rheostat

A current mirror with a rheostat is probably the simplest, though not generally ideal performance.

Broder clearly was able to control the temperature, whether it was via a rheostat dial or a touchscreen controller.

DC motors driven directly from the battery, probably with a large wire-wound rheostat to control the power.

The gas pedal on an EV isn't connected to a passive rheostat gating the entire power output of the vehicle.

My take is that PWM dimmers are dramatically more energy efficient than the old rheostat dimmers people used to use.

This rheostat would turn it into low voltage slightly lower current but it would still work fine for light gauge.

There were also variable speed controls that acted like a rheostat with continuous speed changes.

Someday, I may even take it apart and add a rheostat so I can adjust the click frequency.

At the other end, maybe something like the sliding rheostat on my toaster.

However, pre-1980s sewing machines have one huge disadvantage: they all had a [resistive] rheostat foot controller, which made maintaining low RRM practically impossible.

They can be dimmed with a rheostat or any incandescent light dimmer.

After some inspection he pointed out to me how the volume control rheostat (potentiometer) was worn out and what it would take to fix it.

The “switch” acts more like a “pain rheostat,” similar to a home thermostat that modulates temperature — the pain rheostat reacts to pain signals to modulate pain sensations.

A carbon arc I made using battery cells drew so much current through the salt-water "rheostat" that it boiled off...

My "caloric rheostat" is just dialed in a bit high, so I have to accept I need to eat less than I think is correct...

Googling "old sparky" just yields articles about electric chairs, even when including keywords such as "rheostat" and "theatre"