"Electrical Engineering Training Course. Part 1, Lighting Facilities" - guidebook for "544 Electrical and Mechanical Coy. Royal Engineers, Middle East Force". Printed "In the Field" [the Western Desert], October 1942. Hebrew and English.
Guidebook in electrical engineering for the "Electrical and Mechanical Jewish Company" (544) with the "Royal Engineers" unit of the British Army. Typewritten and stenciled. The guidebook contains diagrams, illustrations and charts (some of them are folded plates), as well as an introduction in Hebrew and English by the company's commanding officer.
The Electrical and Mechanical Jewish Company was established in 1942. It operated in Egypt and the Western Desert, where it was responsible for operating the water supply system constructed by the British forces. The company was split up into smaller units spread out over hundreds of kilometers of the water pipe. In early 1945 the company arrived in the south of Italy where it was responsible for the maintenance of electrical facilities, water systems and hospitals. The company was dismantled in 1946.
[1] leaf, 115, [13] pp. 20X16 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Tears and open tears to the margins of a number of leaves. Tears reinforced with adhesive tape to first and last leaves. Edges uneven. Edges trimmed on border of text (with minor defects to text) on some leaves. Cardboard binding mounted with the original cover. Stains, tears and defects to wrappers.
National Library holds parts 2 and 3 of the book (part 1 is missing).
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