Identifier: canadianengineer22toro (find matches)
Title: Canadian engineer
Year: 1893 (1890s)
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Publisher: Toronto, Monetary Times Print. Co. (etc.)
Contributing Library: Engineering - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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the iron standards receive their operat-ing current from wires buried underground, while the con-crete standards are fed from top wires carried by the poleitself. In a few cases the iron fixtures attached to the con- May 16, 1912. TH±: CANADIAN ENGINEER 67 = cretK standards have been placed on tall wooden poles incertain sections of the city, but these poles are used tocarry feed mains other than those used for supplying- thelighting- standards only. The following table gives the more important specifica-tions and figures of the lighting system of Toronto andBuffalo, N.Y. It affords a practical basis for cost estima-tirn of similar equipment. MAINTENANCE OF THE DIESEL ENGINE. The following notes published in a recent issue of TheElectrical Review, of London, will be of interest to Canad-ian engineers, for a number of Diesel engines are now be-ing installed in this country. After two years experience of this class of engine, thewriter has no hesitation in saying that such engines are
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Fig. 3. Toronto, Ont.No. of posts in installation 450 Typkal street width 42 o Post spacing 80 to ion Height of post lo 8 13 o Lamp arrangement i upright 4 pendent Size of lamps 5 loo-watt Size of g-lobes (12 x 6) (14 X 7)5 Multiple lamps Methods cf wiring in series on 550V power circuitKind of current Alternating Location of wiring- Underground Time of burning All lamps burn all night Buffalo, N.Y.86 60 o 105 to 125 staggered 10 6 12 6 I upright 4 pendent 5 60-watt(12 X 6)(16 X 8) Multiple Part direct andpart alternatingUndergroundAll lamps burnall night Some manufacturers of dairy machinery are now usingmonel metal for those parts subject to corrosion, experi-ments having shown the chemical resistance of this metal,and also its particular suitability for making pails, pans,ice cream freezers and the like. quite reliable for central-station work; any trouble exper-ienced at first was entirely due to lack of experience on thepart of those in charge. Unless the valves, &c., are kep

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