, is of a technical character not affected by the delay.

The present volume contains all that portion of the complete report which refers to the department of Electricity, including an account of the work done by the International Congress of Electricians held at the time of the Exposition. The edition is limited to a small number of copies.

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