Items matching electrics taken from Electric Lighting for Marine Engineers (1892)

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Words and pictures from “Electric Lighting for Marine Engineers” by Sydney F. Walker, undated but approx. 1890 (a bookseller lists an 1892 edition). Lots of steampunk potential here!

Fig. 17.—Showing Old Type of Gramme Continuous Current Dynamo.

Electric Lighting for Marine Engineers (1892)

Fig. 17 shows the early type of Gramme machine, some of which may still be seen doing good work. (p. 64)

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Fig. 73.—English Shopper Switch

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Another design of electrical switch from 1892.

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Fig. 61.—Guarded Portable Lamp Fitting.

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“Fig. 61. shows a portable guarded fitting intended for portable lamps, for holds, etc. A flexible cable is attached to it and a switch placed at the point of conection.” (p. 152) The illustration is [...]

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Figs. 15 and 16.—Showing Siemens’ Alternate Current Dynamo, with its Excitor.

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Fig. 15 shoes the only form of alternator that has been used on board ship [as of 1892]. It is of the Siemens pattern; having, as already explained, a souble crown of short field-magnets with the sta [...]

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Fig. 70.—Tumbler Switch.

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“The weak points of this switch would appear to be: – The small handle, which, it will be noticed, is not easy to catch hold of; The possibility of the spring which throws the contact bar “Off” losin [...]

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Fig. 69.—Showing Internal View of Tumbler Switch.

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“Figs. 69 and 70 are inside and outside of the tumbler switch. The base of this switch is sometimes slate and sometimes porcelain. In larger switches, the “chopper” switch, which corresponds to the t [...]

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Fig. 72.—Author’s Main Switch—Bent Spring Pattern.

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“Figs. 72 and 75 show the author’s form of large switch.”

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Fig. 95.—Showing Edison-Swan Ampère Meter.

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“Fig. 95 shows an outside view of an ampère meter made by the Edison-Swan Co.” (p. 220) The units for measuring electric current today are called amperes, or amps, and a device for measuring current i [...]

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Fig. 27.—Switchboard.

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“Figs. 27 and 28 show switchboards suitable for use on board ship. Fig. 27 shows the usual arrangement of circuits on board a “tramp.” It will be understood, of course, that there should be an ampère [...]

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Fig. 62.—Reading-Table Lamp.

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“Fig. 62 shows a reading-table lamp, with silk shade. The lamp is fed by a flexible cord.” (p. 152)

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Fig. 60.—Bulkhead Fitting for Lighting two Cabins with one Lamp.

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“Fig. 60 shows another form of bulkhead fitting designed to economise lamps. As will be understood, it is fixed in a hole cut in the bulkhead to receive it, say between two cabins, the flange shown be [...]

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