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Hopkinson writes: 'According to the accepted theory of the alternate current dynamo, the equation of electric current in the armature is γy + Ry = periodic function of t, where γ is a constant coefficient of self-induction. This equation is not strictly true, inasmuch as γ is riot in general constant, but it is a most useful approximation. My present purpose is to indicate how the values of γ and of the periodic function representing the electromotive force can be calculated in a machine of given configuration.'

Annotations in pencil and ink throughout. Includes one diagram of Hopkinson's proposed dynamo.

Subject: Physics / Electricity

Received 17 February 1887. Read 10 March 1887.

A version of this paper was published in volume 42 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Note on the theory of the alternate current dynamo'.

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PP/10/20
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1887
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Ink and graphite pencil on paper
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6 pages
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John Hopkinson

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John Hopkinson, Paper, 'Note on the theory of the alternate current dynamo' by John Hopkinson, 1887, PP/10/20, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_10_20/paper-note-on-the-theory-of-the-alternate-current-dynamo-by-john-hopkinson, accessed on 06 February 2025

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