- Seller Inventory #: SJ4050
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Good
- Illustrator: Mathematics/Graphs
- Edition: Second Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc
- Place: NY
- Date published: 1941
- Keywords: Electric Fields, Magnetic Fields, Electricity, Magnetism, Electrical Theory
NY: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1941 430pp.; including appendixes and index. Ex-Library copy with usual stamps, stickers, and labels. Otherwise textblock is clean and tight. Fading along edges and along spine, bumped corners, slightly rubbed.. Second Edition. Blue Cloth. Good. Illus. by Mathematics/Graphs. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library, Hard Cover.
spine : The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf. Also known as the back.
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Ex-library : A former library book, generally containing library acquisition and ownership stamped markings, and other typical indications of the library's use.
8vo : Short for Octavo, A book whose page size is approximately 8-10 inches tall. The size is based on a sheet of paper 25 inches by 38 inches, the size of paper traditionally used by book printers, which has been folded and cut into 16 pages..
Unfortunately often misunderstood to mean 8 volumes.
bumped : Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light bending.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
