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Re: Mercury Vacuum Rectifiers -- A History
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Subject: Re: Mercury Vacuum Rectifiers -- A History
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From: Tesla List <tesla@stic.net>
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Date: Mon, 8 Sep 1997 22:47:37 -0500
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From: Charles Brush[SMTP:cfbrush@interport.net]
Sent: Monday, September 08, 1997 5:56 AM
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Subject: Re: Mercury Vacuum Rectifiers -- A History
[snip]
>From: Richard Wayne Wall[SMTP:rwall@ix.netcom.com]
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>Magnetite
>arc lamps had one draw back though. They required direct current in an
>America that was well on its way to electrification with alternating
>current. Steinmetz used brush generators to power his street lamps
>with DC.
That's "Brush" generators. :-) Very intertesting post!
Charles F. Brush
http://www.foundrygroup.com/cbrush