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 570
s too large. Thesubstations, if used, will be few in number and will containmerely the necessary step-down transformers. But on theother hand the principal disadvantages of the alternating-current system (Fig. 361) are that the alternating-currentmotors are heavier and generally less satisfactory… … t-r Fig. 361. — Single-phase transmission and railway system. 349. Electric locomotive. In 1896 the Baltimore and OhioRailroad first used electric locomotives (Fig. 362) to haultheir trains through the great tunnel under the city of Balti-more. Ten years later the New York Central Railroad…
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