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1891 Article-Hayward, Tyler, & Co., Portable Electric Light Plant |
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Engineering Magazine, V 52, 03 Jul 1891 pg. 2 & 7 |
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PORTABLE ELECTRIC LIGHTING PLANT.
We illustrate on page 2 a portable electric light plant constructed by Messrs. Hayward Tyler and
Co., of Whitecross-street, London, for a large dock company. It is mounted upon a frame carried by four
wrought-iron travelling wheels, and is fitted with a pole or two bullocks. The boiler stands in the centre,
the engine being at one end and the dynamo at the other. The boiler is 6 ft. 6 in. high, by 2 ft. 9 in. in
diameter ; the firebox in crossed by two tubes 8 in. in diameter. The engine has a cylinder 5 in. in diameter
by 6 in. stroke, and is of the inverted type with Pickering governor. By means of a belt it drives the dynamo. This is compound wound to give 20 amperes of current at a pressure of 10 volts, when running at
650 revolutions per minute. It supplies four incandescent lamps of 200 candle-power each. Each lamp is provided with a strong enameled iron reflector fitted with a wire guard, and a length of twin flexible cable.
A plant of this description will be very useful in many kinds of outdoor work. |
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1891 Article-Hayward, Tyler, & Co., Portable Electric Light Plant
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