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Block system
into short sections as of three or four miles and trains are so run by the guidance of electric or combined electric and pneumatic signals that no train enters a section or block until the preceding train
electrocute
electrocute -cut·ed -cut·ing [electro-, combining form meaning “electric” + execute] : to execute (a convicted criminal) by electricity elec·tro·cu·tion
Abstraction
For instance, energy before it passes through a consumer's meter may be abstracted from the main of the electric company by an unauthorised wire connecting the main with a private terminal, the connecting wire is the artificial
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Electro thermancy
That branch of electrical science which treats of the effect of an electric current upon the temperature of a conductor or a
Discharger
One who or that which discharges Specifically in electricity an instrument for discharging a Leyden jar or electrical battery by making a connection between the two surfaces
Farad
The standard unit of electrical capacity the capacity of a condenser whose charge having an electro motive force of one volt is equal
Malapterurus electricus
The species name of the electric catfish a freshwater catfish of the Nile and tropical central Africa having an electric organ
Silundum
A form of silicon carbide produced in the electric furnace possessing great hardness and high electrical resistance and not subject to oxidation below 2880deg F or 1600deg
VerbarGymnotus
A genus of South American fresh water fishes including the Gymnotus electricus or electric eel It has a greenish eel like body and is possessed of electric power
Selenium
or as a dark metallic looking substance It exhibits under the action of light a remarkable variation in electric conductivity and is used in certain electric apparatus Symbol Se Atomic weight 7896
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