Electrical Traction (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Electrical Traction<br><br>In the following pages I have endeavoured to deal with the principles relating to "Electrical Traction," and I have, I hope, incorporated sufficient descriptive matter for the purpose of illustrating the subjects treated of. Much of the information with regard to the Leeds Tramways which will be found in the text is given for the first time. I have also included descriptions of certain experiments which I have made for the purpose of this work. Descriptive matter and illustrations have been obtained from several sources, especially from the Journals of the Institutions of Civil and Electrical Engineers, and the Northern Society of Electrical Engineers, Engineering, the Railway World, and a Report of the Corporation of Sheffield on "Tramway Traction."<br><br>I have received much valuable information and many illustrations from the Westinghouse and the British Thomson-Houston Companies, for which I wish to express my obligations and thanks. Mr. R. W. Blackwell has also kindly lent me some illustrations.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.