{"id":917,"date":"2011-02-22T01:00:54","date_gmt":"2011-02-22T06:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/info-libraries.mit.edu\/150books\/?p=917"},"modified":"2023-07-07T18:32:33","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T18:32:33","slug":"1907","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/150books\/2011\/02\/22\/1907\/","title":{"rendered":"Year 47 &#8211; 1907: Die elektrotechnische Praxis: eine gemeinverst\u00e4ndliche Darstellung der physikalischen u. technischen Grundlagen der Elektrotechnik, by Walter H\u00e4ntzschel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Published: Berlin, 1907<a href=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/150books\/2011\/02\/22\/1907\/1907-plate1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-922\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-922 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2011\/02\/1907-plate1-300x243.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2011\/02\/1907-plate1-300x243.jpg 300w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2011\/02\/1907-plate1-1024x828.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2011\/02\/1907-plate1-768x621.jpg 768w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2011\/02\/1907-plate1-1536x1242.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2011\/02\/1907-plate1-624x505.jpg 624w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2011\/02\/1907-plate1.jpg 1538w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Like yesterday\u2019s featured book, today\u2019s arrived at MIT as part of the Vail Collection just five years after it was published. \u00a0But while our 1906 selection was a popularized account of the \u201cwonders of electricity,\u201d H\u00e4ntzschel\u2019s book provides a much more technical review of everything anyone might want to know about the applications of electricity. \u00a0For the visual learners among his audience \u2013 in case countless drawings, plans, and photographs aren\u2019t enough \u2013 the author has provided two colored diagrams with movable parts, one of an electric automobile motor and another of a steam turbine. \u00a0The reader can fold back flaps and examine the inner workings of each machine.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/150books\/2011\/02\/22\/1907\/1907-cover\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-921\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-921 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2011\/02\/1907-cover-221x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2011\/02\/1907-cover-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2011\/02\/1907-cover-756x1024.jpg 756w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2011\/02\/1907-cover-768x1041.jpg 768w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2011\/02\/1907-cover-1133x1536.jpg 1133w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2011\/02\/1907-cover-624x846.jpg 624w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2011\/02\/1907-cover.jpg 1278w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/a>While our selections for 1906 and 1907 may differ in genre and audience, they do have in common their original decorated cloth bindings. \u00a0The Vail Collection is replete with examples of illustrated publisher\u2019s bindings from this period. \u00a0When today\u2019s title is juxtaposed with these three other German books on electricity that were published between 1895 and 1906, you\u2019ll notice a few similarities among their decorative motifs. \u00a0Electrical apparatus feature prominently, for example. \u00a0The lettering is stylized, and the designs occupy the entirety of their covers. \u00a0These bindings, while clearly expressing the subject of the texts they contain, are also designed to dazzle and sell.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/150books\/2011\/02\/22\/1907\/1907-binding2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-918\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-918 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2011\/02\/1907-binding2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/150books\/2011\/02\/22\/1907\/1907-binding3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-919\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-919 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2011\/02\/1907-binding3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/150books\/2011\/02\/22\/1907\/1907-binding4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-920\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-920 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2011\/02\/1907-binding4-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/150books\/2011\/02\/22\/1907\/1907-plate2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-923\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-923 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2011\/02\/1907-plate2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/150books\/2011\/02\/22\/1907\/1907-spine\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-924\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-924 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2011\/02\/1907-spine-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/150books\/2011\/02\/22\/1907\/1907-title\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-925\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-925 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2011\/02\/1907-title-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/mit.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01MIT_INST\/jp08pj\/alma990017514140106761\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Find it in the library<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published: Berlin, 1907 Like yesterday\u2019s featured book, today\u2019s arrived at MIT as part of the Vail Collection just five years after it was published. \u00a0But while our 1906 selection was a popularized account of the \u201cwonders of electricity,\u201d H\u00e4ntzschel\u2019s book provides a much more technical review of everything anyone might want to know about the applications of electricity. \u00a0For the visual learners among his audience \u2013 in case countless drawings, plans, and photographs aren\u2019t enough \u2013 the author has provided two colored diagrams with movable parts, one of an electric automobile motor and another of a steam turbine. \u00a0The reader 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