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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Brown, Marty, 1951-

Power sources and supplies/Marty Brown.
p. cm. (Newnes world class designs series)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-8626-6 (pbk.: alk.paper)

1. Electric power supplies to apparatus Design and construction. 2. Electric apparatus and appliances Power supply. I. Title.

TK7868.P6B758 2007
621.31 ?7 dc22
2007043748

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ISBN: 978-0-7506-8626-6

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About the Editor

Marty Brown