A bow collector is one of the three main devices used on tramcars to transfer electric current from the wires above to the tram below. While once very common in continental Europe, it has now been largely replaced by the pantograph.
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The painted chief, and pointed spear,
And Reason’s self shall bow the knee
To shadows and delusions here.”
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