A dictionary of electrical words, terms and phrases (1896)
Houston, Edwin J. (Edwin James), 1847-1914 · New York, The W.J. Johnston company · leaf 136
heends of D and B,touch each other. Inthis case the arma-ture, B, is attracted tothe core A, of theelectro-magnet, thusbreaking the circuitand causing the magnet to lose its magnetism.The elasticity of the spring C, causes it to fly backand again close the contacts, thus again energiz-ing the… … AutomaticContact Breaker, Con,] 125 [Con, tact obtained by the approach of one con-tact point towards another. The term dotting contact is used in contradis-tinction to a rubbing contact. The rubbingcontact i= generally to be preferred, since it tendsautomatically to remove dust and keep the…
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