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Early GEC 2-pin plug and socket as depicted in the 1893 GEC catalogue. The earliest domestic plug and socket is believed to be that patented by T. T. Smith in 1883. [27] This was shortly followed by patents from W. B. Sayers and G. Hookham; these early designs had rectangular plugs with contact plates on either side.
Illustration of "Tripin" 3-pin earthed plug dated 1911. The earthed consumer plug has several claimants to its invention. In Britain, a 1911 book [9] dealing with the electrical products of A. P. Lundberg & Sons of London describes the "Tripin" earthed plug available in 2.5 amp and 5 amp models.
BS 73:1915 is the original standard for 5 amp 2 pin plugs and sockets, superseded by BS 372. The correct place for old British 2 pin plug information is probably AC power plugs and sockets in a new sub-section under "Obsolete Types", and I propose to start that. Based on the poor quality and inappropriateness of the current paragraph in BS 546 ...
Example of a Europlug. The Europlug is a flat, non-rewirable two-pole, round-pin domestic AC power plug, rated for voltages up to 250 V and currents up to 2.5 A. [1] It is a compromise design intended to connect low-power Class II appliances safely to the many different forms of round-pin domestic power socket used across Europe.
Atheneum Books was a New York City publishing house established in 1959 by Alfred A. Knopf, Jr., Simon Michael Bessie and Hiram Haydn. Simon & Schuster has owned Atheneum properties since it acquired Macmillan in 1994, and it created Atheneum Books for Young Readers as an imprint for children's books in the 2000s.
The first edition of Die-Cut Plug Wiring Diagram Book is a small softback book containing 36 photocopied plug wiring diagrams, mostly in colour using different coloured toners in monochrome photocopiers; 3 full colour photocopies have been tipped in as well. The 'de-luxe version' of the book is sewn together using different coloured threads ...
Abrams Books for Young Readers publishes picture books and illustrated nonfiction for preschool through middle-grade readers. The imprint's list of titles includes Library Mouse , Rosie Revere, Engineer , I Am Yoga , Animalia , Babar's Museum of Art , Separate Is Never Equal , Maritcha , and 365 Penguins .
The center pin is 5 mm in diameter. The ISO 4165:2001 [ 1 ] DC connector is also known as the BMW Accessory plug, as it is used on BMW motorcycles ; as the Powerlet connector, named after a firm that produces them; and, in Australia (where they are popular in mobile power applications, including 4WD and Caravaning), as the Hella plug, or Merit ...