Abstract: A superconducting generator with a normally conducting armature winding is provided with a rotor having a superconducting field winding and a superconducting damper winding with the damper winding on a quadrature axis in relation to the field winding and located radially interior of the field winding to result in minimal spacing of the field winding and the armature winding and still achieving a high degree of fault worthiness.

Abstract: A product or article for manual use in the removal of spilled oil and like contaminants from the surface of a body of water is provided which is characterized by a plurality of strands of a polyolefin being placed in an endless or closed, circular state with each strand being twisted about its longitudinal axis, with the strands being retained in this state by tie or like securing means, thereby causing an intermixing of the twisted polyolefin strands with one another producing a loose, fluffy polyolefin mass having a great many interstices formed throughout the mass thereby materially increasing the adsorbing oil ensnaring characteristics of the mass.