Electricity in the Service of Man: A Popular and Practical Treatise on the Applications of Electricity in Modern LifeCassell, limited, 1886 - 859 pages |
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Common terms and phrases
alternating currents amperes apparatus armature arranged attraction axis battery bismuth brush candles carbon causes cell centimetres charge commutator conductor connected consists constructed copper plate copper wire current flows cylinder deflection difference of potential direction disc discharge distance earth effect electrified electro-magnet electrode electrolysis electromotive force element fastened galvanometer glass glow Gramme Gramme machine gutta-percha heat increased induced currents induction coil inserted instrument insulated iron core K₁ kathode lamp lead lever Leyden jar lines of force liquid machine magnet magnetised means mercury metal metres millimetres motion motor movable move needle negative electricity obtained Ohm's law opposite outer circuit parallel piece placed platinum polarisation pole portion position produced quantity resistance ring rotation S₁ screw secondary selenium shown in Fig Siemens silver solenoid spark spring station strength of current sulphate sulphuric acid surface telephone tricity tube vessel wheel zinc plate
Popular passages
Page 792 - ... one of the most useful as well as one of the most eminent traits in the human character.
Page 845 - ... of business; it has enabled man to descend to the depths of the sea, to soar into the air, to penetrate securely into the noxious recesses of the earth, to traverse the land in cars which whirl along without horses, and the ocean in ships which run ten knots an hour against the wind.
Page 217 - The extraordinary noise caused by the horses' hoofs makes the fish issue from the mud, and excites them to combat. These yellowish and livid eels, resembling large aquatic serpents, swim on the surface of the water, and crowd under the bellies of the horses and mules. A contest between animals of so different an organization furnishes a very striking spectacle.