Twentieth century hand-book for steam engineers and electricians, with questions and answers .. (1905)
Swingle, C. F. [from old catalog], Horstmann, Henry Charles, 1858- [from old catalog], Tousley, Victor Hugo, 1875- [from old catalog] · Chicago, F. J. Drake & co. · leaf 450
cuit of a No. 6 Brown & Sharp gauge wire andwant to find what loss there is in this circuit. Youhave the area of a No. 6 wire, which is 26,250 circularmils, and the length of the circuit, and from this wewill figure the loss in this manner: Assuming thecircuit to be 10,000 ft. long, and the… … fteeip bva\b S\oyn coracxd untt\ Such a circuit would operate at perhaps 2,000 or3,000 volts, and a loss of 40 volts would not be exces-
