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To understand compound winding we must first understand two other methods of winding.

From The Story of Great Inventions by Burns, Elmer Ellsworth

It is furnished with alternative compound winding, in which the series winding is provided with a switch, which196 may be fixed either upon the machine itself or upon the switchboard.

From Hawkins Electrical Guide, Number One Questions, Answers, & Illustrations, A Progressive Course of Study for Engineers, Electricians, Students and Those Desiring to acquire a Working Knowledge of Electricity and its Applications by Hawkins, Nehemiah

Another device, patented by Mr. Crompton, is a modification of that method of field magnet winding commonly known as compound winding.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 623, December 10, 1887 by Various

Instead, however, of the magnetizing powers of these coils being united in the same direction as an ordinary compound winding, they are opposed to one another.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 623, December 10, 1887 by Various