Twentieth century handbook for steam engineers and electricians, with questions and answers; a practical nontechnical treatise .. (1916)
Swingle, Calvin F. (Calvin Franklin), b. 1846 · Chicago, F.J. Drake & company · leaf 1195
f current, it is evident that thoseconductors which lie on the inner side of the iron ring serveno useful purpose so far as the generation of current is con-cerned. Numerous attempts have been made to utilize thispart of the winding by making the pole pieces extend aroundthe ring in such a manner… … Fig. 513 The dead wire on the inside of the armature constitutesone of the greatest disadvantages of this class of winding,and this is especially the case where the armature carriesheavy currents. In arc lighting machines, where a compara-tively small current is used, this loss is not of so great…
