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Excerpt from Installation and Operation of 100 Horse Power Sprague Electro-Dynamometer, Including Tests of 40 Horse Power 4 Cylinder Tee Head Teetor Motor: A Thesis
The recent developement of the high speed gasoline engine has made a demand for a better method of measuring the power output of these engines than has beenrpossible by the use of the prony brake and water brake dynamometers. To meet this demand, the electrodynamometer has been put on the market. It is to show the adaptability of this apparatus to the testing of a high speed automobile engine that the authors of this paper will strive. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.