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 543
om the current generated in the armature ofthe alternating current dynamo. A separate dynamo,called an exciter, is employed for supplying the cur-rent to the fields. There are some types of so calledcomposite wound alternating current dynamos inwhich a part of the current from the alternator arma-… … and this commutated current passed around the fieldcoils in a manner similar to the direct current com- ELECTRICITY FOR ENGINEERS 125 pound wound dynamo. In Fig. 70 we have a diagramof connections of a composite wound machine made bythe General Electric Company. It will be noticed thatin connection…
