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Where great rope speed is not essential they are fully as economical as direct-coupled engines.

From Principles of Mining Valuation, Organization and Administration by Hoover, Herbert

Shortly after this he was invited to construct for the Edison Pearl Street station the first of a series of engines for so-called "steam-dynamos," each independently driven by a direct-coupled engine.

From Edison, His Life and Inventions by Dyer, Frank Lewis

The oil-engine has been so improved that it is extensively used in combination with a direct-coupled or belt-driven dynamo and thus forms a favourite and easily-managed plant for private electric lighting.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" by Various

In late years, direct-coupled, electric-driven centrifugal pumps have entered the mining field, but their efficiency, despite makers' claims, is low.

From Principles of Mining Valuation, Organization and Administration by Hoover, Herbert

With great depths and greater capacities, speed becomes a momentous factor, and direct-coupled engines are necessary.

From Principles of Mining Valuation, Organization and Administration by Hoover, Herbert