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DYNAMO CONSTRUCTION: A PRACTICAL HANDBOOK FOR THE USE OF ENGINEER-CONSTRUCTORS AND ELECTRICIANS-IN-CHARGE

Written by John W. Urquhart
Published by Crosby Lockwood and Son in 1895

DYNAMO CONSTRUCTION: A PRACTICAL HANDBOOK FOR THE USE OF ENGINEER-CONSTRUCTORS AND ELECTRICIANS-IN-CHARGE
Written by John W. Urquhart.
Stock no. 2107929
2nd. 1895. Hardback. Very good condition.

Second edition, revised and enlarged. Includes a new chapter on the Multiphase Dynamo, and several other additions. Embracing Framework building, field magnet and armature winding and grouping, compounding, etc., with examples of leading English, American, and continental dynamos and motors. B/w illustrations and diagrams. xvi and 368 pages incluing index plus publisher adverts to rear. Front cover is a bit bowed. Corners and spine are lightly rubbed. Some scuff marks to covers. Text block browned. A few foxspots and margin marks. Some hinges pulled but binding is tight.

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Cover of DYNAMO CONSTRUCTION: A PRACTICAL HANDBOOK FOR THE USE OF ENGINEER-CONSTRUCTORS AND ELECTRICIANS-IN-CHARGE by John W. Urquhart

Contents

  • Introduction
  • Chapter I. Elements of the Dynamo
  • Chapter II. Notes Concerning the Elementary Principles
  • Chapter III. Dynamo Field Magnets
  • Chapter IV. Calculations Respecting Exciting Coils
  • Chapter V. Details Respecting Exciting Coils
  • Chapter VI. Form of the Field Magnet
  • Chapter VII. The Armature
  • Chapter VIII. The Armature Core
  • Chapter IX. Armature Winding
  • Chapter X. Ring Armature Winding
  • Chapter XI. Drum Armature Winding
  • Chapter XII. Economic Design
  • Chapter XIII. Dynamo Governing
  • Chapter XIV. Output and Efficiency
  • Chapter XV. Graphical Records
  • Chapter XVI. Dynamos in Series and Parallel
  • Chapter XVII. The Dynamo in Electric Lighting
  • Chapter XVIII. Operative Notes
  • Chapter XIX. Electro-Depositing Dynamos
  • Chapter XX. Typical Dynamos
  • Chapter XXI. The Multiphase Dynamo
  • Chapter XXII. The Dynamo as a Motor