- Seller Inventory #: SJ6907
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Very Good
- Illustrator: Photographs/Diagrams/Graphs
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: McGraw-Hill Book Company
- Place: NY
- Date published: 1954
- Keywords: Electrical Systems Lightning Protection, Electrical Discharge, Electrical Grounding, Electrical Engineering
NY: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1954 Previous owner's inked stamp on ffep, penciled writing on title page. Otherwise textblock is clean and tight. Bumped corners, light wearing at head and foot of spine. 313pp.; including index.. First Edition. Blue Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by Photographs/Diagrams/Graphs. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 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.
title page : A page where the title of the book, the author's name and publication information usually appear.
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.
ffep : Front free endpaper. Generally, the first page of a book.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
