Cyclopedia of applied electricity : a general reference work on direct-current generators and motors, storage batteries, electrochemistry, welding, electric wiring, meters, electric lighting, electric railways, power stations, switchboards, power transmission, alternating-current machinery, telegraphy, etc. (1916)
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le for the passengers and racking to the equipment. Therate of braking in these cases averages 3.3 m. p. h. p. s., while thatfor the slower stops is 2.3 m. p. h. p. s. The gross braking forces are,respectively, 120 and 84 pounds per ton. Coasting. WTienever a motorman finds that he can make… … ELECTRIC RAILWAYS 139 if the car is on level, tangent track, the decelerating force is simplythe friction. This we have assumed to be 20 pounds per ton. Ifthis be assumed constant, the total decelerating force is 400 pounds,from which the rate of deceleration is calculated as 0.22 m. p. h. p. s.The…
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