. Electric railway review . It willstop the car easily, steadily and effectually without the ten-dency to slip or skid the wheels, and there is an entireabsence of any delicate mechanism. THE DOSSERT JOINT. Compound Magnet Brake,and without sand, when the car was operating at 8, 12 and16 miles per hour. Stops were required to be made in threeto nine seconds at from 40 to 70 feet, acording to the speed Among the varied and extensive exhibits on the SteelPier is that of Dossert & Company, Inc., manufacturer of thewell-known Dossert joints and solderless connectors andterminals for electric wires
. Electric railway review . It willstop the car easily, steadily and effectually without the ten-dency to slip or skid the wheels, and there is an entireabsence of any delicate mechanism. THE DOSSERT JOINT. Compound Magnet Brake,and without sand, when the car was operating at 8, 12 and16 miles per hour. Stops were required to be made in threeto nine seconds at from 40 to 70 feet, acording to the speed Among the varied and extensive exhibits on the SteelPier is that of Dossert & Company, Inc., manufacturer of thewell-known Dossert joints and solderless connectors andterminals for electric wires and cables. Although the advent01 Dossert & Company in the field of manufacturing electricalequipment is of comparatively recent date, the remarkableincrease of this companys business during the past threeyears has attracted not a little attention. The Dossert joint is a mechanical device designed tosplice wires securely, and to make a perfect electrical con-nection without the use of solder. This, of course. Is a. =S=S: Compound Magnet Brake—Diagram Showing Operation. at which the car was running. The various points of meritof the different brakes were taken into consideration and amarking made, upon: 1. Reliability and simplicity. 2. Liability of action when the brake was not operated. revolutionary method of splicing wires and when Dossert &Company asked for the approval of the National Board ofFire Underwriters in 1905 the new joint was examined withgreat interest. It was then decided, however, that as thepractice in vogue afforded nothing on which to base judg- o(l8 ELECTRIC RAILWAY REVIEW Vol. XVIII, No. 15b. ment as to how the device would meet the varied require-ments and contingencies of usage, field experience was neces-sary. Provisional approval was accordingly granted, subjectto the assent of local inspectors. After field experience andlaboratory tests covering a period of over two years, theNational Board of Fire Underwriters at its meeting in NewYork in March,
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