Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers Vol. XXVI, Part 1 (January-May)

The speed of an engine may be expressed in revolutions per minute, or in terms of the linear velocity of the crank-pin in feet per minute. Revolutions per minute is rather more indefinite than crank-pin velocity in feet per minute, because feet per minute is accepted as not simply a measurement for a minute of time, whereas revolutions per minute more frequently is.

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CONTENTS

GAS-ENGINE REGULATION FOR DIRECT-CONNECTED UNITS

UNDERGROUND TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY

ON THE SUBSTITUTION OF THE ELECTRI MOTOR FOR THE STEAM LOCOMOTIVE.

NEW YORK JANUARY 25, 1907

LINE CONSTANTS AND ABNORMAL VOLTAGES AND CURRENTS IN HIGH-POTENTIAL TRANSMISSIONS

ALTERNATING-CURRENT ELECTROLYSIS

ELECTROLYTIC CORROSION OF IRON AND STEEL INCONCRETE

SOME THEORETICAL NOTES ON THE REDUCTION OF EARTH CURRENTS FROM ELECTRIC RAILWAY SYSTEMS BY MEANS OF NEGATIVE FEEDERS

ELECTROLYSIS

MOTOR-GENERATORS

MOTOR-GENERATORS vs. CONVERTERS

INTRODUCTION TO DISCUSSION ON THE PRACTICABILITY OF LARGE GENERATORS WOUND FOR 22,000 VOLTS

DISCUSSION AT NEW YORK

HIGH-VOLTAGE DIRECT-CURRENT AND ALTERNATING-CURRENT SYSTEMS FOR INTERURBAN RAILWAYS

DISCUSSION AT CHICAGO

LIGHTNING PHENOMENA IN ELECTRIC CIRCUITS

PROTECTION AGAINST LIGHTNING, AND THE MULTIGAP LIGHTNING ARRESTER

NEW PRINCIPLES IN THE DESIGN OF LIGHTNING ARRESTERS

THE ROWLAND TELEGRAPHIC SYSTEM

NEW YORK, APRIL 15, 1907

CONSTANTS OF CABLES AND MAGNETIC CONDUCTORS

THE TELEPHONE WIRE PLANT

THE TELEPHONE WIRE PLANT

LIGHT FROM GASEOUS CONDUCTORS WITHIN GLASS TUBE-THE MOORE LIGHT

THE MOORE LIGHT

AN ANALYSIS OF THE DISTRIBUTION LOSSES IN A LARGE CENTRAL STATION SYSTEM

SOME FACTS AND PROBLEMS BEARING ON ELECTRICT TRUNK-LINE OPERATION

RELATIVE MERITS OF THREE-PHASE AND ONE PHASE TRANSFORMERS

RELATIVE ADVANTAGES OF ONE-PHASE AND THREE PHASE TRANSFORMERS

HIGH-TENSION TRANSMISSION

FORCED-OIL AND FORCED-WATER CIRCULATION FOR COOLING OIL-INSULATED TRANSFORMERS

ENCLOSED STATION WIRING

POTENTIAL STRESSES AS AFFECTED BY OVERHEAD GROUNDED CONDUCTORS

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL EKGINEERS

CONSTITUTION

INDEX