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The Boy Electrician
Transcriber's Note This book was transcribed from scans of the original found at Google Books. I have rotated some images. The more complex tables are treated as images.
THE BOY ELECTRICIAN
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I MAGNETS AND MAGNETISM
Experiments with Magnetism
CHAPTER II STATIC ELECTRICITY
CHAPTER III STATIC ELECTRIC MACHINES
A Cylinder Electric Machine
A Wimshurst Machine
Experiments with an Electric Machine
CHAPTER IV CELLS AND BATTERIES
Secondary or Storage Batteries
CHAPTER V ELECTRO-MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC INDUCTION
Induction
CHAPTER VI ELECTRICAL UNITS
The Ampere
The Volt
The Ohm
The Watt
The Coulomb
The Difference between Alternating and Direct Currents
CHAPTER VII ELECTRICAL APPURTENANCES
Wires
Insulators
Binding-Posts
Switches and Cut-Outs
Fuses
Lightning-Arresters
CHAPTER VIII ELECTRICAL MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
A Simple Voltmeter and Ammeter
A Portable Voltmeter and Ammeter
Galvanoscopes and Galvanometers
How to Make a Wheatstone Bridge
How to Use a Wheatstone Bridge for Measuring Resistance
CHAPTER IX BELLS, ALARMS, AND ANNUNCIATORS
A Burglar Alarm
An Electric Alarm
An Annunciator
CHAPTER X ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHS
How To Make a Simple Key and Sounder
How To Build a Telegraph Relay
How To Learn To Telegraph
CHAPTER XI MICROPHONES AND TELEPHONES
Telephones
How to Build a Telephone
CHAPTER XII INDUCTION COILS
Spark-Coils
Building a Spark-Coil
Experiments with a Spark-Coil
Geissler Tubes
Ghost Light
Puncturing Paper
A Practical Joke
An Electric Garbage-can
Photographing an Electric Discharge
Jacob’s Ladder
X-Rays
CHAPTER XIII TRANSFORMERS
CHAPTER VIV WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY
HOW TO BUILD WIRELESS INSTRUMENTS
CHAPTER XV A WIRELESS TELEPHONE
CHAPTER XVI ELECTRIC MOTORS
CHAPTER XVII DYNAMOS
A 10-Watt Dynamo
CHAPTER XVIII AN ELECTRIC RAILWAY
CHAPTER XIX MINIATURE LIGHTING
CHAPTER XX MISCELLANEOUS ELECTRICAL APPARATUS
HOW ELECTRICITY MAY BE GENERATED FROM HEAT
HOW TO MAKE A REFLECTOSCOPE
HOW TO REDUCE THE 110-v. CURRENT SO THAT IT MAY BE USED FOR EXPERIMENTING
AN INDUCTION MOTOR
ELECTRO-PLATING
HOW TO MAKE A RHEOSTAT
A CURRENT REVERSER OR POLE-CHANGING SWITCH
A COMPLETE WIRELESS RECEIVING SET
HOW TO BUILD A TESLA HIGH-FREQUENCY COIL
CONCLUSION
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