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A circuit breaker is an automatically-operated electrical switch designed to protect an electrical circuit from damage caused by overload or short circuit.

Circuit Breaker

A circuit breaker is an automatically-operated electrical switch designed to protect an electrical circuit…

A device that trips like a switch and opens the circuit when overloaded.

Circuit Breaker

A device that trips like a switch and opens the circuit when overloaded.

"A medium-capacity, double-pole circuit breaker (250 volts, 200 amp. General Electric Company, type C, form G)." —Croft 1920

Circuit Breaker

"A medium-capacity, double-pole circuit breaker (250 volts, 200 amp. General Electric Company, type…

"A heavy-current (2000 amp.) 650-volt, single-pole overload circuit breaker (General Electric Company, type C, form K2)." —Croft 1920

Circuit Breaker

"A heavy-current (2000 amp.) 650-volt, single-pole overload circuit breaker (General Electric Company,…

"Diagrammatic drawing of a time-limit circuit breaker." —Croft 1920

Time-limit Circuit Breaker

"Diagrammatic drawing of a time-limit circuit breaker." —Croft 1920

A rod which connects a rotary with a reciprocating part, either for imparting motion to the latter or taking motion from it, as that which couples a crank with a saw gate, or a steam piston with its crank shaft.

Pitman

A rod which connects a rotary with a reciprocating part, either for imparting motion to the latter or…