RE: [TCML] "Transformers at Pittsfield" book by Thomas Blalock is now On-line!

[Justin B <boshjack@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Wow, Good fine is all I have to say.  Some very very good and interesting images!  Will defiantly have to read all of this, What today seems like a simple cheap thing (in electronics) wasnt back then.  Glad to see someone was able to make a web copy of this, sad they only release so many copies.  But like any book, if people don't buy it, they stop.  Sadly maybe at the time of the book not many cared.  I'm sure today more people would have bought it, because I enjoy looking back on history to see how things were made.  Nice =)

--Justin

> Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 11:52:20 -0500
> From: bert.hickman@xxxxxxxxxx
> To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [TCML] "Transformers at Pittsfield" book by Thomas Blalock is now	On-line!
> 
> All,
> 
> I had been searching for Thomas Blalock's book about the history of GE's 
> power transformer manufacturing and testing facility for many years. 
> Unfortunately, only 200 copies were ever published, and it has been 
> virtually impossible to locate a copy. This is a 300+ page treasure 
> trove of information, chock full of historic photos, covering the 80 
> year history of power transformer manufacturing and testing in 
> Pittsfield, MA.
> 
> I just discovered that the entire book is now available online at the 
> IEEE Global History Network web site in three parts. You do not need to 
> be an IEEE member to read the book. All three parts also contain loads 
> of historic photos. Part 2 is devoted entirely to the High Voltage 
> Testing Lab, and contains lots of information and pictures about their 
> cascade transformers, impulse generators, high current capacitor 
> discharge lab, the 1939 World's Fair setup, and transformer testing. The 
> three parts can be found here:
> 
> http://www.ieeeghn.com/wiki/index.php/Archives:Transformers_at_Pittsfield%2C_part_1
> 
> http://www.ieeeghn.com/wiki/index.php/Archives:Transformers_at_Pittsfield%2C_part_2
> 
> http://www.ieeeghn.com/wiki/index.php/Archives:Transformers_at_Pittsfield%2C_part_3
> 
> Happy reading!
> 
> Bert
> -- 
> Bert Hickman
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