The Technical World Magazine, Volume 15Technical World Company, 1911 |
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Page 35
... light ; and so , indeed , they are . But , as the inventor explains , light and electricity are the same thing . Vibrations within certain limits of frequency , as already stated , can be heard over a wire . Above 20,000 a second they ...
... light ; and so , indeed , they are . But , as the inventor explains , light and electricity are the same thing . Vibrations within certain limits of frequency , as already stated , can be heard over a wire . Above 20,000 a second they ...
Page 53
... Light and Power , the Laclede Gas , and the United Railways companies of St. Louis , leaving only 40 , - 000 to be disposed of in and around Keokuk . When entirely completed the project calls for 250,000 horse - power , although it is ...
... Light and Power , the Laclede Gas , and the United Railways companies of St. Louis , leaving only 40 , - 000 to be disposed of in and around Keokuk . When entirely completed the project calls for 250,000 horse - power , although it is ...
Page 60
... light load or a heavy load it runs at the same rate of speed . Upgrade or on a level track it makes approximately the same speed also . But the high power required to climb the grade may be sev- eral times that needed on the level . On ...
... light load or a heavy load it runs at the same rate of speed . Upgrade or on a level track it makes approximately the same speed also . But the high power required to climb the grade may be sev- eral times that needed on the level . On ...
Page 62
... ordinary train load is not of the maximum weight . To have made more powerful engines would have been to waste them on trains so light as to leave unused a large frac- tion of their capacity . It is greater econ- omy. 62.
... ordinary train load is not of the maximum weight . To have made more powerful engines would have been to waste them on trains so light as to leave unused a large frac- tion of their capacity . It is greater econ- omy. 62.
Page 63
... light service on certain unimportant lines . But the enormous weight of the trains , the volume of the traffic , and the character of the service , make the New Haven's a real pioneer work . When its experts began to study the problem ...
... light service on certain unimportant lines . But the enormous weight of the trains , the volume of the traffic , and the character of the service , make the New Haven's a real pioneer work . When its experts began to study the problem ...
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