Excerpt from The Practical Applications of Electricity: A Series of Lectures Delivered at the Institution of Civil Engineers, Session 1882-83 IN the Report of the Council submitted to the Annual General Meeting in December 1883, it was stated that, as far back as 1868, a suggestion had been made for the establishment of Readerships for the benefit of young Engineers. That idea was not carried out, as the organisation of Supplemental Meetings, for the reading and discussion of Papers by Students of the Institution, was deemed preferable, and to be more in accordance with the usages of the Society. In August 1879, the expediency of having, in addition to the Ordinary Meetings, Lectures on special subjects of engineering was mooted. It was felt that if a limited number of lectures could be arranged in each session, to be delivered by men of eminence, not on the elementary subjects of the class-room, but on the principles involved in the action of the Great Sources of Power in Nature, and their practical applications, the pro visions of Section xiii. Of the By-laws would be met in a proper manner. In March 1882 it was resolved to give effect to this proposal, and arrangements were made for a course of six lectures, by as many lecturers, on the Practical Applications of Electricity. As, however, the Session 1881 - 82 was then far advanced, it was decided to postpone their delivery until the Session 1882-83, when the lectures included in this volume were given. All the lecturers were Fellows of the Royal Society, and Members of The Institution of Civil Engineers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.