Dynamo-electricity: its generation, application, transmission, storage and measurement (1884)
Prescott, George B. (George Bartlett), 1830-1894 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 389
l which it m^oves must have twicethe diameter of the wheel which moves the negative carbon.As long as there are any carbons in the first lamp, the currentpasses into the positive-carbon holder, the positive and negativecarbons, the helix, the joint piece of the armature, and from there 368 THE… … Fig. 216. an extent as to interrupt the circuit, the side armature is releasedfrom the pole piece and is pressed against a contact-strip whichsends the current through the second set of carbons. As soonas the second set of carbons is consumed, the armature of thatlamp is released in the same way,…
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