184 POWER DISTRIBUTION FOR ELECTRIC RAILROADS. 
phase or two phase three-wire circuits is more than wiped 
out at once. Moreover, the large inductance of such a 
circuit involves both a heavy inductive dropand a very un- 
favorable armature reaction in the generator. Between 
  
  
  
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these and the extra current the station capacity required 
would not be less than 14 times that needed to supply the 
same effective energy by continuous current. 
With large induction motors intended for rather high 
speed it is practicable to keep the power factor well up, 
high enough to render this trouble quite insignificant. 
      
   
   
    
      
     
   
   
     
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