'Electrical engineering' in N K Buxton & D H Aldcroft (eds), British Industry between the Wars. Instability and industrial development, 1919-1939
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- Author(s) Catterall, R E
- Publication type Chapter
- Year published 1979
- Pages pp241-75
- Publisher Scolar Press
- Place Published London
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- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Covers electrical machinery; batteries; insulated cables; telegraph, telephone and wireless apparatus; electrical plant; accessories; appliances; etc, as defined by Censuses of Production. Deals with the industry's performance in the interwar years. Has sections: 'Electricity supply'; 'The state of the electrical engineering industry in 1914'; 'The effects of the 1914-18 war on the electrical engineering industry'; 'General performance of electrical engineering between the wars'; 'Electrical machinery'; 'Electric wires and cables'; 'Wireless apparatus'; 'Consumer durables'; 'Electric lamp making'; 'Telegraph and telephone apparatus'; 'Geographical concentration'; 'International competition in electrical engineering'