<p>The purpose of this work is to present the public with a concise and<br>practical book of reference, which it is believed will be appreciated in<br>this age of electricity. The science has expanded so much that the<br>limits of what may be termed strictly a dictionary of the present day<br>would a few years ago have sufficed for an encyclopedia. It follows that<br>an encyclopedia of electricity would be a work of great size. Yet a<br>dictionar...