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Theory and Calculation of Alternating Current Phenomena (1897)

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Theory and Calculation of Alternating Current Phenomena

First edition; Open Library lists this Internet Archive item for the 1897 W. J. Johnston edition.

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Why This Source Was Added

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Earliest book-form AC symbolic-method source; essential for edition comparison against the later 1916 source already processed.

Candidate Processing State

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  • Source type: book_edition
  • Internet Archive identifier: theoryandcalcul03steigoog
  • Generated section records: 30
  • Candidate equations: 300
  • Candidate figures: 32
  • Candidate quote hits: 0
  • Review status: OCR-derived candidates, not a corrected critical edition.

Edition And Custody Note

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First edition; Open Library lists this Internet Archive item for the 1897 W. J. Johnston edition.

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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  1. Verify title page, edition, and publication metadata.
  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.