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Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 2007036134
ISBN 978-1-59070-877-4
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 – 09 – 13 12 11 10 09 08
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Matt, Stephen R.
Electricity and basic electronics / by Stephen R. Matt. — [7th ed.].
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 978-1-59070-877-4
1. Electric engineering. 2. Electronics. I. Title.
TK146.M376 2007
621.3--dc22 2007036134
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