IN the preface the authors state that the time devoted in technical colleges to the study of alternating current machines varies between wide limits. It is stated that a definite text-book is ...

A research team led by Prof. Tian-Bao Ma from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Tsinghua University has proposed a ...

This article was originally published with the title “Gerard's Alternating Current Machine” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 49 No. 9 (September 1883), p. 127 doi:10.1038 ...

This article was originally published with the title “On the Production of Alternating Currents by Means of a Direct Current Dynamo-Electric Machine” inSA Supplements Vol. 19 No. 491supp(May ...

At the head of the commission was Lord Kelvin, the famous British physicist, who had been as opposed to alternating current as Edison until he attended the Chicago Exposition.

George Westinghouse is a name often overshadowed by the likes of Thomas Edison, but his innovations—such as the air brake and the alternating current (AC) system—were pivotal in shaping the modern ...

Midway through the film there's a scene in which Tesla's assistant Alley (Andy Serkis) shows off his boss's alternating current machine to a crowd inside London's Royal Albert Hall. Unfortunately ...

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The alternating current is passed to these rings by brushes; the armature revolves synchronously with the generator in the power-house and with the turbine.