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 600
ts ability to volatilizemetallic wires. Syno7iyni—Calorimotor. Device, EIectro=Receptive. Any device which is operated bythe passage of a current. They may be classed by the form ofenergy into which the electrical energy is translated; es, in theelectric motor and telephone motion is produced, in… … Fig. 361. Theater Dimmer. Dimmer, Theater, An arrangement to diminish the power ofthe lights in a theater and especially on the stage. Rheostats areused for controlling direct currents and choking coils, q. v., foralternating currents. In Fig. 361, is shown a bank of sixteen dim-mers arranged so…
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