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THE probability that within a few months almost every large town and city will be supplied with electricity on a large scale for the purpose of lighting, has brought into prominence the question of utilising the same supply for the purpose of producing power on a small scale for sundry domestic purposes. There are a number of objects for which machinery is employed, though on so small a scale that it would not be worth while to set up a steam-engine or gas-engine to drive it, to say nothing of the inconvenience of a steam- or gas-engine in a private house. To drive a sewing-machine, for example, or to work a light turning-lathe, requires a comparatively small power, and usually only for a limited time. It is natural then to think that when the power of electricity is available in the wires which supply electric light, such a power, especially as it is so simply and readily controlled, might be economically employed for such purposes.
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Little Electromotors . Nature 25, 226–228 (1882). https://doi.org/10.1038/025226a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/025226a0