Watt and the Measurement of Power. Being the Watt Anniversary Lecture delivered before The Greenock Philosophical Society, 5 February, 1897.

Author: 
Sir William Henry Preece (1834-1913), 'Engineer-in-Chief and Electrician, General Post Office, London; Vice-President of the Institution of Civil Engineers.'
Publication details: 
London: Printed by William Clowes and Sons, Limited, Stamford Street and Charing Cross. 1897.
£120.00
SKU: 6207

8vo: 13 pp. Stitched. In original cream printed wraps. On aged, spotted paper, in heavily worn wraps. Facsimile of handwriting at head of front wrap reads 'With the Author's Compliments'. Two diagrams in text. Spirited discussion of such questions as 'Is a horse-power really a horse's power?' 'I was surprised and pleased the other day to find in Marseilles that the man directing the electric tram-cars in that city corresponding to the driver of the old horse-car, sometimes called in America the motorneer, is called the wattman, and I have since learnt that this term is very general in France.' No copy in the British Library: COPAC only lists copies at the London School of Economics and University of London.