Discoveries and inventions of the nineteenth century (1905)
Routledge, Robert · London : G. Routledge and Sons · leaf 576
ernating actions succeedeach other with great rapidity,and effect the separation ofthe carbons through the trainof wheels acting on the racks.These movements continueuntil, in a second or two,the separation of the carbonshas become so great, that thecurrent passing through theelectro-magnet is no… … Fig. 280^.—Siemens Regulator. ELECTRIC POWER AND LIGHTING. 525 the apparatus, marked by the letters R, K and x. But as the carbons areconsumed, the increase of the length of this arc further weakens thecurrent, until the spring attached to the lever, L, prevails over theattractive force of the…
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