Hawkins Electrical Guide V. 02

Hawkins Electrical Guide Volume 2 continues Nehemiah Hawkins’s practical electrical engineering series, originally published in 1914. The second volume builds on the basic principles covered in Volume One and develops more advanced topics for the working American electrician of the early twentieth century.

The volume covers electrical machinery including motors and generators, the practical operation of direct current systems that dominated early American electrical infrastructure, and the various practical wiring and installation techniques that the new electrified buildings and industries required. Diagrams and worked examples appear throughout to support the practical learning that the series was designed for.

Hawkins (1845-1928) was an American engineer who recognized the need for accessible technical instruction as electrical work expanded rapidly across the United States in the years before the First World War. The Electrical Guide ten-volume set remained in print for decades and was used by generations of American electricians.