viii ' CONTENTS PAGE giving high current and torque at resonance speed—Calcula- tion of motor.....................16 12. Equations of motor'—Equation of torque—Speed range, of maximum torque....................17 13. Numerical instance—Volt-ampere capacity of required con- denser.........................IS 14. C. Multispeed motors—Fractional pitch winding, and switch- ing of six groups of coils in each phase, at a change of the num- ber of poles......................20 15. Discussion of the change of motor constants due to a change of the number of poles, with series connection of all primary turns —Magnetic density and inferior performance curves at lower speeds.........................21 16. Change of constants for approximately constant maximum torque at all speeds—Magnetic density and change of coil connection......................22 17. Instance of 4 -f- 6 -5- 8 pole motor—Numerical calculation and discussion....................... 23 CHAPTER II. MULTIPLE SQUIRREL CAGE INDUCTION MOTOR. 18. Superposition of torque curves of high resistance low reactance, and low resistance high reactance squirrel cage to a torque curve with two maxima, at high and at low speed......27 19. Theory of multiple squirrel cage based on the use of the true induced voltage, corresponding to the resultant flux which passes beyond the squirrel cage—Double squirrel cage induc- tion motor......................28 20. Relations of voltages and currents in the double squirrel cage induction motor....................29 21. Equations, and method of calculation...........30 22. Continued: torque and power equation..........31 23. Calculation of numerical instance of double squirrel cage motor, speed and load curves—Triple squirrel cage induction motor........................32 24. Equation between the voltages and currents in the triple squirrel cage induction motor..............34 25. Calculation of voltages and currents...........35 26. Equation of torque and power of the three squirrel cages, and their resultant . . . :........*......'. . 37 27. Calculation of numerical instance of triple squirrel cage induc- tion motor—Speed and load curves............37 CHAPTER III. CONCATENATION. Cascade or Tandem Control of Induction Motors 28. Synchronizing of concatenated couple at half synchronism— The two speeds of a couple of equal motors and the three