DocumentCode
1352788
Title
Headlight tests
Author
Harding, C.Francis ; Topping, A.N.
Volume
29
Issue
7
fYear
1910
fDate
7/1/1910 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1233
Lastpage
1261
Abstract
The Indiana Railroad Commission, having been instructed to investigate and rule upon the compulsory use of more powerful headlights on steam locomotives operating in the State of Indiana, requested that both road tests and laboratory tests be carried out by the Engineering Schools of Purdue University, under the direction of Dean C. H. Benjamin, to determine the effect of such powerful headlights upon the interpretation of signals and upon the ability of the engineer to see and recognize obstacles upon the track in front of the locomotive. These tests which were carried out in the fall of 1909, consisted of two distinct groups as follows:
Keywords
Color; Distance measurement; Educational institutions; Observers; Phantoms; Reflection; Roads;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Proceedings of the
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0097-2444
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/PAIEE.1910.6659895
Filename
6659895
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