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 462
of the pole magnets, with the result that, both assum-ing polarity, the magnetic action tends constantly to attract theopposite poles of the armature, thus imparting a rotative move-ment. Thus the magnetic drag, which in the dynamo acts in thedirection opposing rotation, and is, in fact, the… … Fig. 340.—Heavy truck of the Vehicle Equipment Co. Carrying capacity, 4 tons;speed, b miles per hour ; travel radius on one charge of battery, 25 miles. wires, through which the line current is flowing, and also uponthe protruding metal portions of the armature core. This operation is in accordance…
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