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...

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...

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...

Around 1960, handheld rheostats began to appear. Most early examples had vertical, thumb-operated plungers with the rheostat in the grip. Aurora had...

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...

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...

Greatest Hits is the first studio album by Canadian rock band Rheostatics. Only 1,000 copies were released in 1987, and all sold out. The album was rereleased...

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...

potentiometer and rheostat symbols to be used for many types of variable resistors and trimmers. ANSI‑style: (a) Resistor, (b) Rheostat, (c) Potentiometer /...

western hemisphere. The company was founded in 1903 as the Compression Rheostat Company by Dr. Stanton Allen and Lynde Bradley with an initial investment...

(68 mph) (design) Traction system MMC-HTB-20R series-parallel combination rheostat, Melco armature thyristor chopper control, or GEC-Alsthom armature thyristor...

Buckle. He primarily plays keyboards and guitars. He is also a member of Rheostatics. Hearn was born to a relatively large family, and they lived in a small...

countries worldwide. Rockwell Automation began in 1903 as the Compression Rheostat Launch Company. It was founded by Dr. Stanton Allen and Lynde Bradley with...

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...

for impedance matching. A speaker L pad is a special configuration of rheostats used to control volume while maintaining a constant load impedance on...

are opened as a northward extension of the line. Seoul Metro 1000 series Rheostat-controlled electric car (rebuilt cars) – since 1974 VVVF inverter-controlled...

The British Royal Navy initiated Operation Rheostat and Task Group 65.2 provided for Operation Rheostat One (six months in 1974), the minehunters HMS...

vocalist on albums by other artists, including Blue Rodeo, Great Big Sea, Rheostatics, Bruce Cockburn, Luther Wright and the Wrongs, Loomer, Skydiggers, The...

Originally from Etobicoke, Ontario, he was a founding member of the rock band Rheostatics, and currently performs with Bidiniband. In addition, he has published...

The Class E.656 is an Italian articulated rheostatic-type electric locomotive built from 1975 to 1989. An evolution of the E.646, they are mixed traffic...

braking rheostat. The vehicle braking logic checks if these conditions are met and then decides to send the current to the line or to the rheostat. Two static...

schematic diagram symbols are as follows: ANSI-style: (a) resistor, (b) rheostat (variable resistor), and (c) potentiometer IEC resistor symbol The notation...

Martin Tielli is a Canadian singer-songwriter. He was a member of the Rheostatics, and has also released material as a solo artist and with the side project...

licensed adaptation of the North American PCC tram. The design used a rheostat control system. Compared to later variations of the KTM-5, the aesthetic...

Blocking Relay / Power Swing Blocking 69 - Permissive Control Device 70 - Rheostat 71 - Liquid Switch, Level Switch 72 - DC Circuit Breaker 73 - Load-Resistor...

an insulated handle, and is connected by wire to a control box with a rheostat to raise or reduce the voltage. Power is supplied by a car battery or by...

motor in 1889, of both types cage-rotor and wound rotor with a starting rheostat, and the three-limb transformer in 1890. After an agreement between AEG...

Projectionists could also change the frame rate in the theater by adjusting a rheostat controlling the voltage powering the film-carrying mechanism in the projector...

low-voltage power source, such as a battery, is connected in series with a rheostat, the galvanometer, and an ammeter. The galvanometer is first aligned so...

with construction characteristic of the 1930s - 40s. The controls are (left) regeneration, (lower center) filament rheostat, (right) tuning capacitor....