The standard electrical dictionary; a popular dictionary of words, terms, and phrases, used in the practice of electrical engineering (1897)
Sloane, T. O'Conor (Thomas O'Conor), 1851-1940 · New York, H. W. Henley & co. · leaf 626
rbon out of line with the negative carbon. Smashing Point. That point in the life of an incandescentlamp at which it is thought to be more economical to replace it bya new one than to continue it in use at a continually diminishingcandle power. The old lamp need not be smashed/ but may beplaced… … A permanent magnet, lodestone,an electro-magnet, or an activecircuit, may act as a magneticsource. (Houston.) Splitting the Phase. A methodused in starting monophase al-ternating current motors.It consists in superimpos-ing upon the alternatingfield an oblique field differ-ing in phase. The phaseof…
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