Alternating Currents: An Analytical And Graphical Treatment For Students And Engineers. Fifth Edition (Bedell's Personal Copy With His Signature, Annotation, Name Label And Name Stamps)

New York / Ithaca: Mcgraw Publishing Company / Cornell Co-Operative Society, 1909. 5th or later Edition 1st Printing. Green Cloth. Very Good +/No Dust Jacket. 325 Pp + 11 Pp Ads At Rear. Green Cloth, Gilt. First Printing With 1909 Date On Title Page, And Preface To Fifth Edition Dated 1909. A Standard Treatise On The Subject. Signed And Dated "August 1892" At End Of Preface To First Edition (For When That Edition Was Written), Bedell's Yellow Cornell Name Label On Front Pastedown, Text "Return To F. Bedell" In Pencil In Bedell's Handwriting On Front Endpaper, And Five "Frederick Bedell" Name Stamps On Edges Of Page Block "Frederick Bedell [1868-1958] Received An A.B. Degree From Yale University In 1890 And A Ph.D Degree From Cornell In 1892. He Was Appointed Assistant Professor Of Physics At Cornell In 1893, And, In 1904, Professor Of Applied Electricity. His Most Important Contributions In Electrical Engineering Were His Experimental Investigations And Theoretical Studies Delaing With Alternating Currents. In 1917, He Was Appointed As An Advisor In The Establishment At Cornell Of One Of The United States Army Schools Of Military Aeronautics Which Led To His Work In The Investigation Of Airplane Performance And Design. He Also Worked On The Development Of Devices To Aid The Deaf By Utilizing The Phenomenon Of Sound Conduction Through The Bones. For Twenty-Nine Years He Served As Editor Of The Physical Review. After His Retirement, He Did Research At California Institute Of Technology. " His Papers Are At Cornell. Physical Review Commenced Publication In July 1893, Organized By Cornell University Professor Edward Nichols And Helped By The New President Of Cornell, J. Gould Schurman. The Journal Was Managed And Edited At Cornell In Upstate New York From 1893 To 1913 By Nichols, Ernest Merritt, And Frederick Bedell. The 33 Volumes Published During This Time Constitute Physical Review Series I. The Physical Review Is The Most Important And Enduring Monument Of English Language Advanced Physics.