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Electricity in modern life (1890)

Tunzelmann, George William von, 1856- · New York, Scribner & Welford · leaf 260

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lators,which are shownextending fromthemotor to near thebow of the vessel.The great advan-tages of thismethod of propul-sion are the com-plete absence ofsmoke and dirt,and the increased ||room, owing to thewhole of themachinery beingplaced below thedeck. The chiefdifficulty attendingthe use of… … 240 ELECTRICITY IN MODERN LIFE. remedy this want on the riverThames by the construction of anumber of stations at intervals,for charging accumulators, sothat a launch on arriving at oneof these stations can, if itsaccumulators have run down,have them exchanged for freshones and proceed upon…

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