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Reminiscences of Louis Napoleon Rowley, Jr. : oral history, 1956

Creator: Rowley, Louis Napoleon, 1909-
Project: McGraw-Hill project.
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Phys. Desc. :Transcript 74 pages
Location: Columbia Center for Oral History
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Biographical Note

Publishing executive

Scope and Contents

History of POWER magazine; the power field before 1882; general problems of power transmission; early audience of POWER; advent of electric power; introduction of alternating current, steam turbine; changes in readership; rise and fall of OPERATING ENGINEER; merger of OPERATING ENGINEER and POWER; education in the engineering field; writing and editing process at POWER

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