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Thomas W. Dakin
Pages 56-59

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... He pioneered investigations into the effects of electric discharges on the breakdown of solict insulation, a method of estimating the magnitude of internal electric discharges and dischargingvoid volume in high-voltage apparatus by measuring capacitance increase with increasingly high voltages. He confirmed and applied the concept that alternating-currant voltage endurance (useful life of insulation uncler voltage stress)
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... He was a major contributor over a period of many years in the field of power capacitor development. A key to the dramatic progress maple in size and cost reduction per kilovolt-ampere was, again, the clevelopment of an accelerated life test based on power factor increases with time at several temperatures.
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