A dynamo-electric machine provided with two armature windings, one serving to receive current, as a motor, the other to deliver current, as a generator, to a secondary circuit.

N

N. An abbreviation for the north-seeking pole in a magnet.

Natural Magnet. A loadstone.

Needle. A term applied to a bar-magnet poised horizontally upon a vertical point.

A magnetic needle, or the magnet in a mariner’s compass.

Negative. Opposed to positive.

Negative Electricity. The kind of electricity with which a piece of amber is charged by friction with flannel.

In a galvanic battery or cell the surface of the zinc is charged with negative electricity. Negative electricity, according to the theory of some scientists, really means a deficiency of electricity.

Negative Electrode. The same as Negative Element.