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Transformers at Pittsfield book by Blalock is now On-line!
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Transformers at Pittsfield book by Blalock is now On-line!

Transformers at Pittsfield book by Blalock is now On-line!

(OP)
I had been searching for Thomas Blalock's book about power transformer manufacturing and testing for many years. Unfortunately, only 200 copies were published. It is a treasure trove of information with many historic photos covering the 80 year history of transformer manufacturing.

I just discovered that the entire book is now available online at the IEEE Global History website. The online book is organized in three parts. Part 2 covering the High Voltage Testing Laboratory, 1939 World's Fair, and transformer testing. The three parts can be found here:

http://www.ieeeghn.com/wiki/index.php/Archives:Transformers_at_Pittsfield%2C_part_1

http://www.ieeeghn.com/wiki/index.php/Archives:Transformers_at_Pittsfield%2C_part_2

http://www.ieeeghn.com/wiki/index.php/Archives:Transformers_at_Pittsfield%2C_part_3

 

Stoneridge Engineering - Wreaking havoc with electrons for over 40 years http://www.capturedlightning.com  

RE: Transformers at Pittsfield book by Blalock is now On-line!

What a marvelous find!

old field guy

RE: Transformers at Pittsfield book by Blalock is now On-line!

Thanks, Bert - looks great.  

David Castor
www.cvoes.com

RE: Transformers at Pittsfield book by Blalock is now On-line!

The links resolve to a page with "no text" now.

RE: Transformers at Pittsfield book by Blalock is now On-line!

Bummer. I got a peek earlier and it looked interesting. Now I have a similar result as Bill... dead links.  

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RE: Transformers at Pittsfield book by Blalock is now On-line!

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(OP)
Drat... it looks like the server may temporarily be overloaded. Try again in a day or two.  

Stoneridge Engineering - Wreaking havoc with electrons for over 40 years http://www.capturedlightning.com  

RE: Transformers at Pittsfield book by Blalock is now On-line!

Thank you BertH. The photos have come clearer than in the original book.This is a treasure trove for transformer engineers.

I heard about this book (Published 1997) some years back and tried to get a copy. Finally I got address of Blalock from his publishers.Problem went up as Blalock had no e-mail address (!) and he could be contacted only by snailmail.He was kind enough to sell me one of the balance copies available with him and I keep it as a treasure.Thomas has published several history gems in IEEE journals.

 

RE: Transformers at Pittsfield book by Blalock is now On-line!

Interesting site - thank you. smile
  

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