Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884

Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884

Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884The electric railway recently set in operation between Frankfort and...
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Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884

Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884

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Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884

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Author: Various
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Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884

The electric railway recently set in operation between Frankfort and Offenbach furnishes an occasion for studying the question of such roads anew and from a practical standpoint. For elevated railways Messrs. Siemens and Halske a long time ago chose rails as current conductors. The electric railway from Berlin to Lichterfelde and the one at Vienna are in reality only elevated roads established upon the surface. Although it is possible to insulate the rails in a satisfactory manner in the case of an elevated road, the conditions of insulation are not very favorable where the railway is to be constructed on a level with the surface. In this case it becomes necessary to dispense with the simple and cheap arrangement of rails as conductors, and to set up, instead, a number of poles to support the electric conductors. It is from these latter that certain devices of peculiar construction take up the current. The simplest arrangement to be adopted under these circumstances would evidently be to stretch a wire upon which a traveler would slidethis last named piece being connected with the locomotive by means of a flexible cord. This general idea, moreover, has been put in practice by several constructors. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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