Front Matter 1: Cover Letter to Samuel Insull
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Front Matter 1: Cover Letter to Samuel Insull
Investigation of Some Trouble in the Generating System of the Commonwealth Edison Co. - PDF pages 1-7, lines 1-144
Steinmetz introduces the investigation, notes limits in his familiarity with the expanded system, recommends study of power-limiting reactors and substation interference, and proposes a scaled operating model for experimental disturbance study.
engineering-method, power-limiting-reactor, system-model, substation-interference, ether references, impedance and reactance, reactance
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