An elementary book on electricity and magnetism and their applications (1919)
Jackson, Dugald C. (Dugald Caleb), 1865-1951, Jackson, John Price, b. 1868, Black, Newton Henry, b. 1874 · New York, The Macmillian Co · leaf 485
por, then through thebattery to E, through the reactance coil S2 tothe other side of the transformer. In this waythe current through the battery is always inone direction. To start this action of the rectifier, the tubeis tilted until a bridge of mercury connects A and B, and, as the tube istilted… … S2 E Sv Fig. 304.— Diagram ofconnections for a sin-gle-phase mercury-arcrectifier. POWER STATIONS AND DISTRIBUTION OF POWER 431 But the mercury arc requires voltage to keep it going, and in reversingthe direction of the alternating current through the transformer thereis an instant when the voltage…
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