| 1. | The Electric Motor. |
| 2. | Magnetic Principles. |
| 3. | Electrical Measurements. |
| 4. | The Dynamo. |
| 5. | Construction of Motor. |
| 6. | Governing of Motors. |
| 7. | Open and Closed Motors; rating. |
| 8. | Motor Starting Switches. |
| 9. | Speed Control of Shunt-wound Motors. |
| 10. | Series Motor Control. |
| 11. | Distribution System. |
| 12. | Installing and Connections. |
| 13. | Care of Dynamos and Motors. |
| 14. | Cost of Plant. |
| 15. | Examples of Electric Driving. |
Horse-power absorbed by various machines, including general engineering and shipyard machines; wood working and printing machinery (arranged in 14 pages of tables).
XII + 204 pages, 63 illustrations, 12 mo. cloth. $2.00.
THE PRACTICAL ENGINEER’S HANDBOOK.
TO THE CARE AND MANAGEMENT OF
ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS
By NORMAN H. SCHNEIDER,
Chief Engineer, “White City,” Colingwood, Ohio.
EXTRACTS FROM PREFACE.
In revising the first edition of Power Plants the author decided to greatly enlarge it in the hope that it will have a still greater success than the first one. The section on theory is thoroughly revised. A complete chapter on Standard Wiring including new tables and original diagrams added. The National Fire Underwriters’ rules condensed and simple explanations given.
Direct and alternating current motors have been given a special chapter and modern forms of starting rheostats described at length. The principles of alternators have been considered also transformers and their applications. Modern testing instruments and their use are given a separate chapter. New matter has been added to storage batteries including charging of automobile batteries, 10 new tables, and 137 new illustrations.
SYNOPSIS OF CONTENTS OF CHAPTERS.
1. The Electric Current; series and multiple connections; resistance of circuits; general explanation of formulas.