| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 452 pages) : illustrations. |
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text file |
| Series |
IEE history of technology series ; 31
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History of technology series ; 31.
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| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Telegraphs, track circuits and signals before 1890 -- Electric railways and American practice -- The electrification of street railways -- Heilmann, Ward Leonard and the electric railway -- Electrification of British rapid-transit lines -- Electrification 1900-20 -- Track circuits, describers and electrical signalling 1890-1920 -- Evolution of the electric railway 1920-40 -- Railway electrification and the thermal-electric locomotive -- Converters, the mercury-arc rectifier and supply to electric railways -- Signalling, communications and control 1920-40 -- Railway electrification 1920-40 -- Electro-motive, General Motors and oil-electric traction -- The mercury-arc rectifier locomotive -- Railway electrification in Britain 1920-60 -- Signalling, communications and control 1940-70 -- Main line direct current traction in Britain -- Main line alternating current traction in Britain -- Solid-state electronics, motor control and the locomotive -- Solid-state electronics in signalling, communications and control -- The electric railway 1965-95. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Railroads -- Electrification.
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Railroads -- Electrification. |
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Railroads -- Electrification -- History.
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History. |
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Electric railroads.
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Electric railroads. |
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Electric railroads -- Great Britain.
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Great Britain. |
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Electric railroads -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Institution of Electrical Engineers.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Duffy, M.C. (Michael C.). Electric railways 1880-1990. London : Institution of Electrical Engineers, ©2003 (DLC) 2004533133 (OCoLC)50748506 |
| ISBN |
9781849190435 (electronic book) |
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1849190437 (electronic book) |
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0852968051 |
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9780852968055 |
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