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 548
nt is taken while the alter-nating current is taken into the armature on a pair ofcollector rings on the opposite end of the shaft. InFig. 72 is shown a view of a rotary transformer wherethe alternating current is taken in at the right, anddirect current taken off at the commutator on the left.By… … figure 73. Fig. 73. Although the single phase alternating cur-rent system is in advance of the direct current systemfor electrical power transmission, because permittingelectrical power to be transmitted long distances athigh potential, which can be readily increased orreduced by means of…
