Alternating

Examples

• It was to the alternating voice that gave out about one-tenth of them--the voice that had wished her good night. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• The currents are then said to be alternating. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• For this purpose the alternating current seems eminently adapted, as transformers only are needed to raise the line to high transmission voltage and to lower it again for use. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Pasteur was racked with fears alternating w ith hopes, his anxiety growing more intense as the virulence of the inoculations increased. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Splitting and crumbling of rock caused by alternating heat and cold. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Gramme employed the commutator to make the current direct instead of alternating. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• For some years it was not found feasible to operate motors on alternating-current circuits, and that reason was often urged against it seriously. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Strong currents of electricity are generated in the electric central stations and supplied to our homes, street lamps and so forth, in one of the two forms, either alternating or direct. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• It is in reality a minute rectifier of alternating current, and analogous to those which have since been made on a large scale. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Ah, your poor bachelor with his impersonal club fare, alternating with the equally impersonal CUISINE of the dinner-party! Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• There are two principal kinds of dynamos--those producing the alternating currents, and those producing the continuous current. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• What is the Difference between Alternating and Direct Current? Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.

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