 | 1902 - 490 pages
...joules. Power. — The watt = 10 "> absolute units of power (or 10,000,000 ergs per second), and is the power of a current of one ampere flowing under a pressure of one volt. This unit of power is equal to one joule per second, and is approximately jfa of one horse-power, or... | |
 | American School (Chicago, Ill.) - Engineering - 1903 - 468 pages
...joules. Power. — The watt = 10 r absolute units of power (or 10,000,000 ergs per second), and is the power of a current of one ampere flowing under a pressure of one volt. This unit of power is equal to one joule per second, and is approximately y^g of one horse-power, or... | |
 | Electrical engineering - 1905 - 484 pages
...joules. Power. — The watt = 10 7 absolute units of power (or 10,000,000 ergs per second), and is the power of a current of one ampere flowing under a pressure of one volt. This unit of power is equal to one joule* per second, and is approximately yjg of one horse-power,... | |
 | 1906 - 576 pages
...established by Dr Joule, who found that the heat necessary to raise one pound of water through l ° Fahr, was equal to 772 foot pounds of work. This is...are mostly of cast iron, some of the largest chiefly excepteel. The advantage of casting is rigidity of the bed, and the casting of most or all of the bearings... | |
 | William Hallock, Herbert Treadwell Wade - Metric system - 1906 - 324 pages
...through a resistance of one ohm. As a unit of power, the watt, or 107 ergs per second, represented the power of a current of one ampere flowing under a pressure of one volt, or one joule per second, and when multiplied by 1000 it gives the kilovjatt, which soon became common... | |
 | American School (Chicago, Ill.) - Engineering - 1906 - 528 pages
...joules. Power. — The watt = 10 7 absolute units of power (or 10,000,000 ergs per second), and is the power of a current of one ampere flowing under a pressure of one volt. This unit of power is equal to one joule per second, and is approximately y^ g of one horse-power,... | |
 | Electric engineering - 1908 - 480 pages
...joules. Power. — The watt = 10" ahsolute units of power (or 10,000,000 ergs per secondl, and is the power of a current of one ampere flowing under a pressure of one volt. This unit uf power is equal to one joule per second, and is approximately ,^ g of one horse-power,... | |
 | Henry Smith Carhart - Physics - 1910 - 650 pages
...under a pressure of one volt. Power. The watt, equal to 107 ergs per second ; it is equivalent to the power of a current of one ampere flowing under a pressure of one volt, or to one joule per second ; it is very approximately r Js of a horse power. Induction. The he.nnj,... | |
 | Joseph Gerald Branch - Electric wiring - 1913 - 316 pages
...factors. One watt, therefore, denotes the amount of electric power which is brought, or developed, by a current of one ampere flowing under a pressure of one volt. Q. What instrument is used to measure this electric power? A- A wattmeter. CLASSES OF CIRCUITS. Q.... | |
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The watt = 10 7 absolute units of power (or 10,000,000 ergs per second), and is the power of a current of one ampere flowing under a pressure of one volt. 
