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  2. Alternating current - Wikipedia

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    A schematic representation of long distance electric power transmission. From left to right: G=generator, U=step-up transformer, V=voltage at beginning of transmission line, Pt=power entering transmission line, I=current in wires, R=total resistance in wires, Pw=power lost in transmission line, Pe=power reaching the end of the transmission line, D=step-down transformer, C=consumers.

  3. Arthur C. Clarke - Wikipedia

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    His 1951 book, The Exploration of Space, was used by the rocket pioneer Wernher von Braun to convince President John F. Kennedy that it was possible to go to the Moon. [ 29 ] Following the 1968 release of 2001 , Clarke became much in demand as a commentator on science and technology, especially at the time of the Apollo space program .

  4. AC power - Wikipedia

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    The portion of instantaneous power that, averaged over a complete cycle of the AC waveform, results in net transfer of energy in one direction is known as instantaneous active power, and its time average is known as active power or real power.

  5. Talk:Alternating current - Wikipedia

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    With those equations being the same, then all power should be either lost entirely or transmitted entirely, so everything in AC current works and doesn't work at the same time. That isn't the case of course, I'm just not able to put the concepts into the practical world from the information listed on the wiki-page.

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  7. George Westinghouse - Wikipedia

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    Also in 1891, Westinghouse built a hydroelectric AC power plant, the Ames Hydroelectric Generating Plant near Ophir, Colorado which supplied AC power to the Gold King Mine 3.5 miles away. This was the first successful demonstration of long-distance transmission of industrial-grade alternating current power and utilized two 100 hp Westinghouse ...

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  9. NJ pilot’s drone lost power in restricted flight space ...

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    A New Jersey drone pilot claims his drone “spun out, lost power and the battery died” as he directed the craft toward one of the unnerving drones flying over the Garden State. Michael B, the ...