Year: 1883

page_text: I, JOSEPH SAMUEL BEEMAN of 44 St. Oswalds Road, West Brompton, London,
Electrician seek leave to amend the Specification of Letters Patent N° 5088 of 1883
as shown in red ink in the certified copy of the original Specification hereunto
annexed; by substituting the numeral V" for the numeral "1" in the
17th paragraph, and by substituting the numeral "3" for the numeral "4" in the
19th paragraph therein.
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My reasons for making these amendments are as follows:-
To localise the systems shown by those Figures to which the said parts of the
description particularly rolate.
In the matter of Letters Patent granted to Joseph Samuel Beeman N° 5088 of
the series of the year 1883.
I hereby grant leave to the said Joseph Samuel Beeman to amend the
Specification, filed in pursuance of the said Letters Patent, in the manner proposed.
D: 00-3
1004
J. CLARK HALL,
Deputy
Comptrollor.
J. CLARK HALL,
Deputy Comptrollor.
(N.B.-The Amendment is shewn by the erased and italic type.)

page_text: I JOSEPH SAMUEL BEEMAN of 182 Earls Court Road in the County of
Middlesex, "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE ARRANGEMENT OF CIRCUITS AND APPARATUS
FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRICITY."
This Invention relates to certain arrangements and appliances for distributing
and translating electricity by means of suitable and convenient batteries in series,
the circuits between them being closed by the interposition between the positive
and negative conductors or positive and negative poles of adjacent batteries of
suitable and convenient resistances alone or in combination with suitablo and
convenient translating devices, the translating devices being either alone or in
combination with resistances and being either in series, series multiple, multiple
arc, multiple series, or any other convenient combination.
For the purpose of my Invention I take two or more battories or sets of batterics
so arranged or constructed as to produce currents preferably of equal or nearly
equal electro motive force and equal or nearly equal volume or quantity by their
being fitted when necessary with any well known means whereby the production
of current and the production of electro motive force are regulated either or both
according to requirements.
These batteries may consist of thermo-piles, primary or secondary batterics,
dynamo or magneto electric machines or a suitable and convenient combination of
any of the above or any other suitable and convenient form of generator or
producer of electric energy.
It is not however in all cases necessary to my Invention that the electro motive
force of each of the batteries should bo equal or nearly equal although this would
be generally more economical or convenient. I have for instance in Drawing N° VI
three batteries, say dynamo's and 19 lamps; the current produced by each dynamo
is say,. 10 amperes, the resistance of each lamp being ohms; therefore the total
electro motive force required to force the 10 amperes through these lamps, assuming
that the leads and batteries are without resistance is 19 x 4 x 10 760 volts.
And if dynamo A produces 280 volts, dynamo B 280 volts, and dynamo C 200 volts
we have the necessary electro motive force for doing the work, or each dynamo
might produce an electro motive force of 253-33 volts when the same result would
be obtained. Neither is it in all cases necessary to my Invention that the current
produced by the batteries should be equal or nearly equal. In Drawing N° VIII
for instance, dynamo B (all dynamos being separately excited and their fields kept
constant) produces say 20 amperes, and dynamos A and C only 10 ampères each;
then the electro motive force of dynamo B must be of such a higher potential as to
overcome the resistance of armatures A and C to the extra 10 amperes passing
through them, and the armatures A and C must have conductors of sufficient
current carrying capacity to allow the passage of the greater current with safety.
I do not limit myself to the use of any form of dynamo, either series, shunt,
separately excited, or compound wound, as all or a suitable combination may be
used under different circumstances, but I limit myself to continuous current
producing batteries.
The conductor from the first battery is taken by a convenient route towards
the second battery and alongside and parallel to the conductor of the second battery
and the + conductor of the second battery is taken by a convenient routo towards
the third battery and alongside and parallel to the conductor of the third battery,
and the + conductor of the third battery is carried in the same manner to the
next, and this arrangement is continued until the + conductor of the last battery
conductor
proceeds towards the first battery and alongside and parallel to the
of the first battory.
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page_text: When the conductors are in parallel I complete the external circuit of adjacent
or following batteries by interposing resistances automatic or otherwise, lamps,
motors, or any other suitable translating device or devices alone or in combination
with resistances automatic or otherwise either in multiple arc, or multiple series or
any convenient combination between the + conductor of the one battery and
the- conductor of the following battery.
When convenient I use branches and sub branches connected in the ordinary way
as shown by N° 1 of the annexed Drawings.
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In the application to electric railways etc. shown in N° II of the Drawings
the + and conductors are utilized as the rails upon which the motors or engines
run, but I do not limit myself to this method as the Invention would be equally
applicable to independent conductors supplying the current to the engines througli
the agency of a sliding or rolling contact.
I am aware of Patent N° 2204 1883 but my Invention in no way comprises that.
My Invention is also applicable to a special arrangement of conductors, engines, and
trains, forshadowed in Patent N° 4548 1882 and partially set forth in the Drawings
therein, namely Figures 5, 6, and 7, C, D, E, F etc. and their explanations.
N° III and N° III of the annexed Drawings show modifications of the
arrangement of conductors for engines or trains. In the arrangements shown in
No II, III and IIIA special means or a length of rail not connected electrically
with the general parallel must be introduced at each battery station so as to
prevent short circuiting when a train passis from one parallel on to the next, and
I prefer that the engines or motors used in the systems shown in Drawings
No III and IIIA, should be shunt wound..
My Invention is also applicable to an arrangement of circuits having a
compensating central conductor X, Y, Z batteries in series, translating devices in
multiple series and balancing adjustable resistances as hereafter described, also in
multiple series, as shown in Drawing N° IV.
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By means of these balancing resistances the electro motive force on all the parallels
may be kept equal notwithstanding the removal from any parallel of one or more
translating devices, lamps for examples.
In this Drawing D, E, F represent secondary batteries.. Secondary batteries can
be used with the other combinations of circuits herein before described and I can
charge them all from a central station either by a separate circuit or by connecting
up in a suitable way the discharging circuits.
I am aware of Patent N° 6199 1882 but my Invention is essentially different.
If convenient the portion of the external circuit between the last battery for the
time being and the first battery can be completed by "earth" by putting one pole
of the last battery and the opposito pole of the first battery to "earth" this would
enable me to continue working should any accident happen to one or more of the
parallels, see Drawing N° + V. By "earth" I mean any suitable equivalent for an
insulated conductor only not insulated and in free electrical connection with any
surrounding substances be the conductor a return uninsulated wire or its equivalent.
This remark applies in all cases where I use the term "earth or "earth returns."
It is obvious that if all resistances, lamps, motors, or other translating devices
are out of circuit between any two contiguous batteries, there will be open circuit.
In this case I can complete the circuit by introducing suitable balancing resistances
of the proper current carrying capacity as hereafter described, or I can when
convenient complete the circuit by "earth (see Drawing N° V), or by the
conductor or conductors and then by any suitable means keep the work required to
be produced by the batteries at the proper point.
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If more lamps or other translating devices are cut out on one parallel than on
another as in Drawing No V where there are 14 translating devices on parallel C, D,
and only 3 on parallel E, F, assuming all are of equal resistance, the resistance
of the parallel E, F, will be raised, then by introducing such suitable balancing
resistances A, B, etc.; I restore resistanco of this parallel to its proper point, at the
same time allowing the same amount of current to circulate in the parallel E, F, as

page_text: is required to circulate in C, D. If such suitable balancing resistances are inserted
in multiple arc in relation to each other as well as to the conductor then the more
that are so placed the less becomes the resistance between the one conductor and
the other and consequently the greater becomes the amount of current passing
through them from the one conductor to the other.
If such individual balancing resistances are in series in relation to each other;
although as a whole in multiple are with relation to the conductors, then the fewer
there are in series the less becomes the resistance and consequently the greater
becomes the amount of current passing through those left from one conductor to
the other. The mode first described is however preferable as the current carrying
capacity of this portion of the circuit is then increased as fast as the resistance is
decreased.
The purpose of the balancing resistances is to ensure that at all times the same
amount of current shall be circulating in the conductors however many or few
translating devices may be in circuit, and thus I secure that at whatever position
the points of derivation of motors, lamps or other translating devices or service
lines of a consumer are situated on main conductors, the difference of potential can
be kept practically constant.
Any suitable balancing resistances may be employed and the work done in these
balancing resistances may be used when practicable in forming or charging
secondary batteries, in electro plating, in the decomposition of chemicals, or in the
production of any other useful effect, according to the locality where the batteries
may be situated.
When the translating devices before mentioned are in series or other than
multiple arc or multiple series the above arrangement of conductors would be!
dispensed with, as the + pole of the first battery would be connected through the
translating devices in series etc. to the - pole of the second battery, and so on
through the remaining batteries see N° VI.
To provide against any of the translating devices at any part being cut out of
circuit, I either introduce resistances or I use any well known means of keeping
the current constant and vary if necessary the electro motive force of the current
to meet the altered conditions.
My Invention is also applicable to such an arrangement of conductors as is
shown in Drawing N° VII in which A¹, A², A³, etc. are separate sections of
insulated conductors, and B', B2, B³ etc. are the bridge pieces which establish
metallic connection throughout the series of sections, so that whenever there is
no train upon the line the sections are coupled together and are thus made to form
part of the circuit between one battery and the next.
Suitable forms of this arrangement of separate insulated sections and bridge
pieces are shown in Patents No 1830 1882 und N° 4548 1882 by Prof. Fleeming
Jenkin capable of adaptation to my Invention, or other kinds of bridge pieces and
arrangements may be used.
At each battery one length of rail equal to the length of train has no electrical
connection with the circuit. This is to prevent the train from short circuiting the
battery; but other means can be used for the same purpose.
Drawing No VIII shows three separately excited dynamo electric machines
arranged in accordance with my Invention and it will be seen that the field circuit
of dynamo A is a translating device between the positive conductor of dynamo A
and the negative conductor of dynamo B and that the field circuit of dynamo B is
a translating device between the positive conductor of dynamo B and the negative
conductor of dynamo C and so on. In this case lamps are shown as the other
translating devices; also balancing resistances Z, X, Y, Z, X, Y, Z, X", Y, etc.
Drawing No IX shows a series dynamo and a shunt wound dynamo arranged
according to my Invention. In this Drawing motors are shown as translating
devices, the stationery parts of the motors being translating devices in series in the
lead between a series dynamo and a shunt dynamo and the revolving parts of the
motors being translating devices in multiple are on the return circuit.
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page_text: Resistances are also shown at E, F, G, and H which can be inserted as previously
described to keep electro motive force and current as required under various
conditions.
Drawing No X shows a shunt dynamo and a separately excited dynamo arranged
according to my Invention, and in this Drawing lamps are shown as translating
devices, the field of the separately excited dynamo being in a shunt from the
conductors of the shunt dynamo.
Drawing No XI shows a shunt dynamo and secondary batteries arranged
according to my Invention, lamps being shown as translating devices when the
translating devices are not required conductors E and F are respectively dis-
connected from terminals D and C and conductora A and B are respectively
connected to C and D, then the dynamo can be used for charging the secondary
batteries.
If in such electric series systems as I have described such a thing should occur
as that no translating devices, trains for instance, should be on one parallel, then I
complete the circuit either by introducing balancing resistances as before described
or metallically, and use if necessary suitable well known means for regulating tho
electro motive force and current generated by the batteries.
Should it happen that there should not be sufficient translating devices to absorb
the energy generated by the batteries then I either introduce balancing resistances
as required or use suitable means for regulating the electro motive force and
current generated by the batteries.
I am aware of the systems of working telegraph instruments on what are called
the "open circuit system" and "the closed circuit system" and I do not claim
anything in my Invention as applicable to telegraphic purposes.
It will be seen from the foregoing that any convenient and suitable combination
of batteries can be used, the production of electro motive forco and the production
of current being regulated by any well known means according to the requirements
of the circumstances, also that by the introduction of suitable balancing resistances
in multiple arc, the resistance between the conductors of a parallel can always be
kept constant and thus the amount of current flowing in the circuit can always be
kept constant and consequently the electro motive force at every part of the circuit
must remain practically constant.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed I declare that I claim
The arrangement of appliances for distributing and translating electricity by
means of suitable and convenient batteries in series, the circuits between them
being closed by the interposition between the positive and negative conductors or
positive and negative poles of adjacent batteries of suitable and convenient
resistances alone or in combination with suitable and convenient translating
devices, the translating devices being either alone or in combination with resistances
and being either in series, series multiple, multiple arc, multiple series, or any other
convenient combination.
In witness whereof I the said Joseph Samuel Beeman have hereunto set my
hand and seal this Twenty fifth day of April in the year of our Lord One
housand eight hundred and eighty four,
Witness
H. GARDNER,
166 Fleet Strect,
London.
JOSEPH S. BEEMAN. (L.S.)

page_text: the positive pole of the first battery would be connected through the translating
devices in series etc on to the negative pole of the second battery and so on through
the remaining batteries.
When the conductors are in paralel I complete my external circuit by interposing
resistances automatic or otherwise lamps, indicating instruments, or any other
suitable translating device or devices alone or in combination with resistances
automatic or otherwise these being either in multiple arc, multiple series or any
other convenient combination between the positive conductor of the one battery or
set of batteries and the negative conductor of the preceding one or set of batteries
and vice versa
If convenient the portion of the external circuit between the last battery and the
first battery can be completed by "earth" by putting the positive pole of the last
battery and the negative pole of the first to earth.
When convenient I use branches and sub-branches connected in the ordinary
way.
When the two batteries or sets of batteries consist of series and shunt wound
dynamos I sometimes employ a special means of connecting through resistances
the poles of the shunt dynamos to the + poles of the series either by means of
"carth" or by the conductors between the + pole of the shunt dynamo and
the pole of the series dynamo.
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When convenient I have two magneto or dynamo electric machines or two
electro magnetic or dynamic machines or any combination of them connected on to
one axis so that when one is being driven by the electric energy the other is
producing electric energy in a different circuit

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph Samuel Beeman of 182 Earls Court Road in the
County of Middlesex for an Invention of -IMPROVEMENTS IN THE ARRANGEMENT
OF CIRCUITS AND APPARATUS FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRICITY
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Samuel Beeman
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 26th October 1883.
JOSEPH SAMUEL BEEMAN of 182 Earls Court Road in the county of Middlesex
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE ARRANGEMENT OF CIRCUITS AND APPARATUS FOR THE
DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRICITY
The way in which I carry out my improvements is as follows:-I take two or
more batteries or sets of batteries so arranged or constructed as to produce currents
of equal or nearly equal electro motive force and equal or nearly equal current
producing capacity by their being fitted when necessary with means whereby the
production of current and electro motive force are regulated either or both
according to requirements. These batteries may consist of theromo piles primary
or secondary batteries, dynamo or magneto electric machines or a combination of
any of the above or any other convenient and suitable form of generator or
producer of electric energy.-And the positive conductor from the first battery is
taken by a convenient route towards the second battery and alongsido & paralel to
negative conductor of the second battery and the positive conductor of the second
battery is taken by a convenient route towards the third battery and alongside and
paralel to the negative conductor of the third battery and the positivo conductor
from the third battery is carried in the same manner to the next and this
arrangement is continued until the positive conductor of the last battery proceeds
towards the first battery and alongside and paralel to negative conductor of the
first battery.
Of course if the translating devices hereafter mentioned are in series or other
than multiple arc the above arrangement of conductor. would be dispensed with as

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Joseph Samuel Beeman in the Patent Office on the 25th April
1884.
JOSEPH SAMUEL BEEMAN of 182 Earls Court Road in the county of Middlesex
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE ARRANGEMENT OF CIRCUITS AND APPARATUS FOR THE
DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRICITY"
This invention relates to certain arrangements and appliances for distributing
and translating electricity by means of suitable and convenient batteries in series,
the circuits between them being closed by the interposition between the positive
and negative conductors or positive and negative poles of adjacent batteries of
suitable and convenient resistances alone or in combination with suitable and
convenient translating devices, the translating devices being either alone or in
combination with resistances and being either in series, series multiple, multiple
arc, multiple series, or any other convenient combination.
For the purpose of my invention I take two or more batteries or sets of batteries
so arranged or constructed as to produce currents preferably of equal or nearly
equal electro motive force and equal or nearly equal volume or quantity by their
being fitted when necessary with any well known means whereby the production
of current and the production of electro motive force are regulated either or both
according to requirements.
These batteries may consist of thermo-piles, primary or secondary batteries,
dynamo or magneto electric machines or a suitable and convenient combination of
any of the above or any other suitable and convenient form of generator or
producer of electric energy.
It is not however in all cases necessary to my invention that the electro motive
force of each of the batteries should be equal or nearly equal although this would
be generally more economical or convenient. I have for instance in drawing N° VI
three batteries, say dynamo's and 19 lamps; the current produced by each dynamo
is say, 10 amperes, the resistance of each lamp being 4 ohms; therefore the total
electro motive force required to force the 10 amperes through these lamps, assuming
that the leads and batteries are without resistance is 19 x 4 x 10 = 760 volts.
And if dynamo A produces 280 volts, dynamo B 280 volts, and dynamo Ơ 200 volts
we have the necessary electro motive force for doing the work, or each dynamo
might produce an electro motive force of 253-33 volts when the same result would
be obtained. Neither is it in all cases necessary to my invention that the current
produced by the batteries should be equal or nearly equal. In drawing N° VIII for
instance, dynamo B (all dynamos being separately excited and their fields kept
constant) produces say 20 amperes, and dynamos A and C only 10 ampères each;
then the electro motive force of dynamo B must be of such a higher potential as to
overcome the resistance of armatures A and C to the extra 10 amperes passing
through them, and the armatures A and C must have conductors of sufficient
current carrying capacity to allow the passage of the greater current with safety.
I do not limit myself to the use of any form of dynamo, either series, shunt,
separately excited, or compound wound, as all or a suitable combination may be
used under different circumstances, but I limit myself to continuous current
producing batteries.
The conductor from the first battery is taken by a convenient route towards
the second battery and alongside and parallel to the I conductor of the second
battery and the + conductor of the second battery is taken by a convenient route
towards the third battery and alongside and parallel to the conductor of the
third battery, and the + conductor of the third battery is carried in the same
manner to the next, and this arrangement is continued until the + conductor of
the last battery proceeds towards the first battery and alongside and parallel to
the conductor of the first battery.
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page_text: When the conductors are in parallel I complete the external circuit of adjacent
or following batteries by interposing resistances automatic or otherwise, lamps,
motors, or any other suitable translating device or devices alone or in combination
with resistances automatic or otherwise either in multiple arc, or multiple series or
any convenient combination between the + conductor of the one battery and
the conductor of the following battery.
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When, convenient I use. branches and sub-branches .connected. in the ordinary
way as shown by No 1 of the annexed drawings.
In the application to electric railways etc shown in N° II of the drawings
the + and conductors are utilized as the rails upon which the motors or engines
run, but I do not limit myself to this method as the Invention would be equally
applicable to independent conductors supplying the current to the engines through
the agency of a sliding or rolling contact.
I am aware of Patent N° 2204s but my Invention in no way comprises that.
My invention is also applicable to a special arrangement of conductors, engines,
and trains, forshadowed in Patent N° 4548 and partially set forth in the
drawings therein, namely Figures 5, 6 and 7, C, D, E, F etc and their explanations.
N° III and No III of the annexed drawings show modifications of the
arrangement of conductors for engines or trains. In the arrangements shown in
No II, III and IIIA special means or a length of rail not connected electrically
with the general parallel must be introduced at each battery station so as to
prevent short circuiting when a train passes from one parallel on to the next, and
prefer that the engines or motors used in the systems shown in drawings N°* III
and III should be shunt wound.
My Invention is also applicable to an arrangement of circuits having a
compensating central conductor X, Y, Z batteries in series, translating devices in
multiple series and balancing adjustable resistances as hereafter described, also in
multiple series, as shown in drawing N° IV.
By means of these balancing resistances the electro motive force on all the
parallels may be kept equal notwithstanding the removal from any parallel of one
or more translating devices, lamps for example.
In this drawing D, E, F represent secondary batteries. Secondary batteries can
be used with the other combinations of circuits herein before described and I can
charge them all from a central station either by a separate circuit or by connecting
up in a suitable way the discharging circuits.
I am aware of Patent N° 61998 but my Invention is essentially different.
If convenient the portion of the external circuit between the last battery for
the time being and the first battery can be completed by "Earth" by putting one
pole of the last battery and the opposite pole of the first battery to "earth" this
would enable me to continue working should any accident happen to one or more
of the parallels, see drawing N° I. By "carth" I mean any suitable equivalent
for an insulated conductor only not insulated and in free electrical connection with
any surrounding substances be the conductor a return uninsulated wire or its
equivalent. This remark applies in all cases where I use the term "earth" or
"carth returns."
It is obvious that if all resistances, lamps, motors, or other translating devices
are out of circuit between any two contiguous batteries, there will be open circuit.
In this case I can.complete the circuit by introducing suitable balancing resistances
of the proper current carrying capacity as, hereafter described, or I can when
convenient complete the circuit by "earth" (see drawing N° V), or by the
conductor or conductors and then by any suitable means keep the work required
to be produced by the batteries at the proper point.
If more lamps or other translating devices are cut out on one parallel than on
another as in drawing N° V where there are 14 translating devices on parallel C, D,
and only 4 on parallel E, F, assuming all are of equal resistance, the resistance of
the parallel E, F, will be raised, then by introducing such suitable balancing
resistances A, B, etc; I restore resistance of this parallel to its proper point, at the

page_text: same time allowing the same amount of current to circulate in the parallel E, F, as
is required to circulate in C, D.
If such suitable balancing resistances are inserted in multiple arc in relation to
each other as well as to the conductor then the more that are so placed the less
becomes the resistance between the one conductor and the other and consequently
the greater becomes the amount of current passing through them.from the one
conductor to the other.
If such individual balancing resistances are in series in relation to each other;
although as a whole in multiple are with relation to the conductors, then the fewer
there are in series the less becomes the resistance and consequently the greater
becomes the amount of current passing through those left from one conductor to
the other. The mode first described is however preferable as the current carrying
capacity of this portion of the circuit is then increased as fast as the resistance
is decreased.
The purpose of the balancing resistances is to ensure that at all times the same
amount of current shall be circulating in the conductors however many or few
translating devices may be in circuit, and thus I secure that at whatever position
the points of derivation of motors, lamps or other translating devices or service
lines of a consumer are situated on main conductors, the difference of potential can
be kept practically constant.
Any suitable balancing resistances may be employed and the work done in these
balancing resistances inay be used when practicable in forming or charging
secondary batteries, in electro-plating, in the decomposition of chemicals, or in the
production of any other useful effect, according to the locality where the batteries
may be situated.
When the translating devices before mentioned are in series or other than
multiple are or multiple series the above arrangement of conductors would be
dispensed with, as the + pole of the first battery would be connected through the
translating devices in series etc to the pole of the second battery, and so on
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through the remaining batteries see N° VI.
To provide against any of the translating devices at any part being cut out of
circuit, I either introduce resistances or I use any well known means of keeping
the current constant and vary if necessary the electro motive force of the current
to meet the altered conditions.
My Invention is also applicable to such an arrangement of conductors as is shown
in drawing No VII in which A1, A2, A3, etc are separate sections of insulated
conductors, and B1, B2, B3 etc are the bridge pieces which establish metallic
connection throughout the series of sections, so that whenever there is no train
upon the line the sections are coupled together and are thus made to form part of
the circuit between one battery and the next.
Suitable forms of this arrangement of separate insulated sections and bridge
pieces are shown in Patents No 1830 and N° 4548" by Prof Fleeming Jenkin
capable of adaptation to my invention, or other kinds of bridge pieces and
arrangements may be used.
At each battery one length of rail equal to the length of the train has no
electrical connection with the circuit. This is to prevent the train from short
circuiting the battery; but other means can be used for the same purpose.
Drawing No VIII shows three separately excited dynamo electric machines
arranged in accordance with my Invention and it will be seen that the field circuit
of dynamo A is a translating device between the positive conductor of dynamo A
and the negative conductor of dynamo B and that the field circuit of dynamo B is
a translating device between the positive conductor of dynamo B and the negative
conductor of dynamo C and so on. In this case lamps are shown as the other
translating devices; also balancing resistances Z, X, Y, Z, X, Y, Z, X", Y", etc.
Drawing No IX shows a series dynamo and a shunt wound dynamo arranged
according to my Invention. In this drawing motors are shown as translating
devices, the stationery parts of the motors being translating devices in series on the

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lead between a series dynamo and a shunt dynamo and the revolving parts of the
motors being translating devices in multiple are on the return circuit.
Résistances are also shown at E, F, G, and H which can be inserted as previously
described to keep electro motive force and current as required under various
conditions.
: Drawing N° X shows a shunt dynamo and a separately excited dynamo
arranged according to my Invention, and in this drawing lamps are shown as
translating devices, the field of the separately excited dynamo being in a shunt
from the conductors of the shunt dynamo.
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Drawing No XI shows a shunt dynamo and secondary batteries arranged 1
according to my invention, lamps being shown as translating dovices When the
translating devices are not required conductors E and F are respectively discon-
nected from terminals D and C and conductors A and B are respectively connected
to C and D, then the dynamo can be used for charging the secondary batteries
If in such electric series systems as I have described such a thing should occur as 1
that no translating devices, trains for instance, should be on one parallel, then I
complete the circuit either by introducing balancing resistances as before described
or metallically, and use if necessary suitable well known means for regulating the
electro motive force and current generated by the batteries.
Should it happen that there should not be sufficient translating devices to absorb 2
the energy generated by the batteries then I either introduce balancing resistances
as required or use suitable means for regulating the electro motive force and current
generated by the batteries.
I am aware of the systems of working telegraph instruments on what are called
the "open circuit system" and "the closed circuit system" and I do not claim 2
anything in my invention as applicable to telegraphic purposes.
It will be seen from the foregoing that any convenient and suitable combination
of batteries can be used, the production of electro motive force and the production
of current being regulated by any well known means according to the requirements
of the circumstances, also that by the introduction of suitable balancing resistancos 3
'in multiple arc, the resistance between the conductors of a parallel can always be
kept constant and thus the amount of current flowing in the circuit can always bo
kept constant and consequently the electro motive force at every part of the circuit
must remain practically constant.
Having now described the nature of my said invention and in what manner the 3
same is to be performed I declare that I Claim
The arrangement of appliances for distributing and translating electricity by
means of suitable and convenient batteries in series, the circuits between them
being closed by the interposition between the positive and negative conductors or
positive and negative poles of adjacent batteries of suitable and convenient resis 4
tances alone or in combination with suitable and convenient translating devices;
the translating devices being either alone or in combination with resistances and
being either in series, series multiple, multiple arc, multiple series, or any other
convenient combination.
In witness whereof I the said Joseph Samuel Beeman have hereunto set my
hand and seal this Twenty fifth day of April in the year of our Lord One thousand
Witness
H GARDNER
166 Fleet Street
London
JOSEPH S. BEEMAN (L.S.)