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A complete engraving plant on a railroad car – making the plates for illustrations

Identifier: popularelectric619131chic (find matches)
Title: Popular electricity magazine in plain English
Year: 1912 (1910s)
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Subjects: Electricity
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Popular Electricity Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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att lamps are installed directly abovethe operating table and ventilation isfacilitated by an eighteen-inch fan drivenby a % horsepower, 110 volt motor. In the diagnosis rooms and laboratorieselectric reflector lamps attached to headbands are in service, and electricallyheated instrument sterilizers are in use. 674 POPULAR ELECTRICITY and the WORLDS ADVANCE 675 A large examination table is providedwith four 60 watt lamps, two of whichmay be cut off at a time. A full line ofrheostatic equipment is available for usein connection with cautery apparatus,endoscopes and cystoscopes. An electricstove is employed in heating broth in thekitchen and an electric toaster is con-stantly used on the premises. An electric THE METRIC SYSTEM A reader of this magazine desires acomparison of the metric system with theEnglish standards. Although almostevery handbook contains conversiontables, handbooks are not always avail-able when wanted. So for his benefit andthat of others we print below the readiest
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A Complete Engraving Plant on a Railroad Car — Making the Plates for Illustrations clock system and a complete set of inte-rior telephones, floor bells, corridor, pilotand night lamps are in service and thenurses croquet ground is illuminated forevening games by incandescent lamps ofsixteen candlepower scattered at con-venient intervals.—Electrical World. During the past summer the telephonecompany of Temple, Texas, placed atransmitter in the band stand at the citypark and so arranged that its subscribersmight listen to the evening concerts giventhere by calling central and gettingtelephone connection. means, in condensed form, of convertingfrom the metric system to the English.Conversely, of course, to reduce Englishstandards to metric simply invert thefraction. Cent imetersMeters X26/66 X82/ = inches=yards Kilt.meters X87 140 = miles Hectares Grams Kilograms Liters Liters X 42/17 = acres X0/170 = ounces \7.i :; l = pounds \11 53 =gaUons X6 170 -cubic fe Electric light is valuabl

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  • bookyear:1912
  • bookdecade:1910
  • bookcentury:1900
  • booksubject:Electricity
  • bookpublisher:Chicago__Ill____Popular_Electricity_Pub__Co_
  • bookcontributor:Smithsonian_Libraries
  • booksponsor:Smithsonian_Libraries
  • bookleafnumber:688
  • bookcollection:smithsonian
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