Self-propelled vehicles; a practical treatise on the theory, construction, operation, care and management of all forms of automobiles (1906)
Homans, James E. (James Edward), b. 1865 · New York, T. Audel & Company · leaf 294
eld is retarded by the self-induction of the primary cir-cuit opposing the rapid flow of the battery current. A condenseris therefore used, one pole of which is connected to the primaryterminal, wired to the lower binding post of the contact breakerand thus to the screw, D, already mentioned, the… … Figs. 196 and 197.—Contact Breakers for Two and Four-Cylinder Enginesof the general type resembling that shown in the last figure. As maybe seen, the springs are brought into contact with the anvils represent-ing the terminals of the circuit, as the projecting point on the sleeverotates so as to…
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