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^s, has served as it since 1931. Mr Br<w
bston Edison employj
head oi the Mechanicai-T
Production Dept Before
employed on production
Worcester Electric Light
Thomas M Burton, nc chief engineer of Steam St
been with Boston Edison sine
has served in various capacit duction work, starting as
neer, and since 1929 has
chief engineer of the Ste I company's L Street general
South Boston. Oscar B Benson, whe
named assistant chief of Elec
erations in charge of Subst ton Edison Co, completes
Unconscious SABOTAGE/
continuous service in that ploy this month. From 1919-1 was head of the Battery Dti tion Dept, responsible for
It can happen in your plant. . . and probably has/ He's a swell fellow, good wireman, does a neat job, and he'd think you were kidding if you told him he was throwing a monkey wrench into pro-' duction . . . but he may be doing just that without realizing it every time he runs control, power or lighting circuits anywhere near steam
battery equipment used to hi direct-current system of -<j Boston in emergency. In IS made head of the Direct-Cu stations Div.
lines, boilers, furnaces, ovens or other hot spots.
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It's guess-work and the wrong wire that paves the way for many of the
tie-ups that clog production. What's hot to one man isn't so hot to
Hartford, Rochester
another. Ambient and operating temperatures that seem safe when the wire is installed are boosted 'way up by summer heat, overloads, and hot spots. The insulation dries out, becomes brittle, cracks, and then . . .
failures, delays and rewiring that might have been avoided.
You can outguess the thermometer and have a wide margin of safety with Rockbestos permanently insulated wires. They are resistant to heat, fire, moisture, oil, grease and fumes, approved by the Underwriters' Laboratories and recognized in the National Electrical Code. More than one hundred different constructions to select from. Send for a catalog. Rockbestos Products Corporation, 998 Nicoll St., New Haven, Conn.
to Add New Units
Capacity of the South Mr of the Hartford Electric Li( be increased to 175,000 stallation of a 45,000-kw erator now being built Electric Co. Present output] tion is 130,000 kw.
The new unit is similar chine installed in Septeml will be a tandem-compounc flow turbine with hydrogen erator. Steam conditions lb. 900 F.
Installation of a 2S,000-li generator, now being built,
000-kw unit, nearing compl*
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3.
1. Rockbesto* A.V.C. Boiler Room and Lighting Wire
2. Rockbestos A.V.C. Power Cable 3. Rockbestos All.Asbestos Power and
Rheostat Cable
Numbers 1 and 2. Underwriters' and N. B.Code-Type AVA-operating tem perature 23GF.. number 3. Type AI, operating temperature 2S7F.
TEN TESTED ROCKBESTOS VALUES
thof will pay you dividends
1. HEATPROOF
2. FIREPROOF 3. PERMANENT 4. Lower main-
tenance coet
5. Resists heat
and vibration
6. Saves work
7* Oil, Grease and
Moisture resistant
8* High overload capacity
- 9. Permanently
flexible
10. Greater carrying capacity
bring the generating capacit ester Gas & Electric Co's No3J over 140,000 kw. A duplic^ turbine-geaerator installed U ber, 1938, the latest unit^H Electric machine, will gene*jj kw at 650 lb, 825 F. The be tandem-compound, double^ hydrogen-cooled generator.
Warren Webster & CoT
New York Pittsburgh
Also refer to McGraw-Hill Electrical Buyera Reference.
Buffalo
Cleveland
St. Louis
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Detroit Portland, Ore.
Chicago Seattle
N. J., has purchased the R< sion joint business from Heater & Mfg Co. of Buffalo,
-iipplement its line of WVb.-ter expansion joints. I*5
Rockbestos A.V.C. Motor Lean and Aooaratus Cable - Underwnrers and Nat Electrical Code Typc AV A one >*{ H8 different permanently insulated wires.
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