Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers Vol. XXVI, Part 2 (June-December)

Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers Vol. XXVI, Part 2 (June-December)

The Electron. Electrons, which are called corpuscles by some physicists, are the smallest particles of matter that have been isolated. They are considered by some (Larmor) to be constituted of ether. Their shape is unknown, but it is frequently assumed as spherical.

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COVER

CONTENTS

THE PROPERTIES OF ELECTRONS

THE HEATING OF COPPER WIRES BY ELECTRICCURRENTS

POWER-FACTOR

INTERACTION OF SYNCHRONOUS MACHINES

DISCUSSION AT NIAGARA FALLS

PROTECTIVE APPARATUS ENGINEERING

PRACTICAL TESTING OF COMMERCIAL LIGHTNING ARRESTERS

A PROPOSED LIGHTNING-ARRESTER TEST

INDUCTIVE DISTURBANCES IN TELEPHONE LINES.

CHOKE-COILS VERSUS EXTRA INSULATION ON THE END-WINDINGS OF TRANSFORMERS

DISCUSSION AT NIAGARA FALLS

NOTES ON RESISTANCE OF GAS-PIPE GROUNDS

TRANSMISSION LINE TOWERS AND ECONOMICALSPANS

LIGHTNING-RODS AND GROUNDED CABLES AS A MEANS OF PROTECTING TRANSMISSION LINES AGAINST LIGHTNING

A NEW TYPE OF INSULATOR FOR HIGH-TENSION TRANSMISSION LINES

SOME NEW METHODS IN HIGH-TENSION LINE CONSTRUCTION

THE TRANSMISSION PLANT OF THE NIAGARA, LOCKPORTAND ONTARIO POWER COMPANY

LOCATION OF BROKEN INSULATORS AND OTHER TRANSMISSION LINE TROUBLES

SWITCHBOARD PRACTICE FOR VOLTAGES OF 60,000 AND UPWARDS

DEFLOCCULATED GRAPHITE

SINGLE-PHASE VERSUS THREE-PHASE GENERATION FOR SINGLE-PHASE RAILWAYS

THE CHOICE OF FREQUENCY FOR SINGLE-PHASE ALTERNATING-CURRENT RAILWAY MOTORS

TWENTY-FIVE VERSUS 15 CYCLES FOR HEAVY RAILWAYS

COMMUTATING-POLE DIRECT-CURRENT RAILWAY MOTORS

PROPOSED CODE OF ETHICS.AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS COMMITTEE ON CODE· OF ETHICS

THE ATTITUDE OF THE TECHNICAL SCHOOL TOWARD THE PROFESSION OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

ON THE CONCENTRIC METHOD OF TEACHING ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

REGENERATION OF POWER WITH SINGLE-PHASE ELECTRIC RAILWAY MOTORS

FRACTIONAL PITCH WINDINGS FOR INDUCTION MOTORS

ZIGZAG LEAKAGE OF INDUCTION MOTORS

THE VECTOR DIAGRAM OF THE COMPENSATED SINGLE-PHASE ALTERNATING-CURRENT MOTOR

TRACK-CIRCUIT SIGNALING ON ELECTRIFIED ROADS

SOME POWER TRANSMISSION ECONOMICS

SINGLE-PHASE HIGH-TENSION POWER TRANS-MISSION

THE GROUNDED NEUTRAL, WITH AND WITHOUT SERIES RESISTANCE, IN HIGH-TENSION SYSTEMS

THE GROUNDED NEUTRAL

EXPERIENCE WITH A GROUNDED NEUTRAL ON THE HIGH-TENSION SYSTEM OF THE INTERBOROUGH RAPID TRANSIT COMPANY

COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE OF STEAM AND ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVES

PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF STEAM RAILROAD ELECTRIFICATION

THE RATIO OF HEATING SURFACE TO GRATE SURFACE AS A FACTOR IN POWER PLANT DESIGN

AN EXHAUST STEAM TURBINE PLANT

A NEW CO2 RECORDER

INDEX