. Electrical world. ut the arc lighting system at that time had appar-ently a station capacity of about 3,000 arcs and in 1888-9 had 2,171 inservice. At the end of 1887, the Boston Edison Company hadconnected on its three-wire system an equivalent of 8,380 incan-descent lamps of 16 cp and about 80 motors of an aggregate of300 hp. All these various services being now consolidated underthe management of Mr. C. L. Edgar, the growth since that timecan be summarized by stating that the Boston Edison Companyat the beginning of May, 1904, was operating 642,406 incandescentlamps, 9,546 arcs and 23,891
. Electrical world. ut the arc lighting system at that time had appar-ently a station capacity of about 3,000 arcs and in 1888-9 had 2,171 inservice. At the end of 1887, the Boston Edison Company hadconnected on its three-wire system an equivalent of 8,380 incan-descent lamps of 16 cp and about 80 motors of an aggregate of300 hp. All these various services being now consolidated underthe management of Mr. C. L. Edgar, the growth since that timecan be summarized by stating that the Boston Edison Companyat the beginning of May, 1904, was operating 642,406 incandescentlamps, 9,546 arcs and 23,891 hp of motors. Our readers can seefor themselves at a glance how manifold has been the increase. The convention of 1887 was called together by President J. FrankMorrison, at the Parker House on August 9, and the list of thosein attendance revives memories of men who did valuable work inthe development of the industry, and have passed away. Mr. Mor-rison, in his address, called attention to the development of the al-. Brush Lighting Plant, Ferdinand Street, Boston, 1887. (From a Jlood Cut in The Electrical IVorld.) present status of the art and the industry, namely the adoption ofthe alternating current and the introduction of the direct-currentmotor. It is sharply within the memory of veterans who attendedthe Boston convention seventeen years ago that the impressivefeature of that afifair was the large exhibit made of direct-currentmotors, although singularly enough these were designed for arclighting circuits, to be operated in series, rather than for the incan-descent circuits to be operated in parallel, as virtually all motorsare to-day. The same year, 1887, was a landmark also as being thetime when Tesla came to the front and changed the whole aspect ofthings with his polyphase inventions and motors. In connection with the visit to Boston the Electrical World andEngineer of that day presented to its readers an elaborate wood cutengraving which we are emboldened here to repr
Size: 1793px × 1394px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, booksubjectelectri, bookyear1883
