Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 708
tric en-gines, this home circuit isthrough the rails. There issome leakage through theearth, but electricians try to avoid this by good connections with the rails.The electrician measures the size or volume ofthis force in amperes, and its intensity or pres-sure in volts. If we should compare the… … m -^W-*.-WW->^i* w &*$ ■•S^^S^i-^S^^sSS^^ne^i mS i * i AN ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE OF THE NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD. the starting-point, as it will do if not carefullycontrolled. The current of an overhead system isprevented from getting back home without doingwork (that is, from going down the…
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