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Reminiscences of early electrical development: speech

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Reminiscences of early electrical development: speech

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Description: This talk was given at the First Joint Meeting of the Utah Society of Engineers, American Institute of Electrical Engineers. The typescript also includes an introduction by fellow electrical engineer Paul P. Ashworth and 12 pages of illustrations (all electrical related). Accompanying the typescript is a photograph of the Olmsted Station Power House in Provo, Utah.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1927, February 15.
Call number: mssHM 79875
Creator: Nunn, P. N(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Burndy Library Collection, Gift of Dibner Family, November 2006.

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28 cm :

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Ashworth, Paul Parrish, (1887-1960.)

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Burndy Library,

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