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terminals are used, one end and the wiper, it acts as a
variable resistor or
rheostat. The
measuring instrument called a
potentiometer is
essentially a voltage...
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Rheostatics are a
Canadian indie rock band. They were
formed in 1978, and
actively performed from 1980
until disbanding in 2007.
After a
number of reunion...
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Around 1960,
handheld rheostats began to appear. Most
early examples had vertical, thumb-operated
plungers with the
rheostat in the grip.
Aurora had...
- A
liquid rheostat or
water rheostat or salt
water rheostat is a type of
variable resistor. This may be used as a
dummy load or as a
starting resistor...
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vehicle such as an
electric or diesel-electric locomotive. It is
termed "
rheostatic" if the
generated electrical power is
dissipated as heat in
brake grid...
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advance the
rheostat across the
contacts to
gradually increase input power up to
operating speed.
There were two
different classes of
these rheostats, one used...
- heat in the
resistor element of the
rheostat, but
tolerable because the
total power was low.
While the
rheostat was one of
several methods of controlling...
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potentiometer and
rheostat symbols to be used for many
types of
variable resistors and trimmers. ANSI‑style: (a) Resistor, (b)
Rheostat, (c) Potentiometer /...
- the
total load
applied to each
rheostat, the load
needed to be
matched fairly carefully to the
power rating of the
rheostat. Finally, as they
relied on mechanical...
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countries worldwide.
Rockwell Automation began in 1903 as the
Compression Rheostat Launch Company. It was
founded by Dr.
Stanton Allen and
Lynde Bradley with...
