[78-L] A blast from the past

[Steven C. Barr]

From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> Forgot to mention that the phonograph worked perfectly, and neither of us 
> knows why. When it was last used, it was in downtown Toronto when we were 
> still on 25 cycle power and it was never converted to 60 when we moved 
> into the burbs. Anyone know if this motor had (has) something that ignores 
> what should have been a problem?
>
It wasn't a synchronous motor (which hadn't yet been invented!); thus
the speed is NOT dependent on the AC frequency!

Steven C. Barr