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Definition of Rotaries
1. rotary [n] - See also: rotary
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rotaries
Literary usage of Rotaries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Principles of Dynamo Electric Machinery by Benjamin Franklin Bailey (1915)
"Commutation of rotaries.—The commutation of rotaries is usually good. One of the
principal causes of commutation trouble with continuous-current generators ..."
2. The Principles of Dynamo Electric Machinery by Benjamin Franklin Bailey (1915)
"Commutation of rotaries.—The commutation of rotaries is usually good. One of the'
principal causes of commutation trouble with continuous-current generators ..."
3. Notes on Track: Construction and Maintenance by Walter Mason Camp (1903)
"In order to avoid having to turn the plow when changing from one spur of the
switchback to the other, it was arranged to have two rotaries in the same train ..."
4. Alternating-current Machinery: A Practical Treatise on Alternating-current by William Esty (1912)
"Inverted rotaries. When a rotary converter is used to convert a direct current
into an alternating current, taking direct current in at the commutator and ..."
5. Electrical Engineer's Pocket-book: A Hand-book of Useful Data for by Horatio Alvah Foster (1908)
"... upon taking 5 of the maximum load of the stations, while a central power
station rating through rotaries may be designed to take the average load only. ..."
6. A practical treatise on the manufacture of paper in all its branches by Carl Hofmann (1873)
"... this process we can only repeat what has been previously said about bleaching
in rotaries and about forced bleaching, all of which applies here. ..."
7. McGraw Transit Directory (1918)
"(8-1000 kw. and 4-2000 kw. rotaries); 42nd St. A Wabash Ave. .... (2-4000 kw.
rotaries); tot. cap. 80000 kw. Car shops at 40th A West End ..."
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