Electrical Engineering for Electric Light Artisans and Students: (embracing Those Branches Prescribed in the Syllabus Issued by the City and Guilds Technical Institute)Longmans, Green, 1895 - 753 pages |
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acid alternating current ammeter amount ampere-hours amperes apparatus arc lamp armature core battery brass brushes candle candle-power carbon cell commutator conductor connected considerable convolutions copper Crown 8vo current flowing current strength curve Daniell cell deflection developed diameter direct current direction distance dynamo eddy currents effect electrical electro-magnet electro-motive force employed equal external circuit external resistance field field-magnet coils filament fixed galvanometer heat illustrated in fig inch increase instrument insulated lamp length light lines of force machine magnetic magnetising maximum measured mercury metal motor needle negative number of lines obtained ohms pair parallel piece placed plates pole pole-pieces portion position potential difference practice proportional reduced result revolutions per minute ring rotation round screw secondary self-induction shaft shown in fig shunt soft iron solenoid speed steel strip sulphate surface switch temperature terminals tion tube varies voltmeter volts watts wire wound zinc
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