Electrical engineer's pocket-book: a hand-book of useful data for electricians and electrical engineers (1901)
Foster, Horatio A. (Horatio Alvah), 1858-1913 · New York, D. Van Nostrand co.; London, E.& F.N. Spon, ltd. · leaf 621
arresters eom direct cerrest. (From pamphlet by General Electric Company.) Some years ago Prof. Elihu Thomson devised a lightning arrester basedon the principle that an electric arc may be repelled by a magnetic field.In this device, the air-gap, across which the lightning discharges to reach … Fig. 12. Type A Arc Station Arrester. the ground, is placed in the field of a strong electro-magnet. When thegenerator current attempts to follow the high potential discharge, it isinstantly repelled to a position on the diverging contacts where it cannot bemaintained by the generator. LIGHTNING…
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