This document discusses the different types of losses that occur in a DC shunt machine. It identifies the main types of losses as copper or electrical losses, core or iron losses, brush losses, mechanical losses, and stray load losses. It provides details on each type of loss, such as that copper losses occur in the machine windings due to resistance and that core losses are about 20% of full load losses and include hysteresis and eddy current losses. The document aims to explain the concept of losses in a DC shunt machine.