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[N037009] Technical Note, c. 1879

Title: [N037009] Technical Note, c. 1879
Editor's Notes: notes on Thames embankment arc light expts from Engineering No. 698 p. 417; engineer testimony before Parliament No. 1221 p. 380 Mr. Samuel Hunter re gas costs; Hopkinson Engineering May 9, 1879 re efficiency of Siemens generator and Upton notes what his results would have been if testing TAE (more efficient), "we should measure % of the energy converted by the Siemens exclusive of the friction"; fr. 270 is TAE draft letter re Hopkinson; fr. 273 Upton's response; followed by Upton notes and calcs on calorimeter tests of efficiency (may be part of his letter); Supplied year
Author: Upton, Francis Robbins
Mentioned: Engineering
Date: 1879-00-00
Type: Technical Note
Subject: Engines, boilers, prime movers; Escapement and governor mechanisms; Dynamos and generators
Folder ID: N037-F
Microfilm ID: 32:253
Document ID: N037009
URL: https://edisondigital.rutgers.edu/document/N037009
Rights: Thomas Edison National Historical Park
Publisher: Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University
License: CC0 1.0 Universal
Has Version: Archive.org Viewer, Microfilm Series Reel 32

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