Chapter I: Front Matter

Transcriber’s Notes

Small capitals have been transcribed as ALL CAPITALS; text in
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ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION
OF
WATER POWER

_By_
ALTON D. ADAMS, A.M.
MEMBER AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS

NEW YORK
MCGRAW-HILL BOOK CO.
1906

Copyrighted, 1906, by the
McGRAW PUBLISHING COMPANY
NEW YORK

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. WATER-POWER IN ELECTRICAL SUPPLY 1

II. UTILITY OF WATER-POWER IN ELECTRICAL SUPPLY 10

III. COST OF CONDUCTORS FOR ELECTRIC-POWER TRANSMISSION 19

IV. ADVANTAGES OF THE CONTINUOUS AND ALTERNATING CURRENT 31

V. THE PHYSICAL LIMITS OF ELECTRIC-POWER TRANSMISSION 44

VI. DEVELOPMENT OF WATER-POWER FOR ELECTRIC STATIONS 51

VII. THE LOCATION OF ELECTRIC WATER-POWER STATIONS 64

VIII. DESIGN OF ELECTRIC WATER-POWER STATIONS 83

IX. ALTERNATORS FOR ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION 103

X. TRANSFORMERS IN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS 122

XI. SWITCHES, FUSES, AND CIRCUIT-BREAKERS 135

XII. REGULATION OF TRANSMITTED POWER 155

XIII. GUARD WIRES AND LIGHTNING ARRESTERS 168

XIV. ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION UNDER LAND AND WATER 187

XV. MATERIALS FOR LINE CONDUCTORS 200

XVI. VOLTAGE AND LOSSES ON TRANSMISSION LINES 215

XVII. SELECTION OF TRANSMISSION CIRCUITS 233

XVIII. POLE LINES FOR POWER TRANSMISSION 246

XIX. ENTRIES FOR ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION LINES 261

XX. INSULATOR PINS 270

XXI. INSULATORS FOR TRANSMISSION LINES 287

XXII. DESIGN OF INSULATOR PINS FOR TRANSMISSION LINES 298

XXIII. STEEL TOWERS 306

INDEX 327

ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION OF WATER-POWER.