Electrical machinery; a practical study course on installation, operation and maintenance (1921)
Annett, Fred Anzley · New York [etc.] McGraw-Hill book company · leaf 157
nductor and the lines offorce of the magnetic field. The direction can be determinedin the same way as for the direction of the electromotiveforce developed in a conductor, but using the left handinstead of the right. Placing the first three fingers of theleft hand at right angles to each other, as… … Fig.143 Fig. 143.—Left-hand rule for a motor.Fig. 144.—Eight-hand rule for generator. the conductor will tend to move in. Hence, if either thedirection of the current or the lines of force are reversed, thedirection of motion of the conductor will be reversed. Thisis true in all cases, when the…
Electric machinery
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