Home-made Electrical Apparatus

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Produced by James Simmons

Language

English

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TK: Technology: Electrical, Electronics and Nuclear engineering

Subject

Electric apparatus and appliances -- Amateurs' manuals

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Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 63878

Release Date

November 24, 2020

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Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Home-made Electrical Apparatus
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.CHAPTER I. STATIC ELECTRICAL APPARATUS — How to Build a Wimshurst Machine. — Experiments with Static Electrical Apparatus.
4. 4.CHAPTER II. CELLS AND BATTERIES. — The Voltaic Cell. — Homemade Batteries. — Battery Solutions or Electrolytes. — Connecting Cells. — Storage or Secondary Cells. — An Experimental Storage Cell. — A Homemade Storage Cell. — Recharging and Caring for Storage Cells.
5. 5.CHAPTER III. HOW TO REDUCE THE 110 V. D.C. OR A.C. TO A LOWER VOLTAGE FOR EXPERIMENTAL PURPOSES.
6. 6.CHAPTER IV. HOW AN ALTERNATING CURRENT MAY BE CHANGED INTO DIRECT CURRENT BY MEANS OF AN ELECTROLYTIC RECTIFIER.
7. 7.CHAPTER V. HOW TO BUILD A STEP-DOWN TRANSFORMER FOR REDUCING THE 110 VOLT A. C. FOR EXPERIMENTAL PURPOSES.
8. 8.CHAPTER VI. ELECTRIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS — Galvanometers, Ammeters, Voltmeters. How to Make a Galvanometer. — The Construction of Ammeters and Voltmeters.
9. 9.CHAPTER VII. CURRENT CONTROL DEVICES. — How to Make a Pole Changing Switch or Current Reverses How to Reverse a Small Motor. — How to Make a Small Battery Rheostat for Regulating the Speed of Small Motors, Etc.
10. 10.CHAPTER VIII. HOW TO MAKE A TELEGRAPH KEY AND SOUNDER AND INSTALL A TELEGRAPH LINE.
11. 11.CHAPTER IX. HOW TO MAKE AND INSTALL A TELEPHONE.
12. 12.CHAPTER X. MEDICAL COILS AND SHOCKING COILS.
13. 13.CHAPTER XI. THE CONSTRUCTION OF SPARK COILS. — Experiment 1—An Imitation Gassiot's Cascade. — Experiment 2—A Ghostly Light — Experiment 3—Lighting Geissler Tubes. — Experiment 4—Flickering Light. — Experiment 5—Rotating a Geissler Tube. — Experiment 6—Fluorescent Writing. — Experiment 7—An Electric Bomb. — Experiment 8—Electrifying the Garbage Can. — Experiment 9—How to Make an Electric Spark Photograph Itself.
14. 14.CHAPTER XII. HOW TO MAKE A DYNAMO-MOTOR
15. 15.CHAPTER XIII. AN ELECTRIC BATTERY MOTOR.
16. 16.CHAPTER XIV. HOW TO BUILD AN ELECTRIC ENGINE.
17. 17.CHAPTER XV. MINIATURE BATTERY LIGHTING.
18. 18.CHAPTER XVI. COHERER OUTFITS FOR WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.
19. 19.CHAPTER XVII. HOW TO BUILD A TESLA HIGH FREQUENCY COIL.
20. 20.CHAPTER XVIII. AN EXPERIMENTAL WIRELESS TELEPHONE.
21. 21.CHAPTER XIX. MISCELLANEOUS EXPERIMENTS AND APPARATUS. — ELECTROLYSIS. — ELECTROPLATING. — ELECTRIC CURRENT GENERATED BY HEAT. — A HANDY LIGHT. — AN EXPERIMENTAL ARC LAMP. — A MAGNETIC DIVER. — THE MAGNETIC FISH. — A MAGNETIC CLOWN. — AN ELECTRIC BREEZE. — A STATIC MOTOR.
22. 22.The Full Project Gutenberg License — Section 1. General Terms of Use & Redistributing Project Gutenberg™ electronic works — Section 2. Information about the Mission of Project Gutenberg™ — Section 3. Information about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation — Section 4. Information about Donations to the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation — Section 5. General Information About Project Gutenberg™ electronic works.

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