CHAPTER III. MECHANICAL RECTIFICATION. 229 9. Phenomena during reversal, and types of mechanical rec- tifiers. 229 10. Single-phase constant-current rectification: compounding of alternators by rectification. 231 11. Example and numerical calculations. 233 12. Single-phase constant-potential rectification: equations. 236 xviii CONTENTS. PAGE 13. Special case, calculation of numerical example. 239 14. Quarter-phase rectification: Brush arc machine. Equations. 242 15. Calculation of example. 246