. Cassier's magazine. ll, or even a substantial part, of itspioneer work. The initial installation, purchasedthrough Mr. F. B. H. Paine, compriseda generator installed in a rough cabinupon the site of the present Ames stationand belted to a 6-foot Pelton wheel un-der 320 feet head, and a motor at themill miles distant. The two wereidentical Westinghouse single-phasealternators of 100 H. P., the largestthen made. The generator was sepa-rately excited, while the motor was self-exciting. Each carried a twelve-partcommutator, and was slightly com-pounded through current transformersupon opposi
. Cassier's magazine. ll, or even a substantial part, of itspioneer work. The initial installation, purchasedthrough Mr. F. B. H. Paine, compriseda generator installed in a rough cabinupon the site of the present Ames stationand belted to a 6-foot Pelton wheel un-der 320 feet head, and a motor at themill miles distant. The two wereidentical Westinghouse single-phasealternators of 100 H. P., the largestthen made. The generator was sepa-rately excited, while the motor was self-exciting. Each carried a twelve-partcommutator, and was slightly com-pounded through current transformersupon opposite spokes of its latter were ironclad, or T- Only voltmeters and ammeters wereused, both of the solenoid and gravitybalance type, in black walnut cases withwindow glass fronts. Circuits wereclosed with jaw switches and opened byarc-light plugs. The line carried twoNo. 3 bare copper wires, mounted uponshort Western Union cross-arms andinsulators. The copper cost about$700, or about 1 per cent, of the esti-. SECTION OF T -TOOTHED ARMATURE WITHTHREE COILS IN PLACE v. >•? •?••:... *%? _ .• toil . l/j^r m
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