. The street railway review . - improve the road and plug up leaks, allow-ing nothing to run down, and yet reducing expenses. IDEAL ENGINE FOR DIRECT CONNECTION. The demand for direct connected engines is daily onthe increase, and while at first it was thought practicableto drive only the larger sized dynamos in this way, thecapacity of direct connected engine and dynamo units, hasbeen steadily on the decrease, and now very small dyna-. IDE DIRECT CONNECTED ENGINE. mos are so driven without sacrificing economy to any greatextent. Small direct coupled units for ship lighting havebeen in use for
. The street railway review . - improve the road and plug up leaks, allow-ing nothing to run down, and yet reducing expenses. IDEAL ENGINE FOR DIRECT CONNECTION. The demand for direct connected engines is daily onthe increase, and while at first it was thought practicableto drive only the larger sized dynamos in this way, thecapacity of direct connected engine and dynamo units, hasbeen steadily on the decrease, and now very small dyna-. IDE DIRECT CONNECTED ENGINE. mos are so driven without sacrificing economy to any greatextent. Small direct coupled units for ship lighting havebeen in use for many years, but in that case economy ofspace was more to be considered than economy of steamor repairs. A. L. Ide & Son, of Springfield, 111., havere-designed their well known Ideal, so as to make itspecially adapted to direct driving. The engraving isof one of three engines that are to light the SouthernHotel, St. Louis. All were regulated to run at 275 revo- (^t{\aiWa^j^ym/ 37 lutions. A direct connected engine must be heavyenough to stand short circuits without breaking itself, andthis condition is fully complied with. The coal and repairbills with this type will of course be no more than withthe regular Ideal, used for direct belting. The enginein the engraving is 14 by 14, and is rated at 125-horse-power. The armature is of General Electric make andis keyed to the shaft. The Ideal system of self oilingmakes it impo
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