A dictionary of electrical words, terms and phrases (1898)
Houston, Edwin J. (Edwin James), 1847-1914 · New York, The W. J. Johnston company · leaf 381
cuit of the localbattery, but when the key K, is depressed, thecurrent of L, passing through the paper, decom-poses the chemicals with which it is moistened,lessens the friction of the point F, and permits thespring B, to draw the lever A, to the left, thusopening the circuit of the local battery L… … Fig. 399. Electro-Motograph. Motor, Compound-Wound An elec-tric motor whose field magnets are excited bya series and a shunt wire. (See Machine,Dynamo-Electric, Compound- Wound.) Motor, Differentially Wound A compound-wound motor, in which the cur-rent in the shunt coils opposes in its magnet-izing…
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