Excerpt from Electric Traction: A Treatise on the Application of Electric Power to Tramways and RailwaysThe considerations involved in the application of electric power to the working of tramways and railways may be divided into two classes (1) technical, (2) financial. In the present volume we shall confine our attention to the former.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.