Electric Lighting: A Practical Exposition of the Art, for the Use of Engineers, Students, and Others Interested in the Installation Or Operation of Electrical Plants, Том 1Van Nostrand, 1896 |
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... advantages and disadvantages . The marked advantages of electric light over gas light may be enumerated as follows : - 1. It does not vitiate the atmosphere ; that is , it neither consumes the oxygen upon which the life and health of ...
... advantages and disadvantages . The marked advantages of electric light over gas light may be enumerated as follows : - 1. It does not vitiate the atmosphere ; that is , it neither consumes the oxygen upon which the life and health of ...
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... advantage are not of so much consequence . The only disadvantages of the electric light to offset the numerous and important advantages stated above are : - 1. The electric light cannot be turned down like a gas or oil lamp . This ...
... advantage are not of so much consequence . The only disadvantages of the electric light to offset the numerous and important advantages stated above are : - 1. The electric light cannot be turned down like a gas or oil lamp . This ...
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... advantages of the elec- tric light over gas are similar in character to , and fully as great in degree as , the advantages of gas over oil ; and this applies to the Welsbach burner and acetylene gas as well as to ordinary illuminating ...
... advantages of the elec- tric light over gas are similar in character to , and fully as great in degree as , the advantages of gas over oil ; and this applies to the Welsbach burner and acetylene gas as well as to ordinary illuminating ...
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... advantages , then there would appear to be no reason why it should not be used almost universally wherever it can be obtained . In this connection , it should be noted that the manufacture of much cheaper and also better engines and ...
... advantages , then there would appear to be no reason why it should not be used almost universally wherever it can be obtained . In this connection , it should be noted that the manufacture of much cheaper and also better engines and ...
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... advantage over the Brush system that the regulator for controlling the current and keeping it constant was superior to that employed by Brush . Indeed , the great success of the Thomson - Houston system was largely due to the very ...
... advantage over the Brush system that the regulator for controlling the current and keeping it constant was superior to that employed by Brush . Indeed , the great success of the Thomson - Houston system was largely due to the very ...
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