Automixte system
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A system (devised by Henri Pieper, a Belgian) of drivingautomobiles employing a gasoline engine and an auxiliary reversibledynamo. When there is an excess of power the dynamo is driven by theengine so as to charge a small storage battery; when there is adeficiency of power the dynamo reverses and acts as an auxiliarymotor. Sometimes called Pieper system. -- Automixte car, etc.
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