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ELECTRICAL ENGINEER is one who is able to conduct or direct work involving the theory and practical application of electricity. The work of the electrical engineer may include re search design, construction, operation and management, and also teaching and writing on any of these branches. The practical application of electricity, in which the great majority of electrical engineers are employed, may be divided into generation, distribu tion, control and utilization of electrical energy. Utilization may include use of mechanical power produced by electrical devices as in transportation and industrial-machine operation, illumination. communication, electrochemistry, electrometallurgy, electrical heating, measuring by electrical means, and use of electronic forces as in X-rays, cathode rays, etc.

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