Storage Battery Practice: A Practical Handbook on the Manufacture and Properties of Electric Accumulators and Their Installation and OperationSir I. Pitman & Sons, Limited (incorporating Whittaker & Company), 1919 - Storage batteries - 169 pages |
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acid action active material actual ampere-hour ampere-turns amperes anodes armature auxiliary average Battery Regulating booster voltage brushes cadmium capacity cause cent charging current charging rate circuit coil condition connected considerable constant voltage containers current flowing curves diagram drop dynamo voltage ebonite effect electric electrode electrolyte energy engine equalizing plant figure fluctuating load flux fully charged gassing given grid hydraulic accumulator increase installed lamps latter lead peroxide lever lighting load current machine means mercury arc rectifier motor motor-generator negative plates normal number of cells obtained ordinary output over-discharge overcharge peak planté plates planté positives positive plate practically rate of discharge reactance reduced Regulating Switch resistance result rheostat sections short-circuit shown in Fig shunt solenoid specific gravity speed spongy lead steady steam engine Suction Gas suitable sulphate sulphuric acid supply taken temperature traction train-lighting tubes usually vehicle watt-hour