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A bow collector is one of the three main devices used on tramcars to transfer electric current from the wires above to the tram below. While once very common in continental Europe, it was replaced by the pantograph or the trolley pole, itself often later replaced by the pantograph.
A bowcollector is one of the three main devices used on tramcars to transfer electric current from the wires above to the tram below. While once very...
line system use different forms of one- or two-arm pantograph collectors, bowcollectors or trolley poles. The current collection device presses against...
sliding on an overhead line; older systems may use a trolley pole or a bowcollector. In some cases, a contact shoe on a third rail is used. If necessary...
pantograph, bowcollector or trolley pole. It presses against the underside of the lowest overhead wire, the contact wire. Current collectors are electrically...
like a small malignant spirit set to dog its tracks; Current collectorsBowcollectorCollector pole Contact shoe Pantograph (transport) Railway electrification...
The bow and arrow is a ranged weapon system consisting of an elastic launching device (bow) and long-shafted projectiles (arrows). Humans used bows and...
pantographs, bowcollectors or trolley poles. Although on some early designs such as the North Eastern Railways Electric No. 1 a bowcollector might be mounted...
complained they were too cold on wintry mornings. A few years later, the bowcollectors originally fitted on their bonnets were removed and a pantograph installed...
mainly through Frank J. Sprague's trolley pole and Werner von Siemen's bowcollector. With new, reliable technology available, electric tram systems were...
discoverers History of electrical engineering Timeline of the electric motor Bowcollector Dielectric barrier discharge Double-T armature Dynamo Electric bell...
air-operated sliding doors. The original trolley pole current collector was replaced by a bowcollector in 1966. Following the introduction of DeHa 501 in the...
February 1921 it was used as a trailer car. It was not rebuilt, but the bowcollector was lowered and the engine disengaged. Prior to the 50th anniversary...
The bow tie or dicky bow /boʊ/ is a type of necktie. A modern bow tie is tied using a common shoelace knot, which is also called the bow knot for that...
a long flexible pole that engages the line with a wheel or shoe; a bowcollector, which is a frame that holds a long collecting rod against the wire;...
a long flexible pole, which engages the line with a wheel or shoe. Bowcollector: a frame that holds a long collecting rod against the wire. Pantograph:...
electrified using overhead wires at 550 volts direct current, with bowcollectors. The railway operates from March to early November, taking 30 minutes...
of 250 hp (186 kW) Electric system(s) 6.7 kV AC overhead lines Current collector(s) Bowcollector Track gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge...
from Berlin and T4Ds from other German cities. Older models used a bowcollector, but newer models used a pantograph. While the city of Almaty earlier...
600 hp (447 kW) Electric system(s) 6.7 kV AC overhead line Current collector(s) Bowcollector UIC classification 2′2′+B′B′+2′2′ Track gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1...
115 hp (86 kW) each. Electric system(s) 6.7 kV AC overhead lines Current collector(s) Bowcollector Track gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge...
Samuel Applebaum. Also a renowned bowcollector, Whistler published several articles in the Music Journal regarding bows and luthiers, namely Francois Tourte...
built by Grazer Waggonfabrik 1898 6.8 m 8.8 t 14 km/h 40.8 kW Open-sided; fitted with a bowcollector. Acquired from the Pöstlingbergbahn (Linz) in 1995...
the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows. The word comes from the Latin arcus, meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for...