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 519
broken willcause destructive sparking at contacts O, burning themand seriously interfering with close regulation of thegenerator. In case a carbon should become broken, 100 ELECTRICITY FOR ENGINEERS temporary repairs may be made by splicing the brokenpieces with a fine copper wire. To keep the… … FIGURE 59. depends upon the adjustment of the spring S. If thetension of this spring is increased the current will bediminished; if the tension is diminished, the currentwill be increased. In starting these dynamos when the armature hasreached its proper speed, the short circuiting switch onthe…
