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... arrangement of regulating rheostats - Types of rheostats : Ward - Leonard , ' ' Brush , ' ' Ferranti , ' ' Cowan , ' ' Westinghouse , ' etc .. CHAPTER III . CIRCUIT - BREAKERS OR CURRENT - INTERRUPTING DEVICES . Various methods of ...
... arrangement of regulating rheostats - Types of rheostats : Ward - Leonard , ' ' Brush , ' ' Ferranti , ' ' Cowan , ' ' Westinghouse , ' etc .. CHAPTER III . CIRCUIT - BREAKERS OR CURRENT - INTERRUPTING DEVICES . Various methods of ...
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... arrangement of horns - Blow - pipe action of horn break fuse - Liability to induce surgings in high - tension cables - Carbon- tipped horn break circuit - breaker - ' Siemens ' plunger circuit - breaker- ' Partridge vacuum circuit ...
... arrangement of horns - Blow - pipe action of horn break fuse - Liability to induce surgings in high - tension cables - Carbon- tipped horn break circuit - breaker - ' Siemens ' plunger circuit - breaker- ' Partridge vacuum circuit ...
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... ARRANGEMENT OF ' BUS BARS AND APPARATUS FOR PARALLEL RUNNING . Obsolete system of running separate generators on separate feeders - Various methods of duplicating ' bus bars - Requirements to be fulfilled in dupli- cating ' bus bars ...
... ARRANGEMENT OF ' BUS BARS AND APPARATUS FOR PARALLEL RUNNING . Obsolete system of running separate generators on separate feeders - Various methods of duplicating ' bus bars - Requirements to be fulfilled in dupli- cating ' bus bars ...
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... arrangement , and equipment of sub - stations ; area of supply divided into two large networks , each network being subdivided into a number of small networks interconnected at sub - stations only ; arrange- ments for cutting off the ...
... arrangement , and equipment of sub - stations ; area of supply divided into two large networks , each network being subdivided into a number of small networks interconnected at sub - stations only ; arrange- ments for cutting off the ...
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... Arrangement of lamps for single - phase rotary synchroniser , 129. 500 - K . W. carbon - tipped horn break circuit - breaker open , 131 • 132 130. 500 - K . W. horn break circuit - breaker closed , . 131. Section of Ferranti H.T. ...
... Arrangement of lamps for single - phase rotary synchroniser , 129. 500 - K . W. carbon - tipped horn break circuit - breaker open , 131 • 132 130. 500 - K . W. horn break circuit - breaker closed , . 131. Section of Ferranti H.T. ...
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alternating current ammeter amperes apparatus armature arrangement automatic battery Battery Regulating blow-out break circuit-breaker brush bus bars cable carbon carried catch centre CHARLES GRIFFIN choking coil closed conductor connector consequently constructed controlling core Cowan designed device diagram direct current direction discriminating cutout duplicate dynamo earth EDITION Electrical Engineers EXETER STREET feeder panels Ferranti fuse wire gallery Handsome Cloth heavy current high-tension horn break illustrated in fig insulator interrupted iron lamps lever liable lightning arrestor load low-tension machine magnetic main switch mechanical metal motor mounted movable nected negative normal parallel phase Plates plug plunger porcelain position practice Prof pull regulating switch release resistance reverse current rheostat rise of pressure rotation rotor secondary winding sections series winding shaft short bars short circuit shown in fig shunt winding solenoid station STRAND sub-station supply switchboard switchgear synchroniser terminal third wire three-phase transformer transmission tube voltmeter volts
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