Hawkins' Electrical Dictionary: A Cyclopedia of Words, Terms, Phrases and Data Used in the Electric Arts, Trades and Sciences |
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acid alternating current ampere angle apparatus applied arc lamp armature body boiler brushes cable called carbon cell Cell.-A charge chemical coil commutator compound condenser conductor connected consisting copper core cylinder device direct current direction discharge dynamo elec electric circuit electric conductor electric current Electric.-A electrodes electrolyte electromagnetic electromotive force electroplating employed energy equal farad field magnets filament flux friction galvanometer heat incandescent lamp induction instrument insulated iron light lines of force liquid machine magnetic field magnetic force measuring mechanical metal meter motion motor needle operated passing phase piston plate pole potential pressure primary produced pump resistance rheostat rotation screw shaft shunt signal spark steam engine steel substance surface switch switchboard telegraph telephone telephone switchboard temperature term sometimes terminals tion transformer tricity trolley tube unit usually valve vibration voltage voltaic voltaic cell Wheatstone bridge wheel winding wire zinc