Word: circuit
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Rhodes then took up the subject of the difficulties which had been met with in regard to surges started by feeder burn-outs. He went on to point out the value of induction generators which operate in parallel with turbo-units in limiting the excessive rush of short-circuit burn-outs. The direct current end of the system was then discussed. On the Interborough Rapid Transit Company about 88 per cent, of the alternating current power which is generated is delivered to the third rail. The losses which are sustained take place as follows: transmission, 2 per cent.; transformers...
...study of the science of baseball, and the second-string pitcher used against Harvard was a very easy proposition. It simply became a question of how hard Harvard wished to work to make runs, and sufficient energy was displayed by the members of the University team to complete the circuit 18 times...
...funeral of Francis Cabot Lowell, LL.D., of the class of 1876, Fellow of Harvard College and Judge of the United States Circuit Court, will be held in King's Chapel, Boston, this morning at 11 o'clock...
...funeral will be attended by the federal judges of the first circuit, of which Judge Lowell was justice, by many judges of the state courts and a delegation from the Boston bar. United States Marshal Murchie, United States Attorney General French, and Clerks Darling, of the circuit court, Mason, of the district court, Fogarty, of the circuit court of appeals, will also attend with their staffs. Out of respect for Judge Lowell all flags on federal buildings will be at half-mast...
...School, and then entered the active practice of law. He served for three years in the state legislature, in which he held important positions on various committees. In 1898 he was appointed to the District Court bench, and in 1905 became justice of the United States Circuit Court. Judge Lowell was for several years a member of the Board of Overseers, previous to becoming a Fellow of the Corporation, a position which he was still holding. He was also a trustee of the Peabody Museum...