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" THE most economical size of the copper conductor for the electric transmission of energy, whether for the electric light or for the performance of mechanical work, would be found by comparing the annual interest of the money value of the copper with the... "
Proceedings of the Royal Society. Section A, Mathematical and Physical Science - Page xlvi
by Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1908
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Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Volume 75

Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain) - 1884 - 494 pages
...purpose, and he directed attention to the fact that the most economical size of the copper conductor would be found by comparing the annual interest of...the copper with the money value of the energy lost in it annually ; but the Author stated that " the wasted energy must equal the interest on the capital...
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The Electrical Review, Volume 9

1881 - 566 pages
...electric transmission of energy, whether for the electric light or for the performance of mechanical work would be found by comparing the annual interest of the money value of the energy lost in it annually in the heat generated in it by the electric current. The money value of...
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Report of the ... Meeting of the British Association for the ..., Volume 51

British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1882 - 1050 pages
...electric transmission of energy, whether for the electric light or for the performance of mechanical work, would be found by comparing the annual interest of...of energy had not yet begun to appear in the City price-lists. If 10/. were taken as the par value of a horse-power night and day for a year, and allowing...
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Mathematical and Physical Papers, Volume 5

William Thomson Baron Kelvin, Joseph Larmor, James Prescott Joule - 1911 - 628 pages
...electric transmission of energy, whether for the electric light or for the performance of mechanical work, would be found by comparing the annual interest of...the copper with the money value of the energy lost in it annually in the heat generated in it by the electric current. The money value of a stated amount...
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Mathematical and Physical Papers, Volume 5

William Thomson Baron Kelvin - 1911 - 621 pages
...electric transmission of energy, whether for the electric light or for the performance of mechanical work, would be found by comparing the annual interest of...the copper with the money value of the energy lost in it annually in the heat generated in it by the electric current. The money value of a stated amount...
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Mathematical and Physical Papers

Sir Joseph Larmor - 632 pages
...electric transmission of energy, whether for the electric light or for the performance of mechanical work, would be found by comparing the annual interest of...the copper with the money value of the energy lost in it annually in the heat generated in it by the electric current. The money value of a stated amount...
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The Principles of Electric Power Transmission by Alternating Currents

Harold Waddicor - 1928 - 428 pages
...'The most economical size of the copper conductor for the electric transmission of energy . . . will be found by comparing the annual interest of the money...generated in it by the electric current. . . . the gauge to be chosen for the conductor does not depend on the length of it through which the energy is...
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Energy and Empire: A Biographical Study of Lord Kelvin

Crosbie Smith, M. Norton Wise - 1989 - 906 pages
...the electric light or for the performance of mechanical work, would be found by comparing [equating] the annual interest of the money value of the copper...the heat generated in it by the electric current'. This is 'Kelvin's law' in electrical engineering.90 A parallel paper set out theoretically based proportions...
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Energy and Empire: A Biographical Study of Lord Kelvin

Crosbie Smith, M. Norton Wise - 1989 - 906 pages
...the electric light or for the performance of mechanical work, would be found by comparing [equating] the annual interest of the money value of the copper...the heat generated in it by the electric current'. This is 'Kelvin's law' in electrical engineering.90 A parallel paper set out theoretically based proportions...
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Proceedings of the Royal Society. Section A, Mathematical and Physical Science

Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1908 - 640 pages
...electromagnetic engine as much as ninety per cent, of the energy of the driving current can be utilised, be proceeds to summarise his own conclusions regarding...not yet begun to appear in the City price lists." He ehows that the gauge to be chosen for the transmitting conductor does not depend on its length, but...
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