A dictionary of electrical words, terms and phrases (1898)
Houston, Edwin J. (Edwin James), 1847-1914 · New York, The W. J. Johnston company · leaf 159
teristic, either with a small secondary currentor a low electromotive force. Both of these con-ditions are uncommercial. Curve, Life, of Incandescent Lamp —A curve in which the life of an electriclamp is represented by means of abscissas andordinates proportional to the life in hours andthe… … Fig. 1 q 1. Logarithmic Curve. in lengths, reckoned from O. Represent thecurrent strength by lines drawn vertically to the time-line. Let O Y, equal C = 77- Applying the electromotive force, the currentgrows in the wire as represented by the graphiccurve. According to Fleming, the growth of this…
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