A dictionary of electrical words, terms and phrases (1896)
Houston, Edwin J. (Edwin James), 1847-1914 · New York, The W.J. Johnston company · leaf 346
chine by means of which a series of rapidlyalternating charges are produced. Although such a machine furnishes a torrent ofsparks between its terminals, yet it is unable tofurnish a permanent charge to a Ley den jaror condenser, since itsoscillatory discharges,continually undo at anysmall interval… … 3 61. Magneto-ElectricMachine. Machine, Mag-neto-Electric -A ma- chine in which there are no field magnet coils,the magnetic field of the machine being dueto the action of permanent steel magnets. A dynamo in which currents are produced bythe motion of armature coils past permanent mag-nets. (See…
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