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907: Electric Traction:

9:30-10:30, T. Th. S.

Lectures on the various types of electric motors for traction purposes, controllers
and systems of control, brakes, rolling stock, track, train performance,
and electric railway economics. A discussion with problems of the complete
electrification system for electric railways, including generating apparatus, transmission,
sub-stations and equipment, distribution, and utilization of electrical
energy for car propulsion. (Winter.) Optional for Electronics (920), or Illumination
and Photometry (906-956), only one given in any year.

Professor Rodman.