The Electric Club Journal, Volumen2The Club, 1905 |
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alternating current alternating-current Ammeter amperes apparatus armature bars brake cable cent choke coil Circuit Breaker circular mils closed commutator conductors connected copper copper loss curve cylinder diagram direct current direct-current efficiency ELECTRIC CLUB JOURNAL Electric Company Electrical Engineers equipment feeder field current field rheostat full-load ground high tension inches increase induction motor instruments insulation iron lamps leads LIGHTNING ARRESTER load loss machine magnetic maximum meter method miles obtained ohmic ohms operation phase Pittsburg placed plant plug pole position pounds power house power-factor practice pressure railway readings regulation resistance rheostat rotary converter secondary self-induction short-circuit shown in Fig shows shunt single-phase slots solder spark gap speed starting motor steam switch switchboard synchronous motor temperature terminals testing transformer three-phase tion torque transmission trolley two-phase valve voltmeter volts wattmeter watts Westinghouse wire
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Página 178 - Engineer, being the art of directing the great sources of power in Nature for the use and convenience of man...
Página 455 - But the modern utopia must be not static but kinetic, must shape not as a permanent state but as a hopeful stage, leading to a long ascent of stages.
Página 179 - An engineer is a man who can do for one dollar what any fool can do for two.
Página 535 - The Strenuous Life" by no less a person than the President of the United States, who has always been a vigorous exponent of his own doctrine. More recently an eminent French divine has been preaching the antithesis to "The Strenuous Life,
Página 53 - ... hours for very large ones. The following maximum values of temperature elevation have been recommended by the Standardization Committee of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers: Field and armature, 50 (
Página 223 - To find resistance, drop one cypher from the number of circular mils : the result is the number of feet per ohm. To find weight, drop four cyphers from the number of circular mils and multiply by the weight of No.
Página 237 - US gal." (United States gallon), " B. & S. gauge " (Brown and Sharp gauge). 4. Use a period after each abbreviation. In a compound abbreviation, do not use a space after the period. Example: " ihp" and not " ihp" (indicated horse power). 5. Use a hyphen to connect abbreviations in cases where the words would take a hyphen if written out in full. When a hyphen is used, omit the period immediately preceding the hyphen. Example :
Página 455 - The utopia of a modern dreamer must needs differ in one fundamental aspect from the Nowheres and Utopias men planned before Darwin quickened the thought of the world. Those were all perfect and static states, a balance of happiness won for ever against the forces of unrest and disorder that inhere in things. One beheld a healthy and simple generation...
Página 90 - ... of the motor from one circuit to another, is apt to cause the motor, particularly if carrying load, to fall from synchronism and stop. 2. A heavy load, even momentary, may exceed the limiting torque and cause the motor to drop from synchronism, even though the load be removed immediately. The connection between generator and motor is rigid. 3. If the generator speed suddenly increases, a motor carrying a load having inertia may be unable to increase its speed quickly without exceeding the limiting...
Página 237 - Use lower case characters for abbreviations. An exception to this rule may be made in the case of words spelled normally with a capital. Example : " Btu" and not " btu" or "BTU" (British thermal unit), "US gal.