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Definition of Converters
1. converter [n] - See also: converter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Converters
Literary usage of Converters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1909)
"Rotary converters TRANSMISSION March 22, 1907. 15500 w. Pro Am Inst of Elec
Engrs—Oct., ... 93022 D. Voltage Variation in Rotary converters. FD Newbury. ..."
2. Industrial Arts Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1914)
"See Electric current converters converters (foundry) Converter design which
facilitates repairs, il Iron Tr R 52:308-10 Ja 30 '13 Converter for melting iron ..."
3. The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel by James McIntyre Camp, Charles Blaine Francis (1920)
"To facilitate the charging of materials into the vessels and the removal of metal
from them, converters are now always constructed so that they may be ..."
4. A Course in Electrical Engineering by Chester Laurens Dawes (1922)
"Parallel Operation of Synchronous converters. ... This introduces more or less
reactance between converters and stabilizes their operation. ..."
5. History of the Manufacture of Iron in All Ages: And Particularly in the by James Moore Swank (1892)
"Now two 10-ton converters. Added to an iron rail mill. 3. ... Three 8-ton converters
added in 1881. 4. Freedom Iron and Steel Works, Lewistown, ..."
6. Theoretical Elements of Electrical Engineering by Charles Proteus Steinmetz (1909)
"Commutating machines may be used as direct-current converters by transforming
power from one side to the other side of a three-wire system. ..."
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