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 391
rany other form of kinetic or potential energy into mechanicalenergy of the moving type. A steam-engine and a water-wheelare examples of prime motors. Motor, Reciprocating. The early type of motor dependingupon reciprocating motion, such as the motion of a coil in a solen- 25 386 STANDARD… … Fig. 246. Ricordons Reciprocating Motor. In the cut, B is an electro-magnet; ^ is an armature; E a polepiece. The current enters by the springs, b b, and by commuta-tion is supplied and cut off alternately, thus maintaining a recipro-cating movement of the armature and rotation of the fly-wheel.…
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