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This book is intended for use with a first course in electrical engineeringo in many colleges and universities such a course will be preceded or accompanied by an introductory physics course in which the basic concepts of electricity and magnetism are introduced, most often from the field aspect. Such a background is not a prerequisite, however. Instead, several of the requisite basic concepts of electricity and magnetism are discussed (or reviewed) in the first chapter. Only an introductory calculus course need be considered as a prerequisite, or possibly a corequisite, to the reading of the book. Circuit elements are introduced and defined here in terms of their circuit equations; only incidental comments are offered about the pertinent field relationships. It is the authors' intention that this text be one from which students may teach themselves; it is written to the student and not to the instructor. If at all possible, each new term is clearly defined when it is first introduced. The basic material appears toward the beginning of each chapter and is explained carefully and in detail; numerical examples are usually used to introduce and suggest general results. Drill problems appear at the end oí most sections; they are generally simple, and answers to the several parts are given in order. The more difficult problems appear at the ends of the chapters and follow the general order of presentation of the text material. These problems are occasionally used to introduce less important or more advanced topics through a guided step-by-step procedure, as well as to introduce topics which will appear in the following chapter. The introduction and resulting repetition are both important to the learning process. In all, there are 220 drill problems, each consisting of several parts, and 597 additional problems at the ends of the chapters. Most of these problems are new in this edition. The general order of the material has been selected so that the student may learn as many of the techniques of circuit analysis as possible in the simplest context.