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Definition of Insulators
1. insulator [n] - See also: insulator
Lexicographical Neighbors of Insulators
Literary usage of Insulators
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)
"89603 N. Porcelain insulators for High-Voltage Lines. JA Sandford, Jr. Considers the
requirements of a good insulator, how they are made and tested, ..."
2. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1917)
"By AIEE TESTING FOR DEFECTIVE insulators ON HIGH-TENSION TRANSMISSION LINES BY
BG FLAHERTY ABSTRACT OF PAPER This paper discusses the importance and ..."
3. A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism by James Clerk Maxwell (1904)
"Conductors and insulators. EXPERIMENT IV. If a glass rod, a stick of resin ...
They are then called insulators. The metals are good conductors ; air, glass, ..."
4. Transactions by European Orthodontic Society, Lina Oswald, Northern Ohio Dental Society, Ossory Archaeological Society, Wentworth Historical Society, Society of Automobile Engineers (1910)
"It was in connection with insulators for these lines that the writer started
experimental work which resulted in the development of the high efficiency disk ..."
5. A Course in Electrical Engineering by Chester Laurens Dawes (1922)
"Pin- type insulators are always used for such lines, because they are ... Pin-type
insulators are made of glass, of porcelain, and of patented compounds. ..."
6. Electric Power Transmission: Principles and Calculations, Including a by Alfred Still (1919)
"Design of insulators.—The design of an insulator, to comply with any given
specification, is a matter which concerns the manufacturer, ..."
7. Transactions of the International Electrical Congress, St. Louis, 1904 by International Electrical Congress (1905)
"HIGH-TENSION insulators. BY VG CONVERSE. It is only 14 years since 3000 volts was
... Undoubtedly the first forms were copied from insulators used for ..."