The purpose of this work is to present the public with a concise andpractical book of reference, which it is believed will be appreciated inthis age of electricity. The science has expanded so
The purpose of this work is to present the public with a concise andpractical book of reference, which it is believed will be appreciated inthis age of electricity. The science has expanded so much that thelimits of what may be termed strictly a dictionary of the present daywould a few years ago have sufficed for an encyclopedia. It follows thatan encyclopedia of electricity would be a work of great size. Yet adictionary with adequate definitions, and kept within the closest limitsby the statement of synonyms, and by the consigning of all theinnumerable cross-references to a concise index will be far more than amere dictionary in the ordinary sense of the term....
