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Arithmetic of Electricity. First Edition. 1891.

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Arithmetic of Electricity. First Edition. 1891.

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Author: T. Oâ€™Connor Sloane. Publisher: Norman W. Henley & Co. New York. First edition. 1891.138pp. With front and rear advertisements. In original blue cloth binding. VG with edgewear to cover and some foxing. A rare and important work. The first authoritative treatise on the subject by an American, published two years before the commercial availability of electricity in the US and the opening of Edisonâ€™s Pearl Street Powerhouse in New York.

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