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 486
ng the shunt winding as an additional path for the electriccurrent for the passage of the lines of force, giving more torqueand less speed, they assert that, to give greater impetus to themotor and accelerated speed to the vehicle, we weaken the fieldof the motor by cutting out the shunt by means… … Fig. 355.—Studebaker Electric Runabout, with Chain and Sprocket Connec-tions between Motor hung on the Body and the Rear Axle. The ad-vantage is that the motor is protected from the jars of travel by thesprings. the field abnormally. Hence, the driver, if he chooses, may runat his maximum speed at…
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