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Lecture 13: Electric Railway: Motor Characteristics

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Lecture 13: Electric Railway: Motor Characteristics

General Lectures on Electrical Engineering - lines 7124-8648

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This section of General Lectures on Electrical Engineering is routed through field language, magnetism, alternating current, radiation and light. Read it first for Steinmetz’s source language, then use the notes below to decide what requires scan review.

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field language, magnetism, alternating current, radiation and light, hysteresis, radiation

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field languagemagnetismalternating currentradiation and lighthysteresisradiation

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