Electric transmission of power : its present position and advantages (1879)
Higgs, Paget · London ; New York : Spon · leaf 19
the axle, are carried through andbeyond the interior of the ring, and are brought nearone another upon a cylinder of small diameter. Thefriction-brushes on the pieces are in a plane perpendicularto the polar line S and N—that is, at the middle orneutral points M and M. The intensity of the current… … quantity, by winding the ring vdth fine or coarse wire.With equal velocities of the ring the electric tension willbe proportional to the number of convolutions of the wire. THE GRAMME MACHINE. 9 FigB. 6 and 7 represent a Gramme macliine; it consistsof two flanks of cast iron, arranged vertically,…
Electric power production
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