Electric Railway in Theory and practice by Crosby & Bell Second edition 1893 HC

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Electric Railway in Theory and practice by Crosby & Bell Second edition 1893 HC
Electric Railway in Theory and practice by Crosby & Bell
Second edition, revised and enlarged
Copyright 1893
416 pages
Indexed
Preface though page 12 loose
PREFACE.
IN considering so widely ramifying a subject as electrical traction two quite distinct methods of treatment present themselves-one the discussion of general principles, methods, and results, the other the detailed study of motors and their peculiarities, the specific parts of the general equipment and their use in daily work. These two are mutually exclusive in any volume of finite size. Believing that the latter course would soon lead us into the mere allotment of a graveyard for defunct apparatus, description of which would be less interesting than a collection of epitaphs and would possess but casual value even to the moralist, we have chosen the former line of treatment.
We have endeavored to present both the elementary theory of the subject and the general features of the best practice, describing in detail particular methods and forms of car machinery only in so far as they are of importance in illustrating the broad principles on which they depend. Specific instructions have been introduced, however, when, in the present state of the art, they seemed necessary to a fuller comprehension of the subject and a more thorough grasp of modern methods.
We have not ventured so forecast the future of the transmission of energy to moving motors, for nothing save
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
PAGE
PREFACE,...I
CHAPTER I.
GENERAL 'ELECTRICAL THEORY, 5
CHAPTER II.
PRIME MOVERS, ..29
1CHAPTER III.
MOTORS AND CAR EQUIPMENT,. 64
CHAPTER IV.
THE LINE,... 123
CHAPTER V.
TRACK-CAR HOUSES-SNOW MACHINES, 147
CHAPTER VI.
THE STATION, .... 16I
CHAPTER VII.
THE EFFICIENCY OF ELECTRIC TRACTION,.. 202
CHAPTER VIII.
STORAGE-BATTERY TRACTION, . 230
CHAPTER TX.
MISCELLANEOUS METHODS OF ELECTRIC TRACTION,. 253
CHAPTER X..
PAGE
HIGH-SPEED SERVICE,... 273
CHAPTER XI.
COMMERCIAL CONSIDERATIONS,a. 309
CHAPTER XII.
HISTORICAL NOTES, . 333
APPENDICES.
APPENDIX A.
ELECTRIC RAILWAY VS. TELEPHONE--DECISIONS, .. 353
APPENDIX B.
INSTRUCTIONS TO LINEMEN, ... 369,
APPENDIX C.
ENGINEER'S LOG-BOOK, .... 381
APPENDIX D.
CLASSIFICATION OF EXPENDITURES OF ELECTRIC STREET RAILWAYS, 382
APPENDIX E.
CONCERNING LIGHTNING PROTECTION, BY PROF. ELIHU THOMSON, 389
APPENDIX F.
MOTORS WITH BEVELED GEAR AND. SERIES-MULTIPLE CONTROL OF MOTORS, 403
APPENDIX G.
METHOD FOR MEASURING INSULATION RESISTANCE OF OVERHEAD LINES, 405
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