INDEX.

Arc Lamps,
—— places where suitable, [10].
—— charges for, [10].
—— at Milan, [47].
Accumulators,
—— at Kensington Court, [69].
—— at Vienna, [76].
Birmingham wire gauge resistance table, [105].
—— in French measurements, [106].
Central-stations,
—— Siemens’ suggestion for, [1].
—— at Philadelphia, [2].
—— block, [3].
—— construction, [3].
—— selection of district for, [4].
—— relation between daily output and capacity, [7].
—— loss in, [15].
—— at Deptford, [31].
—— at Eastbourne, [31].
—— at Brighton, [32].
—— at Tours, [32].
—— at Vienna, [76].
—— position of, [16].
—— in United States, [17].
—— at Grosvenor Gallery, [27].
—— Kensington Court, [20], [68].
—— methods of lighting from, [20].
—— tables showing cost of, [86], [87].
Cost of gas compared with electricity, [8].
Cost of kerosene, [9].
Cost of arc lighting, [10].
Conductors,
—— relative size of, for different systems, [22].
—— arrangement of, at Grosvenor Gallery, [28].
—— primary conductors at Grosvenor Gallery, [30].
—— diagram of network system of, at Milan, [46].
—— diagram of multiple series system at Temesvar, [60].
—— conduits for, in New York, [92], [93], [94].
Distribution of Electricity,
—— Edison parallel system, [41].
—— Edison feeders, [42].
—— three-wire system, [43].
—— series system, [52].
—— Bernstein system, [57].
—— multiple series system, [58].
—— by means of secondary batteries, [65].
—— system of, at Kensington Court, [69].
Dynamotors, [79].
—— Swinburne’s Compound, [83].
Electric Lighting,
—— as an investment, [3], [9], [97].
—— people who most readily take it up, [4].
—— relation between number of lights used and number fixed, [4], [5].
—— cost of, to householder, [5].
—— diagram of, in London district, [6].
—— diagram of, at Cincinnati, [7].
—— charges for, [8].
—— description of arc and glow, [9].
—— at Tilbury Docks, [18].
—— at Victoria Station, [18].
—— at Paddington Station, [19].
—— relative cost of, for direct and transformer systems, [21], [27].
—— at Lucerne, [34].
—— at Milan, [34], [44].
—— cost of, at Milan, [48].
—— at Berlin, [52].
—— cost of, at Berlin, [53].
—— Bernstein system of, [55].
—— diagram of, system at Colchester, [67].
—— working cost of, at Athenæum Club, [88].
—— working cost of, at Naval and Military Club, [89].
—— working cost of, at South Kensington Museum, [89].
—— working cost of Thomson-Houston system of, in an American city, [90].
Experiment at the Teatro dal Verone, [34].
Faults, discovery of, [51].
Gas Lights,
—— heat from, advantages and objections, [3].
—— number used and fixed, [4].
—— cost of, at Berlin, [53].
—— cost of, to householder, [5].
Glossary, [107].
Incandescent Lamps,
—— number obtained per electrical HP., [8].
—— illustration of, [11].
—— candle-power of, [11].
—— consumption of energy in, [10], [63].
—— life of, [11].
—— blackening of, [12].
—— at Temesvar, [63].
Lighting,
—— number of hours of, per annum, [4].
—— cost of, to London householder, [5].
—— diagram of, in London district, [6].
—— diagram of, at Cincinnati, [7].
—— diagram of, [13].
—— relative cost of, with direct and transformer system, [22].
—— relative cost of, by electricity and gas, [91].
Lucigen light, the, [99].
—— cost of working, [100].
Machinery at Grosvenor Gallery, [29].
Motors, Electric, [39].
—— diagram showing power supplied to, in Boston, [40].
—— purposes used for, in America, [39].
Meters, Electric,
—— the Edison, [49].
—— the Aron, [54].
Mackenzie’s conduits for electric light cables, [95].
Priestman’s petroleum engine, [98].
Regulation of E. M. F. at Grosvenor Gallery, [29].
Regulation of E. M. F. at Milan, [44].
Rent of meters at Milan, [49].
Rent of meters at Berlin, [53].
Regulators for secondary batteries, [76].
Resistance of Copper Wire, [105], [106].
Speed indicators at Grosvenor Gallery, [29].
Safety fuses at Grosvenor Gallery, [31].
Safety fuses at Milan, [47].
Switch, double pole, [72].
Table I. showing cost of laying conductors, [74], [75].
Table II. showing cost and maintenance of plant, [86], [87].
Table showing resistance, &c., of copper wire, [105], [106].
Table showing principal electric lighting stations in Great Britain, [116-119].
Table showing principal electric lighting stations on the Continent, [120-125].
Terms, explanation of, [107-115].
Transformers,
—— application of, [27].
—— diagram of Ruhmkorff type of, [23].
—— description of Ruhmkorff type of, [23].
—— arrangements of circuits of, [24].
—— two classes of, [24].
—— Kapp & Snell, [27].
—— distribution of electricity by means of, [21].
—— prevention of shocks from, [30].
—— Westinghouse converters, [35].
—— potential used in, [38].
—— direct current, [79].
—— comparison between alternate and direct current, [80].
—— Swinburne’s dynamotor, [83].
—— advantages of Zippernowsky-Deri system of, [34].
Turbines working the dynamos at Tivoli, [32].
Turbines working the dynamos at Lucerne, [33].
Useful Notes, [101-103].
—— incandescent lights, [102].
—— arc lighting of works, [102].
—— approximate cost, [102].
—— wire running, [103].
—— Electrical Measurements, [104].
Westinghouse system, [35].
—— at Pittsfield, [37].
Wires overhead or underground, [91].

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Footnotes:

[1] Unit; [see page 7].

[2] See [Table IV]., page 87.

[3] 1000 watts.

[4] Hedges on the Supply of Electricity by Local Authorities. Proceedings of Association of Municipal and Sanitary Engineers and Surveyors, vol. ix. (1882-83), p. 159.

[5] From Industries.

[6] Kilowatt equals 1,000 watts.

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