Small, Sidney Aylmer, 1876- [from old catalog] · Chicago, F. J. Drake & co · leaf 108
is thereal lightning discharger. The series resistance is smalland so wound that it is as little like a coil in its chokingaction as possible. Its presence will prevent a large cur-rent flowing through the arrester while it is discharging. If only as few series gaps as are shown were there, witha… … The lightning followed by the line current passesthrough the series gaps. Then the lightning due to thechoking action of the shunt resistance, sparks through the 110 ELEMENTARY ELECTRICITY shunted gaps, while the line current on account of thehigh resistance of the shunted gaps, passes through…
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