SINGLE-PHASE COMMUTATOR MOTORS 389 it is, substituting (31), (32) in (30), and expanding: P! = ^f {[x (1 - Scoa") - nScoa'] + (1 - Sc0r") [s(X'i - X'4) - r (X"i + X"4)] -rSc0a; [r (X'i - X'4) + a? (X"i + X/74)] - a? (X'4S2 - X'4Sc0a" + X"4Sc0a:') + r (\'*ScQa' K (33) after canceling terms of secondary order. As first approximation follows herefrom: c / „ r A 1 — ^CQ QJ" ^- _ aM L V x / I ' Se*xll - ScJa" +~a' I \ x ,o (1 + S") hence a maximum for the speed S, given by: or: -So - ^l + Co2 (a" + T- «') 2 - Co (a" + I of) , (35) and equal to: The complete expression of the power of the main circuit is, from (33) : , (37) where 60, &i, 6Vare functions of X'i, X'^, X'4, X;/4, as derived by rearranging (33). The Power produced in the brush short-circuit is: P4 = [#'4, /'J«;