Dynamo-electricity: its generation, application, transmission, storage and measurement (1884)
Prescott, George B. (George Bartlett), 1830-1894 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 167
d across the two copper rods forming a part of 152 THE ELECTRIC LIGHT. the circuit in the Edison system, one having low and the otherhigli resistance, the bulk of the current will pass through the onehaving the smaller resistance. Now, if by any accident one ofthe wires conveying the current to the… … Fig. 75. B siderably less resistance inserted in the circuit, and the currentwould immediately rush to that point, because it would afforda much easier passage. The consequence would be the fusingof the copper wires, and, poisibly, the setting fire to the adjacentwoodwork or other inflammable…
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