p. 8
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The separate excitation of the dynamo corresponds with the independently determined investment in the economic model, and the total excitation with income. Perhaps in this electrical age, the conventional metaphor of ‘priming the pump’ might be dropped in favour of ‘exciting the dynamo’.
— Arnold Tustin
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Source: Wikiquote: "Arnold Tustin" (Quotes, The Mechanism of Economic Systems (1953): Arnold Tustin (1953) The Mechanism of Economic Systems: An approach to the problem of economic stabilisation from the point of view of control system engineering.)
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About Arnold Tustin
Arnold Tustin (July 16, 1899 – January 9, 1994) was a British engineer, and Professor of Engineering at the University of Birmingham and at Imperial College London, who made important contributions to the development of control engineering and its application to electrical machines.
About Arnold Tustin
Arnold Tustin (July 16, 1899 – January 9, 1994) was a British engineer, and Professor of Engineering at the University of Birmingham and at Imperial College London, who made important contributions to the development of control engineering and its application to electrical machines.
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