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- Westinghouse Transformer, Used by Rensselaer Polytechnical Institute, 1886-1889 - Transformers increase or decrease voltage and are essential to alternating current (AC) power systems. In the late 1800s, with the help of transformers, AC power systems proved more efficient and economical than their direct current competitors. Transformers helped convert electricity to high voltage for transmission across long distances, then reduced it to lower, safer voltages for use in homes and factories.
- 1886-1889
- Collections - Artifact
Westinghouse Transformer, Used by Rensselaer Polytechnical Institute, 1886-1889
Transformers increase or decrease voltage and are essential to alternating current (AC) power systems. In the late 1800s, with the help of transformers, AC power systems proved more efficient and economical than their direct current competitors. Transformers helped convert electricity to high voltage for transmission across long distances, then reduced it to lower, safer voltages for use in homes and factories.
- Mathematician Susan Cole Working on Ship Design Models at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, July 1990 -
- July 05, 1990
- Collections - Artifact
Mathematician Susan Cole Working on Ship Design Models at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, July 1990
- Westinghouse Transformer, Used by Rensselaer Polytechnical Institute, 1886-1889 - Transformers increase or decrease voltage and are essential to alternating current (AC) power systems. In the late 1800s, with the help of transformers, AC power systems proved more efficient and economical than their direct current competitors. Transformers helped convert electricity to high voltage for transmission across long distances, then reduced it to lower, safer voltages for use in homes and factories.
- 1886-1889
- Collections - Artifact
Westinghouse Transformer, Used by Rensselaer Polytechnical Institute, 1886-1889
Transformers increase or decrease voltage and are essential to alternating current (AC) power systems. In the late 1800s, with the help of transformers, AC power systems proved more efficient and economical than their direct current competitors. Transformers helped convert electricity to high voltage for transmission across long distances, then reduced it to lower, safer voltages for use in homes and factories.