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# Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers

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Publication Year: 1919, Page(s): nil1
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Publication Year: 1919, Page(s): i
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Publication Year: 1919, Page(s): ii
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Publication Year: 1919, Page(s):iii - iv
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• ### The Dielectric Field in an Electric Power Cable

Publication Year: 1919, Page(s):971 - 1036
Cited by:  Papers (6)
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The data given pertain particularly to the field of three-conductor three-phase cables when supplied with three-phase voltage, and are primarily the solution by physical measurements of some of the geometric problems of the three-conductor three-phase cable. Data are given so that it is possible, from electrical measurements on three-conductor cable, to determine certain specific quantities as per... View full abstract»

• ### Problems of 220-kv. Power Transmission

Publication Year: 1919, Page(s):1037 - 1135
Cited by:  Papers (5)
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The dependence of industrial progress upon an adequate supply of electrical power, together with the vital need for a rational policy of conservation of the country's fuel resources, points to a probable-early demand for transmission of large blocks of power from distant energy sources??coal fields and water powers. Two hundred and twenty kv. is suggested as a logical voltage for such high-capacit... View full abstract»

• ### The Effect of Transient Voltages on Dielectrics II

Publication Year: 1919, Page(s):1137 - 1177
Cited by:  Papers (3)
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This paper treats of some of the practical applications resulting from an investigation of the effect of lightning voltages on insulators, bushings and protective gaps. There is a great difference in the relative lightning spark-over voltages of various gaps as well as a great difference in the setings imposed by operating conditions. Both of these factors must be considered in comparing the relat... View full abstract»

• ### Order and Amplitude of Harmonics in Voltage Wave Forms with Indicating Instruments

Publication Year: 1919, Page(s):1179 - 1198
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The author presents a method for the determination of the order and percentage of the various components of an alternating wave of e. m. f., using indicating meters and other inexpensive apparatus. Two examples are given. Oscillograms are included to show interesting phenomena and to check the results of the calculations. The value of so-called standards for the indication of wave form is question... View full abstract»

• ### Theory of Probabilities Applied to Failures of Suspension Insulators

Publication Year: 1919, Page(s):1199 - 1222
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Nothwithstanding the recent improvements in porcelain insulators, failures are sufficiently common so that allowance must be made for them. A certain factor of safety is required, in the shape of extra insulation, to provide for the electrical unreliability of the insulators themselves aside from conditions of abnormal operating stresses. There are a wide variety of operating conditions which affe... View full abstract»

• ### Predetermination of Synchronous Phase-Modifier Performance

Publication Year: 1919, Page(s):1223 - 1235
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The author reviews the method for showing the behavior of transmission lines first given by Perrine and Baum and then shows how it can be used in determining the effect of the use of a synchronous motor operating without load for improving the power factor. The effect of the losses in the motor are shown both in their effect on the line alone and on the line with the step-up and step-down transfor... View full abstract»

• ### California 220,000-Volt - 1100-Mile - 1,500,000-kw. Transmission Bus

Publication Year: 1919, Page(s):1237 - 1268
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This paper summarizes the power resources of California and the probable loads to be supplied within the next six or seven years. For the purpose of economically distributing the necessary power and supplying the load, a long high-voltage transmission line is proposed. As this line would interconnect a number of different companies, it assumes the nature of a bus bar. The authors show how the prop... View full abstract»

• ### Transoceanic Radio Communication

Publication Year: 1919, Page(s):1269 - 1285
Cited by:  Papers (4)
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The paper defines the state of the art of today which is the result of developments during the war. Transatlantic radio communication is at present maintained by five first class stations, two in America and three in Europe. These stations operate at wave-lengths between 12,500 and 17,000 meters. The range of wave-lengths suited for such traffic is rather limited, the desirable wave length being i... View full abstract»

• ### Telephone Repeaters

Publication Year: 1919, Page(s):1287 - 1345
Cited by:  Papers (18)
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In this paper the authors have endeavored to set forth briefly but clearly the history of the research and development work which has led up to the final production of successful telephone repeaters. The various forms of amplifiers which have been suggested are described and their possibilities and limitations pointed out. The essential properties of repeater networks together with the necessary l... View full abstract»

• ### Principles of Radio Transmission and Reception with Antenna and Coil Aerials

Publication Year: 1919, Page(s):1347 - 1414
Cited by:  Papers (1)
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Coil aerials are coming to replace the large antennas in radio work. The advantage of the coil aerial as a direction finder, interference preventer, reducer of strays and submarine aerial, make it important to know how effective such an aerial is as a transmitting and receiving device in comparison with the ordinary antenna. In this article the mathematical theory is presented and, as a result, th... View full abstract»

• ### The Vacuum Tube as a Generator of Alternating-Current Power

Publication Year: 1919, Page(s):1415 - 1444
Cited by:  Papers (2)
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The first part of this article deals with the operation of the tube when separately excited, the variation of power with the amount of excitation, the load impedance, etc., and also gives an analysis of the forms and phases of voltages and currents in the different parts of the circuit. The second part deals with the efficiency of the tube as a generator; the action is analyzed in detail and the c... View full abstract»

• ### The Positions of Atoms in Metals

Publication Year: 1919, Page(s):1445 - 1466
Cited by:  Papers (5)
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When a narrow beam of X-rays passes through a fine powder of any crystalline material, it produces on a photographic plate placed just behind the powder a pattern of concentric circles. These circles are produced by the reflection of the X-rays from the planes of atoms in the crystal, and their diameters are a measure of the distances between these planes of atoms. By measuring the diameters of th... View full abstract»

• ### The Piezo Electric Effect in the Composite Rochelle Salt Crystal

Publication Year: 1919, Page(s):1467 - 1493
Cited by:  Papers (11)
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The piezo-electric effect is an electro-elastic property of certain crystals. It involves the conversion of mechanical into electrical energy, and also the converse effect. The paper presents an exposition of piezo-electricity and related optical and other properties belonging to these crystals. Special reference is made to the comparatively large piezo-electric effects produced by Rochelle salt c... View full abstract»

• ### A Report on Electromagnetic Induction

Publication Year: 1919, Page(s):1495 - 1513
Cited by:  Papers (2)
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This report discusses briefly the chief fundamental results obtained from the days of Faraday to the present time in studying the electromotive forces ordinarily referred to the domain of electromagnetic induction. Self-induction is first taken up, and the phenomena of self-induction are treated. as essentially identical with the phenomena of inertia in dynamics, according to the idea of Maxwell a... View full abstract»

• ### Present Limits of Speed and Power of Single-Shaft Steam Turbines

Publication Year: 1919, Page(s):1515 - 1525
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This paper will be restricted to a discussion of some of the factors which influence limits as applying particularly to turbines of the reaction type. With the employment of high vacua the limit of power will be determined largely by the area obtainable through the last stage. Limiting factors include: 1. Chosen maximum values of steam speed through the blades in order to keep the leaving losses w... View full abstract»

• ### Present Limits of Speed and Power of Single Shaft Curtis Steam Turbines

Publication Year: 1919, Page(s):1527 - 1535
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This paper starts by showing that the limit of a single-unit turbo generator does not lie in the generator but is confined to the steam turbine, and that the last wheel of the turbine is the limiting feature. The author therefore takes the last wheel of an 1800-rev. per min. turbine, giving dimension stresses, kind of material used etc., and then designs two turbines, one having 23 stages and the ... View full abstract»

• ### Present Limits of Speed and Output of Single-Shaft Turbo Generators

Publication Year: 1919, Page(s):1537 - 1565
Cited by:  Papers (2)
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Output is determined broadly by rotor or stator dimensions. With speeds of 1200 rev. per min. and lower, the stator is the limiting member, while with higher speeds, the rotor is the limiting member. The most effective rotor diameter is not necessarily the largest diameter. To obtain maximum output at a given speed the rotor proportions must be chosen to properly balance mechanical stresses, rotor... View full abstract»

• ### Applicability of Automatic Switching to All Classes of Telephone Service

Publication Year: 1919, Page(s):1567 - 1604
Cited by:  Papers (1)
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This paper is an attempt to place before engineers general information in regard to automatic telephone switching. The subscriber's requirements are independent of the means used to satisfy them. Automatic switching is uniformly fast and involves reduced mental stress to the user because the passing of the number is positive and waiting time is reduced to the minimum. Viewed by the owner the appar... View full abstract»

• ### The Searchlight in the U. S. Navy

Publication Year: 1919, Page(s):1605 - 1634
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The types and uses of searchlights and signaling lights on naval ships are briefly described. A changed form of 12-inch incandescent searchlight is suggested which will insure the lamp bulb filament always being at the focal point of the mirror and of the correct type for the application. The present type of low-power searchlight has many faults. These faults may be corrected by supporting the car... View full abstract»

• ### Unification of the Manual and Automatic Telephone Systems

Publication Year: 1919, Page(s):1635 - 1650
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A description is given of the physical consolidation of the Bell manual and the Automatic Electric telephone systems of Los Angeles, Cal., which previously to June 1, 1918 operated as separate systems. While similar consolidations had been made previously they included relatively small volumes of traffic and afforded no engineering precedents as a guide to the consolidation of two systems serving ... View full abstract»

• ### Some Problems in the Operation of Power Plants in Parallel

Publication Year: 1919, Page(s):1651 - 1674
Cited by:  Papers (3)
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In order to operate two power plants satisfactorily in parallel, the transmission line which ties them together must have sufficient synchronizing power, as well as sufficient carrying capacity. The synchronizing power'' of a line depends upon its resistance and reactance, the bus voltages maintained at its ends, and the maximum kilovolt-amperes it must transmit. The ability of different lines t... View full abstract»