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magnetos

  • plural
    of magneto.
    magneto
    noun
    a small electric generator with an armature that rotates in a magnetic field provided by permanent magnets, as a generator supplying ignition current for certain types of internal combustion engines or a hand-operated generator for telephone signaling.

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Stromberg-Carlson had a $48,985 educational order for field-telephone magnetos, but was more interested in its booming domestic business of frequency-modulation radio sets.

From Time Magazine Archive

Son Jay was the "mechanician" during races, stopped leaks at full speed, at race's end took the magnetos home and dried them in the oven.

From Time Magazine Archive

Automobiles are not allowed within a mile of the Platanos receiving station antenna, lest the magnetos might cause interference.

From Time Magazine Archive

Today few U. S. automobiles drive the roads, few airplanes fly the skies, that do not have his gadgets in them: Bendix starters, radios, brakes, Stromberg as well as Zenith carburetors, Scintilla magnetos.

From Time Magazine Archive

The magnetos are driven from each of the two vertical shafts by small bevel pinions meshing in bevel gears.

From Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair by Victor Wilfred Pag?

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