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CENTRAL-STATION ELECTRIC LIGHTING
PREFACE.
INDEX OF TERMS.
AN ELECTRICAL CENTRAL-STATION.
Central-Station Construction.
Charges for Electricity.
Comparison of Cost of Gas and Electricity.
Arc and Incandescent or Glow Lighting.
Life of Incandescent Lamps.
The Position of Central-Station Lighting.
CLASS I. Supply by Secondary Generators or Transformers.
Application of Transformers.
The Westinghouse System.
Electric Motors.
CLASS II. The Edison Parallel System, with Continuous Current.
The Three-Wire System.
The Edison System at Milan.
Discovery of Faults.
The Electric Lighting of Berlin.
CLASS III. The Series System of Distribution.
CLASS IV. The Multiple Series System.
CLASS V. The Distribution with Secondary Batteries, or the Battery Transformer System.
System of Distribution.
Table I.
Table II.
The Vienna Central-station.
Direct-Current Transformers or Dynamotors.
Installation and Working Cost of Central-Stations.
Table III.
Table IV.
Table V.
Underground or Overhead Wires.
The Interests of Gas Companies as to Electric Lighting.
The Lucigen Light.
Useful Notes.
Electrical Measurements.
EXPLANATION OF TERMS.
Appendix I.—Principal Electric Lighting Stations in Great Britain.
Appendix II.—Principal Electric Lighting Stations on the Continent.
INDEX.
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