A dictionary of electrical words, terms and phrases (1898)
Houston, Edwin J. (Edwin James), 1847-1914 · New York, The W. J. Johnston company · leaf 154
ugh magnetic fields, or byvariations in the strength of electric currentsflowing near them. Sensible eddy currents are producd in the mass Cur.l 14L [Cur. of the conducting wire on the armature of adynamo-electric machine when the wire is com-paratively heavy. Such currents are called eddy… … Fig. 184. Foucault Currents in Pole Pieces. useless expenditure of energy, but interfere withthe proper operation of the device. To reduce them as far as practicable, the polepieces, armature cores or armature wires, arelaminated. (See Core, Lamination of.) These local currents are perhaps…
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