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Elementary Lectures on Electric Discharges, Waves and Impulses, and Other Transients (1914)

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Elementary Lectures on Electric Discharges, Waves and Impulses, and Other Transients

Second edition, revised and enlarged; Open Library lists the 1914 edition with Internet Archive identifier elementarylectur00stei.

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Why This Source Was Added

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Expanded edition of the transient lecture source, with special value for waves, impulses, lightning, and discharge language.

Candidate Processing State

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  • Source type: lecture_collection_edition
  • Internet Archive identifier: elementarylectur00stei
  • Generated section records: 10
  • Candidate equations: 300
  • Candidate figures: 18
  • Candidate quote hits: 0
  • Review status: OCR-derived candidates, not a corrected critical edition.

Edition And Custody Note

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Second edition, revised and enlarged; Open Library lists the 1914 edition with Internet Archive identifier elementarylectur00stei.

The PDF/page images remain the verification base. The archive has preserved the Internet Archive OCR and generated candidate catalogs so this source can now participate in search, source-text browsing, concept concordance, theme evidence, and chapter workbench pages.

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  2. Correct the section map if OCR headings caused false splits.
  3. Scan-check equations and diagrams before promotion.
  4. Add modern engineering explanations only after source passages are anchored.
  5. Keep edition differences visible when comparing related Steinmetz works.