Abstract :
P. L. Alger: I have only one comment to make, and that is to remark that I believe the effect of saturation is quite an important one, especially in the application of the same type of theory to the initial currents of induction motors when they are thrown on the line in starting. Saturation makes the actual reactance of the machine much lower than it is when measured under normal conditions, and consequently, the initial current rush is much higher than might be expected, as in 25-cycle transformers, for example, where the ordinary flux is so high as to make the current rush saturate the iron very materially.
