Electricity in Locomotion: An Account of its Mechanism, its Achievements, and its Prospects
Autor Adam Gowans Whyteen Limba Engleză Paperback – 21 mar 2012
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781107605985
ISBN-10: 1107605989
Pagini: 152
Dimensiuni: 127 x 203 x 9 mm
Greutate: 0.17 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Locul publicării:New York, United States
ISBN-10: 1107605989
Pagini: 152
Dimensiuni: 127 x 203 x 9 mm
Greutate: 0.17 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Locul publicării:New York, United States
Cuprins
Preface; 1. The wheel and the public; 2. Early tramroads and railways; 3. The birth of electric traction; 4. The essential advantages of electric traction on tramways; 5. The mechanism of an electric tramcar: the overhead system; 6. Conduit and surface-contact tramway systems; 7. The backwardness of electric traction in Great Britain; 8. Electric tramway stagnation. The trolley omnibus; 9. Regenerative control; 10. Accumulator electric traction. The electric automobile; 11. Petrol-electric vehicles and main marine propulsion by electricity; 12. The pioneer electric railways; 13. Electric railways from the engineering point of view; 14. Electric traction on main line railways; 15. Curiosities of electric traction; 16. The future; Index.
Descriere
This 1911 text contains an informative account of the role of electricity in the development of various forms of locomotion.