Electrical Engineering Practice: A Practical Treatise for Electrical, Civil, and Mechanical Engineers, Volume 1Chapman, 1948 |
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3-phase alloys alternating current aluminium ammeter ampere-hour amperes apparatus applied armature boiler bus bars cables capacity charge circuit circuit-breaker coil condenser conductor connected constant contacts copper core cost curve cycles dielectric strength direct current dynamo earth eddy currents effect efficiency electrical electrical resistance electrostatic energy engines feeder field flux frequency fuse galvanometer heat higher hysteresis increase induction installation instrument insulating materials iron latter load factor loss machine magnetising measured mechanical metal meter motor operation output overhead lines Permalloy permanent magnet permeability phase pipe plant poles potentiometer power factor practice pressure rated reactance reduced Regulations relay resistance rotor short-circuit shunt single-phase speed standard station steam steel supply switch Table temperature transformer transmission tube turbine unit utilised varies voltage voltmeter volts watt-hour meter wattmeter wave winding wire