Hawkins Electrical Guide v. 05 (of 10) Questions, Answers, & Illustrations, A progressive course of study for engineers, electricians, students and those desiring to acquire a working knowledge of electricity and its applications

The word "alternating" is used with a large number of electrical and magnetic quantities to denote that their magnitudes vary continuously, passing repeatedly through a definite...

~Use of Alternators.~--The great increase in the application of electricity for supplying power and for lighting purposes in industry, commerce, and in the home, is due chiefly...

The construction of alternators follows much the same lines as dynamos, especially in the case of machines of the revolving armature type. Usually, however, more poles are provi...

Whenever an alternating pressure is impressed on a circuit, part of it is spent in overcoming the resistance, and the rest goes to balance the reverse pressure due to self-induc...

The determination of the power in a direct current circuit is a simple matter since it is only necessary to multiply together the volts and amperes to obtain the output in watts...