Twentieth century handbook for steam engineers and electricians, with questions and answers; a practical nontechnical treatise on the care and management of steam engines, boilers and electric machinery (1922)
Swingle, Calvin Franklin, 1846- [from old catalog] · Chicago, F. J. Drake & company · leaf 1445
y separating the carbons. The fine wire winding is connected in the opposite direc-tion from the coarse wire winding, and its attraction istherefore opposite. When the arc increases in length, itsresistance increases, and consequently the current in thefine wire is increased. The attraction of the… … Fig. 668 the carbons, and regulates the arc so gradually that a perfect,ateady arc is maintained. The fine wire of the magnets is connected in series with Arc Lamps 1411 the winding of a small auxiliary cut-out magnet at the topof the mechanism. This magn^t^ which also has a supplementary…
