A-B-C of
A-B-C of Electricity
作者：Meadowcroft, Wm. H. (William Henry), 1853-
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共 83 题- A-B-C OF ELECTRICITY
- BY WILLIAM H. MEADOWCROFT
- HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK & LONDON
- A-B-C of Electricity
- COPYRIGHT, 1888, 1909, BY WILLIAM H. MEADOWCROFT
- CONTENTS
- CHAP. PAGE
- INTRODUCTION TO NEW EDITION viii
- PREFACE x
- I. 1
- II. DEFINITIONS 3
- III. MAGNETISM 16
- IV. THE TELEGRAPH 23
- V. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY 33
- VI. THE TELEPHONE 40
- VII. ELECTRIC LIGHT 54
- VIII. ELECTRIC POWER 87
- IX. BATTERIES 95
- X. CONCLUSION 127
- INTRODUCTION TO NEW EDITION
- PREFACE
- W. H. M.
- A-B-C OF ELECTRICITY
- A-B-C OF ELECTRICITY
- II
- DEFINITIONS
- The three measurements most frequently used in electricity are
- III
- MAGNETISM
- The covering on the wire, as you will remember, is called "insulation."
- IV
- THE TELEGRAPH
- The telegraph key is shown in the sketch below. (Fig. 6.)
- The sounder is shown on the following page. (Fig. 7.)
- WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY
- VI
- THE TELEPHONE
- Let us take first the
- INDUCTION-COIL
- HOW THE INDUCTION-COIL IS MADE
- Above we show you a sketch of an induction-coil. (Fig. 9.)
- SPARKING COILS
- The next thing we shall try to explain will be
- THE VIBRATING DIAPHRAGM
- THE TRANSMITTER
- THE RECEIVER
- THE CARBON BUTTON
- HOW THE TELEPHONE WORKS
- VII
- ELECTRIC LIGHT
- THE LAMPS
- ARC-LIGHTS
- INCANDESCENT LAMPS
- ELECTRIC-LIGHT WIRES
- WIRES FOR INCANDESCENT LAMPS
- This is called connecting in "multiple arc."
- SWITCHES
- WIRE ON DYNAMOS
- VIII
- ELECTRIC POWER
- THE MOTOR
- IRON
- Fig. 27]
- IX
- BATTERIES
- PRIMARY BATTERIES
- CLOSED-CIRCUIT BATTERIES
- THE WORK DONE BY BATTERIES
- BATTERIES FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT
- CONNECTING IN MULTIPLE
- MULTIPLE SERIES
- THE EDISON PRIMARY BATTERY
- SECONDARY, OR STORAGE, BATTERIES
- TWO TYPES
- THE LEAD STORAGE BATTERY
- THE ALKALINE STORAGE BATTERY
- CONNECTING STORAGE BATTERIES
- CHARGING CURRENT
- CONCLUSION
- THE END
- FOOTNOTES:
- TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE
- End of Project Gutenberg's ABC of Electricity, by William Henry Meadowcroft