The standard electrical dictionary : a popular encyclopaedia of words and terms used in the practice of electrical engineering (1898)
Sloane, T. O'Conor (Thomas O'Conor), 1851-1940 · London : Crosby Lockwood and Son · leaf 165
d fall irreg-ularly. All such phases may be shown by the curve, and a curvedrawn to correctly represent these variations is called the character-istic curve of such current. It is immaterial whether the ordinatesof the curve be taken as representing current strength or^electro-motive force If… … 360° Fig. 117. Characteristic Curve of Alternating Current. Current, Atomic. A unit of current strength used in Germany;the strength of a current which will liberate in 24 hours (86,400seconds) one gram of hydrogen gas, in a water voltameter. Theatomic current is equal to i.iii amperes. In…
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