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Excerpt from Report on the International Exhibition of Electricity Held at Paris, August to November, 1881 Sir: I have the honor to submit herewith the report of Maj. D. P. Heap, Corps of Engineers, who was directed by the honorable the Secretary of War, to be present at the International Exhibition of Electricity to be held in Paris from August to November, 1881. Major Heap presents the information acquired by him at the Exhibition. I respectfully recommend that the report, with its plates, be printed at the Government Printing Office, and that one thousand copies be obtained for the use of the Engineer Department upon the usual requisition. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.