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 302
overcome. Since fully 60 per cent, of motor troubleswith this variety of spark arise from short circuiting, the value!of the device must be apparent, and it is fairly evident thatautomobile operation in the future will be a far less troublesomepastime than was possible in the past. Briefly… … Pig. 208.—Outside Spark Gap in the form of Chains, as applied on theRiker-Locomobile engine. The conditions that enable the production of a spark-dischargebetween the two terminals of the gap in such a circuit involvesimply that an electrical charge be accumulated on one terminalsurface, until the…
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