TABLE OF CONTENTS BY
C. JAMES ERICKSON Retired Principal Consultant, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc.
CHARLES D. POTTS Retired Project Engineer, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc.
BYRON M. JONES Consulting Engineer, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Wisconsin Platteville.
by C. James Erickson
revised by Charles D. Potts
REFERENCES: Knowlton, Standard Handbook for Electrical Engineers, McGraw-Hill. Pender and Del Mar, Electrical Engineers Handbook, Wiley. Dawes, Course in Electrical Engineering, Vols. I and II, McGraw-Hill. Gray, Principles and Practice of Electrical Engineering, McGraw-Hill. Laws, Electrical Measurements, McGraw-Hill. Karapetoff-Dennison, Experimental Electrical Engineering and Manual for Electrical Testing, Wiley. Langsdorf, Principles of Direct-current Machines, McGraw-Hill. Hehre and Harness, Electric Circuits and Machinery, Vols. I and II, Wiley. Timbie-Higbie, Alternating Current Electricity and Its Application to Industry, Wiley. Lawrence, Principles of Alternating-current Machinery, McGraw-Hill. Puchstein and Lloyd, Alternating-current Machinery, Wiley. Lovell, Generating Stations, McGraw-Hill. Underhill, Coils and Magnet Wire and Magnets, McGraw-Hill. Abbott, National Electrical Code Handbook, McGraw-Hill. Dyke, Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia, The Goodheart-Wilcox Co., Inc. Fink and Carrol, Standard Handbook for Electrical Engineers, McGraw-Hill.
System of Units The International System of Units ( SI) is being adopted universally. The SI system has its roots in the metre, kilogram, second (mks) system of units. Since a centimeter, gram, second ( cgs) system has been widely used, and will still be used in some instances, Tables 15.1.1 and 15.1.2 are provided for...
