A-B-C of Electricity
by Wm. H. Meadowcroft
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Language: English
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About this eBook
- Author
- Meadowcroft, Wm. H. (William Henry), 1853-
- Credits
- Produced by Giovanni Fini and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- QC: Science: Physics
- Subject
- Electricity
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 45955
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45955
- Release Date
- June 13, 2014
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.A-B-C OF ELECTRICITY
- 2.CONTENTS
- 3.INTRODUCTION TO NEW EDITION
- 4.PREFACE
- 5.I
- 6.II
- 7.III
- 8.IV
- 9.V
- 10.VI — INDUCTION-COIL — HOW THE INDUCTION-COIL IS MADE — SPARKING COILS — THE VIBRATING DIAPHRAGM — THE TRANSMITTER — THE RECEIVER — THE CARBON BUTTON — HOW THE TELEPHONE WORKS
- 11.VII — THE LAMPS — ARC-LIGHTS — INCANDESCENT LAMPS — ELECTRIC-LIGHT WIRES — WIRES FOR INCANDESCENT LAMPS — SWITCHES — WIRE ON DYNAMOS
- 12.VIII — THE MOTOR
- 13.IX — 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
- 14.X
- 15.FOOTNOTES:
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