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properties

testing
viscosity

Ontario Power Co., transmission system, line troubles..

Ore handling equipment of Gary plant.

machine, braking

motors, speed control
power requirements

unloaders, power requirements

speed control system

Organic products, electrolytic production.

Orsat, flue gas analyses, description

Oscillations, free, equations

generation, methods

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produced by rupture of arc short-circuit.
typical

Oscillograph, Blondel, description

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schematic diagram

Duddell, description

errors

first use on high tension lines

General Electric, description
natural period
sensibility

limitations

natural frequency maximum

silver vs. phosphor-bronze vibrating
use in detecting arcing ground

Osmium filaments (see Filaments).

lamp (see Lamps).

resistivity temperature, coefficient..

Owens, curve tracer, description

Oxy-hydrogen, limelight, original
Ozite, conductivity, thermal

.XXIII (04) 406

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strips..XXIV (05) 205
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Pacific Gas and Electric Co., record of service inter-

.XXVIII (09) 1420

ruptions
transmission plant, de-
scription

Light and Power Co., data on 20,000 volt

generators

Paper, dielectric strength, effect of duration of stress
application

Para rubber, definition

Paraffin oil, dielectric strength, transient e. m. f.....
Parallel operation, angular deviation of engine, measure-

ment

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displacement for given cross

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variation, measurement..XVIII (01) 799; XIX

variation, steam engines,

mathematical study.... XVIII (01) 703
variation steam engine, meas-

urement

variation tests of tanden com-
pound engine

anti-surging device

difficulties, causes with independent

prime movers

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character-

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method of over-coming...XVIII (01) 747

division of load, relation to speed char-

acteristic

effect of speed change due to change

of load
regulation
istics

flywheel capacity, calculation XVIII (01) 763, 772

gas engine-driven-generators

gas-engine, speed specifications. in

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Parallel operation, (continued)

hydroelectric plants, advantages.. .XXIX (10) 548
general discussion. XXIX (10) 547
speed regulation.XXIX (10)

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static by-pass for transformer windings....

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pressure required to retard water, calculation...xxv (06) 166
rise behind closing valve, calculation..xxv (06) 167

wave, calculation

time constant, calculation..

.XXV (06) 168

Penstocks, (continued)
velocities

standard

water hammer, protection

prevention.

Pentane lamp (see Light standards).

Permeability, measurement of large field rings..

Phantom transposition

Phase meter (see Meter).

shifter, description

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unbalance, effect on power of induction motors... XXVIII (09) 563

synchronous motors. XXVIII (09)

570

Philippine cable (see Cable).

Phoenix Light and Fuel Co., transmission plant, descrip-

tion

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Phono-electric wire (see Wire).

Phosphorescence, commercial applications..

definition

in nature

substances

Phosphorous, electrolytic production

Photographone, Ruhmer's description

Photometer, Bunsen, candle-power scale, formula.

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Weber, objections

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incandescent lamp standard, accuracy.

mean horizontal candle-power with Matthews

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photometer

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Platinum, energy reflected at different wave lengths..
coefficient resistivity, temperature
thermo-e.m.f's.

Platinum-rhodium thermo-e.m.f's.

Plough electric, description

Point-analysis, vector power
Polar diagram vs. clock diagram
Polariphone, characteristics

Poles, bending moment formula.
cedar, life

chestnut, life

concrete, for telegraph lines.

construction practice

iron, cost

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294; XXIII (04) 526

compared with wood, installed...

early history

juniper, life

requirements for catenary construction..
spacing, catenary construction

steel, cost

top construction, spans 500 to 900 feet

900 to 3,000 feet.
high-tension construction practice..

wooden, cost

life

compared with iron, installed.
disadvantages

.XXIII
in various parts of U. S...
wet-rot, remedy

Pole-face losses, theory and calculation

winding action

Pole-lines (see Transmission lines).

Polonium discovery

properties

Polyphase, distribution (see Distribution).

generators (see Generators).
transformers (see Transformers).
transmission (see Transmission).

Population growth, method of study...

Porcelain, compressive strength

manufacture, limitations

resistance, ohmic

shearing strength

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simultaneous electrical and mechanical stresses. XXIX (10) 972

tensile strength

Porous cup, resistance measurement

Potassium chlorate, electrolytic production..

Potential transformers (see Transformers shunt).

Potentiometer, a. c. description

liquid description

Potomac river, maximum flow

water-shed area

Potts synchronizer, description

Poulsen telephonograph, description
duplexing

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