Title :
The beginnings of electrical engineering
Author_Institution :
Department of Economics and History, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Abstract :
Electrical engineering as a science dates from the second half of the 19th century. The development of the telegraph industry, with its technical problems that were overcome only through fundamental research in electrical phenomena, furnished the greatest impetus to the growth of the profession and the establishment of its professional societies.
Keywords :
Capacitance; Electrical engineering; Electricity; Instruments; Needles; Power cables; Wires;
Journal_Title :
Electrical Engineering
DOI :
10.1109/EE.1961.6433602
