A dictionary of electrical words, terms and phrases (1896)
Houston, Edwin J. (Edwin James), 1847-1914 · New York, The W.J. Johnston company · leaf 42
t; or they maybe formed of permanent steel magnets, or may beelectro-magnets themseh es, in which case the pas-sage of the current through the coils of the elec-tro-magnet, or electro-magnets, may cause eitherattraction or repulsion, according as the adjacentpoles are of opposite polarity or are of… … Fig. 2 2. Pole-Ar7nature.the coils and their connection to the commutatorsegments is seen in Fig. 22. Armature, Quantity An old term for an armature wound with but a few coilsof comparatively low resistance. Armature, Radial A term some-times used instead of pole-armature. (SeeArmature, Pole.)…
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