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)
American Technical Society · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 159
)urg iir/ented, in 1809, a form ofinterrupter for use with induetion coils, operating on an entirelydifferent principle from those described above. Taking two elec-trodes of very different size, such as a large lead plate and a smallpiece of platinum wire projecting from the end of a closely… … Fifi. 2fi. Mercury Tiirbiiie Interrupter large lead plate is made the negative i)ole, this action interruptingthe current periodically when the device is connected to a source of40 to 80 volts. Fig. 27 gives an idea of the device, showing one ofthe many modifications it has undergone in its…
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