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Alfred Still (January 28, 1869 – May 3, 1963) was an English electrical engineer, academic and book author. He worked both as a practicing electrical engineer and as faculty at Purdue University. Before retirement he authored six textbooks; after retiring he co-authored one textbook, wrote three general science books and one on aspects of scientific philosophy, some of which are available online.

Life

Still was born in Gloucestershire, England, and received his primary education in Dieppe, Normandy, France from 1879-1885. At the age of 16 he entered Finsbury Technical College in London, England, graduating in 1889 where he studied under Dr. Silvanus P. Thompson. After graduating, he participated in the development of the first hydroelectric power plant in England, and later became a designer and manufacturer of electrical machinery in Manchester, England.

In early 1911 Still moved to Canada to work on hydroelectric development for the Lake Superior Power Company, with its central office in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. He joined the Purdue University faculty in 1913 to take charge of instruction in Electrical Engineering, teaching for many years. He retired as Professor Emeritus in 1935. He was the author of a number of science textbooks, scientific articles and at least one novel.

Awards

Still became a Fellow of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers in 1914.

Bibliography

• Still, Alfred (1898). Alternating Currents of Electricity and the Theory of Transformers. Whittaker. ISBN 9780469790599.
• Still, Alfred (1914). Polyphase Currents. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 9780548585467.
• Still, Alfred (1916). Principles of electrical design; d. c. and a. c. generators. McGraw-Hill.
• Still, Alfred (1919). Principle of Transformer Design. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 9781164884163.
• Still, Alfred (1924). Elements of electrical design. McGraw-Hill.
• Still, Alfred (1931). Overhead electric power transmission: principles and calculations. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 9781163952375.
• Still, Alfred (1944). Soul of Amber: The Background of Electrical Science. New York: Murray Hill Books.
• Still, Alfred (1946). Soul of Lodestone: The Background of Magnetic Science. New York: Murray Hill.
• Still, Alfred (1946). Communication through the ages: from sign language to television. New York: Murray Hill.
• Still, Alfred (1950). Borderlands of Science. Rider. ISBN 9780802216489.
• Still, Alfred; Siskind, Charles (1954). Elements of Electrical Machine Design. McGraw-Hill.

Notes

1. Many of the books were reprinted, sometimes by different publishers with slight variations in the title. A few are available online, but some are rare books. Some have also been translated into other languages.

References

1. ^ "Board of Trustees minutes, 1963 June 01". earchives.lib.purdue.edu. 1963. Retrieved 2024-10-12.
2. "Still, Alfred, 1869- | The Online Books Page". onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2024-10-13.
3. "Catalog Search Results | Alfred Still". HathiTrust Digital Library. Retrieved 2024-10-13.
4. ^ "People". IEEE Spectrum. 1 (11): 60–66. November 1964. doi:10.1109/MSPEC.1964.6500463. ISSN 0018-9235.
5. ^ "You Should Know: Professor Alfred Still". The Purdue Engineer. XXVII (3): 43. 1 December 1932.
6. "The Purdue Exponent 19 February 1913 — Purdue University Newspapers Collection". historicalnewspapers.lib.purdue.edu. Retrieved 2024-10-18.
7. "Books by Alfred Still (Author of Electric Power Transmission)". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
8. A Century of Honors: The First One-Hundred Years of Award Winners, Honorary Members, Past Presidents, and Fellows of the Institute. IEEE. 1984. p. 122. doi:10.1109/9780470616369. ISBN 978-0-470-61636-9.
9. Review of Alternating Currents of Electricity and the Theory of Transformers: Franklin, W. S. (November 1899). Science. 10 (255): 731–732. doi:10.1126/science.10.255.731. JSTOR 1627472.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
10. Review of Elements of Electrical Design: Jackson, A. N. (April 1925). Science Progress in the Twentieth Century. 19 (76): 704. JSTOR 43428108.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
11. Review of Soul of Lodestone: Cope, Thomas D. (November 1946). "Early theories of magnetism". The Scientific Monthly. 63 (5): 403. JSTOR 18736.
12. Reviews of Communication Through the Ages:
    • The Military Engineer. 39 (256): 104. February 1947. JSTOR 44555867.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • McNicol, Donald (February 1947). Proceedings of the IRE. 35 (2): 188. doi:10.1109/jrproc.1947.226222.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Mills, John (April 1947). "This shrinking world". The Scientific Monthly. 64 (4): 355–356. JSTOR 19381.
13. Reviews of Borderlands of Science:
    • Creegan, Robert F. (December 1952). The Quarterly Review of Biology. 27 (4): 443. doi:10.1086/399302. JSTOR 2809568.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Marcuse, F. L. (October 1951). The American Journal of Psychology. 64 (4): 646. doi:10.2307/1418220. JSTOR 1418220.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • E. N. (November 22, 1951). The Journal of Philosophy. 48 (24): 765. doi:10.2307/2021405. JSTOR 2021405.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
14. Review of Elements of Electrical Machine Design: The Military Engineer. 46 (312): 324. July–August 1954. JSTOR 44570211.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

• 1869 births
• 1963 deaths
• English electrical engineers
• English academics
• British textbook writers
• English science writers
• English novelists
• English expatriates in the United States
• People from Gloucestershire
• Fellows of the IEEE
• Purdue University faculty