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diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6833f05 --- /dev/null +++ b/.gitattributes @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +* text=auto +*.txt text +*.md text diff --git a/44665-0.txt b/44665-0.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ec987a7 --- /dev/null +++ b/44665-0.txt @@ -0,0 +1,5383 @@ +*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 44665 *** + +Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this + file which includes the original illustrations. + See 44665-h.htm or 44665-h.zip: + (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/44665/44665-h/44665-h.htm) + or + (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/44665/44665-h.zip) + + + Images of the original pages are available through + Internet Archive. See + https://archive.org/details/thingsboyshouldk00stjo + + +Transcriber's note: + + Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_). + + Text enclosed by equal signs is in bold face (=bold=). + + Characters enclosed by curly brackets after an underscore + are subscripts (example: CuSO_{4} [the chemical formula + of copper sulfate]). + + + + + +THINGS A BOY SHOULD KNOW ABOUT ELECTRICITY + + +[Illustration] + + + * * * * * + +_BY THE SAME AUTHOR._ + + + =FUN WITH MAGNETISM.= A book and complete outfit of apparatus + for _Sixty-One Experiments_. + + =FUN WITH ELECTRICITY.= A book and complete outfit of + apparatus for _Sixty Experiments_. + + =FUN WITH PUZZLES.= A book, key and complete outfit for _Four + Hundred Puzzles_. + + =FUN WITH SOAP-BUBBLES.= A book and complete outfit of + apparatus for _Fancy Bubbles and Films_. + + =FUN WITH SHADOWS.= Including book of instructions with one + hundred illustrations and a complete outfit of apparatus + for _Shadow Pictures, Pantomimes, Entertainments, etc., + etc._ + + =HUSTLE-BALL.= An American game. Played by means of magic + wands and polished balls of steel. + + =JINGO.= The great war game, including JINGO JUNIOR. + + =HOW TWO BOYS MADE THEIR OWN ELECTRICAL APPARATUS.= A book + containing complete directions for making all kinds of + simple apparatus for the study of elementary electricity. + + =THE STUDY OF ELEMENTARY ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM BY + EXPERIMENT.= This book is designed as a text-book for + amateurs, students, and others who wish to take up a + systematic course of simple experiments at home or in + school. + + =THINGS A BOY SHOULD KNOW ABOUT ELECTRICITY.= This book + explains, in simple, straightforward language, many things + about electricity; things in which the American boy is + intensely interested; things he wants to know; things he + should know. + + =ANS., OR ACCURACY, NEATNESS AND SPEED.= For teachers and + pupils. Containing study-charts, practice devices and + special methods for accurate, rapid work with figures. + + _Ask Your Bookseller, Stationer, or Toy Dealer for our + Books, Games, Puzzles, Educational Amusements, Etc._ + + + CATALOGUE UPON APPLICATION + + Thomas M. St. John, 407 West 51st St., New York. + + * * * * * + + +THINGS A BOY SHOULD KNOW ABOUT ELECTRICITY + +by + +THOMAS M. ST. JOHN, Met. E. + +Author of "Fun With Magnetism," "Fun With Electricity," +"How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus," +"The Study of Elementary Electricity +and Magnetism by Experiment," etc. + +SECOND EDITION + + + + + + + +[Illustration] + +New York +Thomas M. St. John +407 West 51st Street +1903 + +Copyright, 1900. +By Thomas M. St. John. + + + + +THINGS A BOY SHOULD KNOW ABOUT ELECTRICITY + + + + +TABLE OF CONTENTS + + + CHAPTER PAGE + I. About Frictional Electricty 7 + II. About Magnets and Magnetism 21 + III. How Electricity is Generated by the Voltaic Cell, 32 + IV. Various Voltaic Cells, 36 + V. About Push-Buttons, Switches and Binding-Posts, 43 + VI. Units and Apparatus for Electrical Measurements, 48 + VII. Chemical Effects of the Electric Current, 58 + VIII. How Electroplating and Electrotyping are Done, 60 + IX. The Storage Battery, and How it Works, 63 + X. How Electricity is Generated by Heat, 68 + XI. Magnetic Effects of the Electric Current, 71 + XII. How Electricity is Generated by Induction, 77 + XIII. How the Induction Coil Works, 80 + XIV. The Electric Telegraph, and How it Sends Messages, 84 + XV. The Electric Bell and Some of its Uses, 91 + XVI. The Telephone and How it Transmits Speech, 95 + XVII. How Electricity is Generated by Dynamos, 101 + XVIII. How the Electric Current is Transformed, 109 + XIX. How Electric Currents are Distributed for Use, 114 + XX. How Heat is Produced by the Electric Current, 124 + XXI. How Light is Produced by the Incandescent Lamp, 129 + XXII. How Light is Produced by the Arc Lamp, 135 + XXIII. X-Rays, and How the Bones of the Human Body are + Photographed, 141 + XXIV. The Electric Motor, and How it Does Work, 147 + XXV. Electric Cars, Boats and Automobiles, 154 + XXVI. A Word About Central Stations, 162 + XXVII. Miscellaneous Uses of Electricity, 165 + + + + +TO THE READER + + +For the benefit of those who wish to make their own electrical +apparatus for experimental purposes, references have been made +throughout this work to the "Apparatus Book;" by this is meant the +author's "How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus." + +For those who wish to take up a course of elementary electrical +experiments that can be performed with simple, home-made apparatus, +references have been made to "Study;" by this is meant "The Study of +Elementary Electricity and Magnetism by Experiment." + + THE AUTHOR. + + + + +Things A Boy Should Know About Electricity + + + + +CHAPTER I. + +ABOUT FRICTIONAL ELECTRICITY. + + +=1. Some Simple Experiments.= Have you ever shuffled your feet along +over the carpet on a winter's evening and then quickly touched your +finger to the nose of an unsuspecting friend? Did he jump when a bright +spark leaped from your finger and struck him fairly on the very tip of +his sensitive nasal organ? + +[Illustration: Fig. 1.] + +Did you ever succeed in proving to the pussy-cat, Fig. 1, that +something unusual occurs when you thoroughly rub his warm fur with your +hand? Did you notice the bright sparks that passed to your hand when it +was held just above the cat's back? You should be able to see, hear, +and feel these sparks, especially when the air is dry and you are in a +dark room. + +Did you ever heat a piece of paper before the fire until it was real +hot, then lay it upon the table and rub it from end to end with your +hand, and finally see it cling to the wall? + +Were you ever in a factory where there were large belts running rapidly +over pulleys or wheels, and where large sparks would jump to your hands +when held near the belts? + +If you have never performed any of the four experiments mentioned, you +should try them the first time a chance occurs. There are dozens of +simple, fascinating experiments that may be performed with this kind of +electricity. + +=2. Name.= As this variety of electricity is made, or generated, by +the friction of substances upon each other, it is called _frictional_ +electricity. It is also called _static_ electricity, because it +generally stands still upon the surface of bodies and does not "flow in +currents" as easily as some of the other varieties. Static electricity +may be produced by induction as well as by friction. + +[Illustration: Fig. 2.] + +=3. History.= It has been known for over 2,000 years that certain +substances act queerly when rubbed. Amber was the first substance upon +which electricity was produced by friction, and as the Greek name for +amber is _elektron_, bodies so affected were said to be _electrified_. +When a body, like ebonite, is rubbed with a flannel cloth, we say that +it becomes _charged with electricity_. Just what happens to the ebonite +is not clearly understood. We know, however, that it will attract +light bodies, and then quickly repel them if they be conductors. Fig. +2 shows a piece of tissue-paper jumping toward a sheet of ebonite that +has been electrified with a flannel cloth. + +=4. Conductors and Non-Conductors.= Electricity can be produced upon +glass and ebonite because they do not carry or conduct it away. If a +piece of iron be rubbed, the electricity passes from the iron into the +earth as fast as it is generated, because the iron is a _conductor_ of +electricity. Glass is an _insulator_ or _non-conductor_. Frictional +electricity resides upon the outside, only, of conductors. A hollow +tin box will hold as great a charge as a solid piece of metal having +the same outside size and shape. When frictional electricity passes +from one place to another, sparks are produced. Lightning is caused +by the passage of static electricity from a cloud to the earth, or +from one cloud to another. In this case air forms the conductor. (For +experiments, see "Study," Chapter VII.) + +[Illustration: Fig. 3.] + +=5. Electroscopes.= A piece of carbon, pith, or even a small piece of +damp tissue-paper will serve as an electroscope to test the presence of +static electricity. The pith is usually tied to a piece of silk thread +which is a non-conductor. Fig. 3 shows the ordinary form of _pith-ball +electroscope_. + +The _leaf electroscope_ is a very delicate apparatus. Gold-leaf is +generally used, but aluminum-leaf will stand handling and will do for +all ordinary purposes. Fig. 4 shows a common form, the glass being +used to keep currents of air from the leaves and at the same time to +insulate them from the earth. + +Electroscopes are used to show the presence, relative amount, or kind +of static electricity on a body. (See "Study," Chapter XI.) + +[Illustration: Fig. 4.] + +=6. Two Kinds of Electrification.= It can be shown that the +electrification produced on all bodies by friction is not the same; +for example, that generated with glass and silk is not the same as +that made with ebonite and flannel. It has been agreed to call that +produced by glass and silk _positive_, and that by ebonite and flannel +_negative_. The signs + and - are used for positive and negative. + +=7. Laws of Electrification.= (1) Charges of the same kind repel each +other; (2) charges of unlike kinds attract each other; (3) either kind +of a charge attracts and is attracted by a neutral body. + +=8. Static Electric Machines.= In order to produce static electricity +in quantities for experiments, some device is necessary. + +The _electrophorus_ (e-lec-troph´-o-rus) is about the simplest form +of machine. Fig. 5 shows a simple electrophorus in which are two +insulators and one conductor. The ebonite sheet E S is used with a +flannel cloth to generate the electricity. The metal cover E C is +lifted by the insulating handle E R. The cover E C is placed upon the +thoroughly charged sheet E S, and then it is touched for an instant +with the finger, before lifting it by E R. The charge upon E C can then +be removed by bringing the hand near it. The bright spark that passes +from E C to the hand indicates that E C has discharged itself into the +earth. The action of the electrophorus depends upon induction. (For +experiments, details of action, induced electrification, etc., see "The +Study of Elementary Electricity and Magnetism by Experiment," Chapters +VIII. and IX.) + +[Illustration: Fig. 5.] + +_The first electric machine_ consisted of a ball of sulphur fastened to +a spindle which could be turned by a crank. By holding the hands or a +pad of silk upon the revolving ball, electricity was produced. + +[Illustration: Fig. 6.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 7.] + +=9. The Cylinder Electric Machine= consists, as shown in Fig. 6, of a +glass cylinder so mounted that it can be turned by a crank. Friction +is produced by a pad of leather C, which presses against the cylinder +as it turns. Electric sparks can be taken from the large "conductors" +which are insulated from the earth. The opposite electricities unite +with sparks across D and E. If use is to be made of the electricity, +either the rubber or the prime conductor must be connected with the +ground. In the former case positive electricity is obtained; in the +latter, negative. + +=10. The Plate Electrical Machine.= Fig. 7 also shows an old form of +machine. Such machines are made of circular plates of glass or ebonite, +two rubbing pads being usually employed, one on each side of the plate. +One operator is seen on an insulated stool (Fig. 7), the electricity +passing through him before entering the earth by way of the body of the +man at the right. + +[Illustration: Fig. 8.] + +=11. The Toepler-Holtz Machine=, in one form, is shown in Fig. 8. The +electricity is produced by the principle of induction, and not by mere +friction. This machine, used in connection with condensers, produces +large sparks. + +=12. The Wimshurst Machine= is of recent date, and not being easily +affected by atmospheric changes, is very useful for ordinary laboratory +work. Fig. 9 shows one form of this machine. + +=13. Influence Machines for Medical Purposes= are made in a large +variety of forms. A Wimshurst machine is generally used as an exciter +to charge the plates of the large machine when they lose their charge +on account of excessive moisture in the atmosphere. Fig. 10 shows a +large machine. + +[Illustration: Fig. 9.] + +=14. Uses of Electrical Machines.= Static electricity has been used for +many years in the laboratory for experimental purposes, for charging +condensers, for medical purposes, etc. It is now being used for X-ray +work, and considerable advancement has been made within a few years in +the construction and efficiency of the machines. + +[Illustration: Fig. 10.] + +With the modern machines large sparks are produced by merely turning +a crank, enough electricity being produced to imitate a small +thunderstorm. The sparks of home-made lightning will jump several +inches. + +Do not think that electricity is generated in a commercial way by +static electric machines. The practical uses of static electricity are +very few when compared with those of current electricity from batteries +and dynamos. + +=15. Condensation of Static Electricity.= By means of apparatus called +_condensers_, a terrific charge of static electricity may be stored. +Fig. 11 shows the most common form of condenser, known as the _Leyden +jar_. It consists of a glass jar with an inside and outside coating of +tin-foil. + +[Illustration: Fig. 11.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 12.] + +_To charge_ the jar it is held in the hand so that the outside coating +shall be connected with the earth, the sparks from an electric machine +being passed to the knob at the top, which is connected by a chain to +the inside coating. + +_To discharge_ the jar, Fig. 12, a conductor with an insulating handle +is placed against the outside coat; when the other end of the conductor +is swung over towards the knob, a bright spark passes between them. +This device is called a discharger. Fig. 13 shows a discharge through +ether which the spark ignites. + +[Illustration: Fig. 13.] + +=16. The Leyden Battery=, Fig. 14, consists of several jars connected +in such a way that the area of the inner and outer coatings is greatly +increased. The battery has a larger capacity than one of its jars. (For +Experiments in Condensation, see "Study," Chapter X.) + +[Illustration: Fig. 14.] + +=17. Electromotive Force of Static Electricity.= Although the sparks +of static electricity are large, the _quantity_ of electricity is very +small. It would take thousands of galvanic cells to produce a spark +an inch long. While the quantity of static electricity is small, its +potential, or electromotive force (E. M. F.), is very high. We say that +an ordinary gravity cell has an E. M. F. of a little over one volt. +Five such cells joined in the proper way would have an E. M. F. of a +little over five volts. You will understand, then, what is meant when +we say that the E. M. F. of a lightning flash is millions of volts. + +=18. Atmospheric Electricity.= The air is usually electrified, even +in clear weather, although its cause is not thoroughly understood. In +1752 it was proved by Benjamin Franklin (Fig. 15), with his famous +kite experiment, that atmospheric and frictional electricities are +of the same nature. By means of a kite, the string being wet by the +rain, he succeeded, during a thunderstorm, in drawing sparks, charging +condensers, etc. + +[Illustration: Fig. 15.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 16.] + +=19. Lightning= may be produced by the passage of electricity between +clouds, or between a cloud and the earth (Fig. 16), which, with the +intervening air, have the effect of a condenser. When the attraction +between the two electrifications gets great enough, a spark passes. +When the spark has a zigzag motion it is called _chain lightning_. +In hot weather flashes are often seen which light whole clouds, no +thunder being heard. This is called _heat lightning_, and is generally +considered to be due to distant discharges, the light of which is +reflected by the clouds. The lightning flash represents billions of +volts. + +[Illustration: Fig. 17.] + +=20. Thunder= is caused by the violent disturbances produced in the +air by lightning. Clouds, hills, etc., produce echoes, which, with the +original sound, make the rolling effect. + +=21. Lightning-Rods=, when well constructed, often prevent violent +discharges. Their pointed prongs at the top allow the negative +electricity of the earth to pass quietly into the air to neutralize +the positive in the cloud above. In case of a discharge, or stroke of +lightning, the rods aid in conducting the electricity to the earth. The +ends of the rods are placed deep in the earth, Fig. 17. + +=22. St. Elmo's Fire.= Electrification from the earth is often drawn up +from the earth through the masts of ships, Fig. 18, to neutralize that +in the clouds, and, as it escapes from the points of the masts, light +is produced. + +[Illustration: Fig. 18.] + +=23. Aurora Borealis=, also called Northern Lights, are luminous +effects, Fig. 19, often seen in the north. They often occur at the +same time with magnetic storms, when telegraph and telephone work may +be disturbed. The exact cause of this light is not known, but it is +thought by many to be due to disturbances in the earth's magnetism +caused by the action of the sun. + +[Illustration: Fig. 19.] + + + + +CHAPTER II. + + +ABOUT MAGNETS AND MAGNETISM. + +=24. Natural Magnets.= Hundreds of years ago it was discovered that +a certain ore of iron, called lodestone, had the power of picking up +small pieces of iron. It was used to indicate the north and south +line, and it was discovered later that small pieces of steel could be +permanently magnetized by rubbing them upon the lodestone. + +=25. Artificial Magnets.= Pieces of steel, when magnetized, are called +artificial magnets. They are made in many forms. The electromagnet is +also an artificial magnet; this will be treated separately. + +[Illustration: Fig. 20] + +=26. The Horseshoe Magnet=, Fig. 20, is, however, the one with which we +are the most familiar. They are always painted red, but the red paint +has nothing to do with the magnetism. + +The little end-piece is called the keeper, or armature; it should +always be kept in place when the magnet is not in use. The magnet +itself is made of steel, while the armature is made of soft iron. Steel +retains magnetism for a long time, while soft iron loses it almost +instantly. The ends of the magnet are called its _poles_, and nearly +all the strength of the magnet seems to reside at the poles, the curved +part having no attraction for outside bodies. One of the poles of the +magnet is marked with a line, or with the letter N. This is called the +north pole of the magnet, the other being its south pole. + +[Illustration: Fig. 21.] + +=27. Bar Magnets= are straight magnets. Fig. 21 shows a round bar +magnet. The screw in the end is for use in the telephone, described +later. + +=28. Compound Magnets.= When several thin steel magnets are riveted +together, a compound magnet is formed. These can be made with +considerable strength. Fig. 22 shows a compound horseshoe magnet. Fig. +23 shows a form of compound bar magnet used in telephones. The use of +the coil of wire will be explained later. A thick piece of steel can +not be magnetized through and through. In the compound magnet we have +the effect of a thick magnet practically magnetized through and through. + +[Illustration: Fig. 22.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 23.] + +=29. Magnetic and Diamagnetic Bodies.= Iron, and substances containing +iron, are the ones most readily attracted by a magnet. Iron is said to +be _magnetic_. Some substances, like nickel, for example, are visibly +attracted by very strong magnets only. Strange as it may seem, some +substances are actually repelled by strong magnets; these are called +_diamagnetic_ bodies. Brass, copper, zinc, etc., are not visibly +affected by a magnet. Magnetism will act through paper, glass, copper, +lead, etc. + +[Illustration: Fig. 24.] + +=30. Making Magnets.= One of the strangest properties that a magnet +has is its power to give magnetism to another piece of steel. If +a sewing-needle be properly rubbed upon one of the poles of a +magnet, it will become strongly magnetized and will retain its +magnetism for years. Strong permanent magnets are made with the aid +of electromagnets. Any number of little magnets may be made from a +horseshoe magnet without injuring it. + +[Illustration: Fig. 25.] + +31. Magnetic Needles and Compasses. If a bar magnet be suspended +by a string, or floated upon a cork, which can easily be done with +the magnet made from a sewing-needle, Fig. 24, it will swing around +until its poles point north and south. Such an arrangement is called +a _magnetic needle_. In the regular _compass_, a magnetic needle is +supported upon a pivot. Compasses have been used for many centuries +by mariners and others. Fig. 25 shows an ordinary pocket compass, and +Fig. 26 a form of mariner's compass, in which the small bar magnets are +fastened to a card which floats, the whole being so mounted that it +keeps a horizontal position, even though the vessel rocks. + +[Illustration: Fig. 26.] + +32. Action of Magnets Upon Each Other. By making two small +sewing-needle magnets, you can easily study the laws of attraction and +repulsion. By bringing the two north poles, or the two south poles, +near each other, a repulsion will be noticed. Unlike poles attract each +other. The attraction between a magnet and iron is mutual; that is, +each attracts the other. Either pole of a magnet attracts soft iron. + +In magnetizing a needle, either end may be made a north pole at will; +in fact, the poles of a weak magnet can easily be reversed by properly +rubbing it upon a stronger magnet. + +=33. Theory of Magnetism.= Each little particle of a piece of steel or +iron is supposed to be a magnet, even before it touches a magnet. When +these little magnets are thoroughly mixed up in the steel, they pull in +all sorts of directions upon each other and tend to keep the steel from +attracting outside bodies. When a magnet is properly rubbed upon a bar +of steel, the north poles of the little molecular magnets of the steel +are all made to point in the same direction. As the north poles help +each other, the whole bar can attract outside bodies. + +By jarring a magnet its molecules are thoroughly shaken up; in fact, +most of the magnetism can be knocked out of a weak magnet by hammering +it. + +=34. Retentivity.= The power that a piece of steel has to hold +magnetism is called _retentivity_. Different kinds of steel have +different retentivities. A sewing-needle of good steel will retain +magnetism for years, and it is almost impossible to knock the magnetism +out by hammering it. Soft steel has very little retentivity, because +it does not contain much carbon. Soft iron, which contains less +carbon than steel, holds magnetism very poorly; so it is not used for +permanent magnets. A little magnetism, however, will remain in the +soft iron after it is removed from a magnet. This is called _residual +magnetism_. + +=35. Heat and Magnetism.= Steel will completely lose its magnetism +when heated to redness, and a magnet will not attract red-hot iron. +The molecules of a piece of red-hot iron are in such a state of rapid +vibration that they refuse to be brought into line by the magnet. + +=36. Induced Magnetism.= A piece of soft iron may be induced to become +a magnet by holding it near a magnet, absolute contact not being +necessary. When the soft iron is removed, again, from the influence of +the magnet, its magnetism nearly all disappears. It is said to have +_temporary_ magnetism; it had _induced_ magnetism. If a piece of soft +iron be held near the north pole of a magnet, as in Fig. 27, poles will +be produced in the soft iron, the one nearest the magnet being the +south pole, and the other the north pole. + +[Illustration: Fig. 27.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 28.] + +=37. Magnetic Field.= If a bar magnet be laid upon the table, and a +compass be moved about it, the compass-needle will be attracted by the +magnet, and it will point in a different direction for every position +given to the compass. This strange power, called magnetism, reaches out +on all sides of a magnet. The magnet may be said to act by induction +upon the compass-needle. The space around the magnet, in which this +inductive action takes place, is called the _magnetic field_. Fig. 28 +shows some of the positions taken by a compass-needle when moved about +on one side of a bar magnet. + +[Illustration: Fig. 29.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 30.] + +=38. Magnetic Figures= can be made by sprinkling iron filings upon a +sheet of paper under which is placed a magnet. Fig. 29 shows a magnetic +figure made with an ordinary bar magnet. The magnet was placed upon the +table and over this was laid a piece of smooth paper. Fine iron filings +were sifted upon the paper, which was gently tapped so that the filings +could arrange themselves. As each particle of iron became a little +magnet, by induction, its poles were attracted and repelled by the +magnet; and when the paper was tapped they swung around to their final +positions. Notice that the filings have arranged themselves in lines. +These lines show the positions of some of the _lines of magnetic force_ +which surrounded the magnet. + +These lines of force pass from the north pole of a magnet through the +air on all sides to its south pole. + +[Illustration: Fig. 31.] + +Fig. 30 shows a magnetic figure made from two bar magnets placed side +by side, their unlike poles being next to each other. Fig. 31 shows +the magnetic figure of a horseshoe magnet with round poles, the poles +being uppermost. + +=39. The Use of Armatures.= A magnet attracts iron most strongly at its +poles, because it is at the poles that the greatest number of lines +of force pass into the air. Lines of force pass easily through soft +iron, which is said to be a good conductor of them. Air is not a good +conductor of the lines of force; in order, then, for the lines of force +to pass from the north pole of a magnet to its south pole, they must +overcome this resistance of the air, unless the armature is in place. A +magnet will gradually grow weaker when its armature is left off. + +=40. Terrestrial Magnetism.= As the compass-needle points to the north +and south, the earth must act like a magnet. There is a place very far +north, about a thousand miles from the north pole of the earth, which +is called the earth's north magnetic pole. Compass-needles point to +this place, and not to the earth's real north pole. You can see, then, +that if a compass be taken north of this magnetic pole, its north pole +will point south. Lines of force pass from the earth's north magnetic +pole through the air on all sides of the earth and enter the earth's +south magnetic pole. The compass-needle, in pointing toward the north +magnetic pole, merely takes the direction of the earth's lines of +force, just as the particles of iron filings arrange themselves in the +magnetic figures. + +=41. Declination.= As the magnetic needle does not point exactly to the +north, an angle is formed between the true north and south line and the +line of the needle. In Fig. 32 the line marked N S is the true north +and south line. The _angle of variation_, or the declination, is the +angle A between the line N S and the compass-needle. + +[Illustration: Fig. 32.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 33.] + +=42. Dip or Inclination.= If a piece of steel be carefully balanced +upon a support, and then magnetized, it will be found that it will no +longer balance. The north pole will _dip_ or point downward. Fig. 33 +shows what happens to a needle when it is held in different positions +over a bar magnet. It simply takes the directions of the lines of +force as they pass from the north to the south pole of the magnet. +As the earth's lines of force pass in curves from the north to the +south magnetic pole, you can see why the magnetic needle dips, unless +its south pole is made heavier than its north. Magnetic needles are +balanced after they are magnetized. + +[Illustration: Fig. 34.] + +Fig. 34 shows a simple form of dipping needle. These are often used +by geologists and miners. In the hands of the prospector, the +miner's compass, or dipping needle, proves a serviceable guide to the +discovery and location of magnetic iron ore. In this instrument the +magnetic needle is carefully balanced upon a horizontal axis within a +graduated circle, and in which the needle will be found to assume a +position inclined to the horizon. This angle of deviation is called the +_inclination_ or _dip_, and varies in different latitudes, and even at +different times in the same place. + +=43. The Earth's Inductive Influence.= The earth's magnetism acts +inductively upon pieces of steel or iron upon its surface. If a piece +of steel or iron, like a stove poker, for example, be held in a north +and south line with its north end dipping considerably, it will be +in the best position for the magnetism of the earth to act upon it; +that is, it will lie in the direction taken by the earth's lines of +force. If the poker be struck two or three times with a hammer to +shake up its molecules, we shall find, upon testing it, that it has +become magnetized. By this method we can pound magnetism right out of +the air with a hammer. If the magnetized poker be held level, in an +east and west direction, it will no longer be acted upon to advantage +by the inductive influence of the earth, and we can easily hammer the +magnetism out of it again. (For experiments on magnets and magnetism +see "Study," Part I.) + + + + +CHAPTER III. + +HOW ELECTRICITY IS GENERATED BY THE VOLTAIC CELL. + + +=44. Early Experiments.= In 1786 Galvani, an Italian physician, made +experiments to study the effect of static electricity upon the nervous +excitability of animals, and especially upon the frog. He found that +electric machines were not necessary to produce muscular contractions +or kicks of the frog's legs, and that they could be produced when two +different metals, Fig. 35, like iron and copper, for example, were +placed in proper contact with a nerve and a muscle and then made to +touch each other. Galvani first thought that the frog generated the +electricity instead of the metals. + +[Illustration: Fig. 35.] + +Volta proved that the electricity was caused by the contact of the +metals. He used the condensing electroscope as one means of proving +that two dissimilar metals become charged differently when in contact. +Volta also carried out his belief by constructing what is called a +_Voltaic Pile_. He thought that by making several pairs of metals so +arranged that all the little currents would help each other, a strong +current could be generated. Fig. 36 shows a _pile_, it being made by +placing a pair of zinc and copper discs in contact with one another, +then laying on the copper disc a piece of flannel soaked in brine, then +on top of this another pair, etc., etc. By connecting the first zinc +and the last copper, quite a little current was produced. This was a +start from which has been built our present knowledge of electricity. +Strictly speaking, electricity is not generated by combinations of +metals or by cells; they really keep up a difference of potential, as +will be seen. + +[Illustration: Fig. 36.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 37.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 38.] + +=45. The Simple Cell.= It has been stated that two different kinds of +electrifications may be produced by friction; one positive, the other +negative. Either can be produced, at will, by using proper materials. +Fig. 37 shows a section of a _simple cell_; Fig. 38 shows another view. +Cu is a piece of copper, and Zn a piece of zinc. When they are placed +in dilute sulphuric acid, it can be shown by delicate apparatus that +they become charged differently, because the acid acts differently +upon the plates. They become charged by chemical action, and not by +friction. The zinc is gradually dissolved, and it is this chemical +burning of the zinc that furnishes energy for the electric current in +the simple cell. The electrification, or charge, on the plates tends to +flow from the place of higher to the place of lower potential, just as +water tends to flow down hill. If a wire be joined to the two metals, a +constant current of electricity will flow through it, because the acid +continues to act upon the plates. The simple cell is a _single-fluid_ +cell, as but one liquid is used in its construction. + +=45a. Plates and Poles.= The metal strips used in voltaic cells are +called _plates_ or _elements_. The one most acted upon by the acid +is called the positive (+) plate. In the simple cell the zinc is the ++ plate, and the copper the negative (-) plate. The end of a wire +attached to the - plate is called the + pole, or electrode. Fig. 37 +shows the negative (-) electrode as the end of the wire attached to the ++ plate. + +=46. Direction of Current.= In the cell the current passes from the +zinc to the copper; that is, from the positive to the negative plate, +where bubbles of hydrogen gas are deposited. In the wire connecting the +plates, the current passes from the copper to the zinc plate. In most +cells, carbon takes the place of copper. (See "Study," § 268.) + +=47. Local Currents; Amalgamation.= Ordinary zinc contains impurities +such as carbon, iron, etc., and when the acid comes in contact with +these, they form with the zinc a small cell. This tends to eat away the +zinc without producing useful currents. The little currents in the cell +from this cause are called _local currents_. (See "Study," Exp. 111, § +273.) This is largely overcome by coating the zinc with mercury. This +process is called _amalgamation_. It makes the zinc act like pure zinc, +which is not acted upon by dilute sulphuric acid when the current does +not pass. (See "Study," § 257, 274.) + +=48. Polarization of Cells.= Bubbles of hydrogen gas are formed when +zinc is dissolved by an acid. In the ordinary simple cell these bubbles +collect on the copper plate, and not on the zinc plate, as might be +expected. The hydrogen is not a conductor of electricity, so this film +of gas holds the current back. The hydrogen acts like a metal and sets +up a current that opposes the zinc to the copper current. Several +methods are employed to get rid of the hydrogen. (See "Study," § 278, +279, 280.) + + + + +CHAPTER IV. + +VARIOUS VOLTAIC CELLS. + + +=49. Single-Fluid and Two-Fluid Cells.= The simple cell (§ 45) is a +single-fluid cell. The liquid is called the _electrolyte_, and this +must act upon one of the plates; that is, chemical action must take +place in order to produce a current. The simple cell polarizes rapidly, +so something must be used with the dilute sulphuric acid to destroy the +hydrogen bubbles. This is done in the _bichromate of potash cell_. + +In order to get complete depolarization--that is, to keep the carbon +plate almost perfectly free from hydrogen, it is necessary to use +_two-fluid cells_, or those to which some solid depolarizer is added to +the one fluid. + +=50. Open and Closed Circuit Cells.= If we consider a voltaic cell, the +wires attached to it, and perhaps some instrument through which the +current passes, we have an _electric circuit_. When the current passes, +the circuit is _closed_, but when the wire is cut, or in any way +disconnected so that the current can not pass, the circuit is _open_ or +_broken_. (See "Study," § 266.) + +_Open Circuit Cells_ are those which can give momentary currents at +intervals, such as are needed for bells, telephones, etc. These must +have plenty of time to rest, as they polarize when the circuit is +closed for a long time. The _Leclanché_ and _dry_ cells are the most +common open circuit cells. + +_Closed Circuit Cells._ For telegraph lines, motors, etc., where a +current is needed for some time, the cell must be of such a nature +that it will not polarize quickly; it must give a strong and constant +current. The _bichromate_ and _gravity cells_ are examples of this +variety. (See "Study," § 286.) + +=51. Bichromate of Potash Cells= are very useful for general laboratory +work. They are especially useful for operating induction coils, small +motors, small incandescent lamps, for heating platinum wires, etc. +These cells have an E.M.F. of about 2 volts. Dilute sulphuric acid is +used as the exciting fluid, and in this is dissolved the bichromate of +potash which keeps the hydrogen bubbles from the carbon plate. (See +"Apparatus Book," § 26.) Zinc and carbon are used for the plates, the + +pole being the wire attached to the carbon. + +[Illustration: Fig. 39.] + +Fig. 39 shows one form of bichromate cell. It furnishes a large +quantity of current, and as the zinc can be raised from the fluid, it +may be kept charged ready for use for many months, and can be set in +action any time when required by lowering the zinc into the liquid. Two +of these cells will burn a one candle-power miniature incandescent lamp +several hours. The carbon is indestructible. + + =Note.= For various forms of home-made cells, see "Apparatus + Book," Chapter I., and for battery fluids see Chapter II. + +=52. The Grenet Cell.= Fig. 40 is another form of bichromate cell. The +carbon plates are left in the fluid constantly. The zinc plate should +be raised when the cell is not in use, to keep it from being uselessly +dissolved. + +[Illustration: Fig. 40.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 41.] + +=53. Plunge Batteries.= Two or more cells are often arranged so that +their elements can be quickly lowered into the acid solution. Such a +combination, Fig. 41, is called a _plunge battery_. The binding-posts +are so arranged that currents of different strengths can be taken from +the combination. The two binding-posts on the right of the battery +will give the current of one cell; the two binding-posts on the left +of the battery will give the current of two cells, and the two end +binding-posts will give the current of all three cells. When not in +use the elements must always be hung on the hooks and kept out of the +solution. + +=54. Large Plunge Batteries=. Fig. 42, are arranged with a winch and +a bar above the cells; these afford a ready and convenient means of +lifting or lowering the elements and avoiding waste. In the battery +shown, Fig. 42, the zincs are 4×6 inches; the carbons have the same +dimensions, but there are two carbon plates to each zinc, thus giving +double the carbon surface. + +[Illustration: Fig. 42.] + +=55. The Fuller Cell=, Fig. 43, is another type of bichromate cell, +used largely for long-distance telephone service, for telephone +exchange and switch service, for running small motors, etc. It consists +of a glass jar, a carbon plate, with proper connections, a clay porous +cup, containing the zinc, which is made in the form of a cone. A little +mercury is placed in the porous cup to keep the zinc well amalgamated. +Either bichromate of potash or bichromate of soda can be used as a +depolarizer. + +[Illustration: Fig. 43.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 44.] + +=56. The Gravity Cell=, sometimes called the _bluestone_ or _crowfoot_ +cell, is used largely for telegraph, police, and fire-alarm signal +service, laboratory and experimental work, or whenever a closed circuit +cell is required. The E.M.F. is about one volt. This is a modified form +of the Daniell cell. Fig. 44 shows a home-made gravity cell. + +A copper plate is placed at the bottom of the glass jar, and upon +this rests a solution of copper sulphate (bluestone). The zinc plate +is supported about four inches above the copper, and is surrounded +by a solution of zinc sulphate which floats upon the top of the blue +solution. An insulated wire reaches from the copper to the top of the +cell and forms the positive pole. (See "Apparatus Book," § 11 to 15, +for home-made gravity cell, its regulation, etc. For experiments with +two-fluid Daniell cell, see "Study," Exp. 113, § 281 to 286.) + +[Illustration: Fig. 45.] + +=56a. Bunsen Cells,= Fig. 45, are used for motors, small incandescent +lamps, etc. A carbon rod is inclosed in a porous cup, on the outside of +which is a cylinder of zinc that stands in dilute sulphuric acid, the +carbon being in nitric acid. + +=57. The Leclanché Cell= is an open circuit cell. Sal ammoniac is used +as the exciting fluid, carbon and zinc being used for plates. Manganese +dioxide is used as the depolarizer; this surrounds the carbon plate, +the two being either packed together in a porous cup or held together +in the form of cakes. The porous cup, or pressed cake, stands in the +exciting fluid. The E. M. F. is about 1.5 volts. + +[Illustration: Fig. 46.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 47.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 48.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 49.] + +Fig. 46 shows a form with porous cup. The binding-post at the top of +the carbon plate forms the + electrode, the current leaving the cell at +this point. + +_The Gonda Prism Cell_ (Fig. 47), is a form of Leclanché in which the +depolarizer is in the form of a cake. + +=58. Dry Cells= are open circuit cells, and can be carried about, +although they are moist inside. The + pole is the end of the carbon +plate. Zinc is used as the outside case and + plate. Fig. 48 shows the +ordinary forms. + +Fig. 49 shows a number of dry cells arranged in a box with switch in +front, so that the current can be regulated at will. + +[Illustration: Fig. 50.] + +=59. The Edison-Lelande Cells=, Fig. 50, are made in several sizes and +types. Zinc and copper oxide, which is pressed into plates, form the +elements. The exciting fluid consists of a 25 per cent. solution of +caustic potash in water. They are designed for both open and closed +circuit work. + + + + +CHAPTER V. + +ABOUT PUSH-BUTTONS, SWITCHES AND BINDING-POSTS. + + +=60. Electrical Connections.= In experimental work, as well as in +the everyday work of the electrician, electrical connections must +constantly be made. One wire must be joined to another, just for a +moment, perhaps, or one piece of apparatus must be put in an electric +circuit with other apparatus, or the current must be turned on or off +from motors, lamps, etc. In order to conveniently and quickly make such +connections, apparatus called push-buttons, switches and binding-posts +are used. + +[Illustration: Fig. 51.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 52.] + +=61. Push-Buttons.= The simple act of pressing your finger upon a +movable button, or knob, may ring a bell a mile away, or do some other +equally wonderful thing. Fig. 51 shows a simple push-button, somewhat +like a simple key in construction. If we cut a wire, through which a +current is passing, then join one of the free ends to the screw A and +the other end to screw C, we shall be able to let the current pass at +any instant by pressing the spring B firmly upon A. + +Push-buttons are made in all sorts of shapes and sizes. Fig. 52 gives +an idea of the general internal construction. The current enters A by +one wire, and leaves by another wire as soon as the button is pushed +and B is forced down to A. The bottom of the little button rests upon +the top of B. + +Fig. 53 shows a _Table Clamp-Push_ for use on dining-tables, +card-tables, chairs, desks, and other movable furniture. Fig. 54 shows +a combination of push-button, speaking-tube, and letter-box used in +city apartment houses. Fig. 55 shows an _Indicating Push_. The buzzer +indicates, by the sound, whether the call has been heard; that is, the +person called answers back. + +[Illustration: Fig. 53.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 54.] + +_Modifications_ of ordinary push-buttons are used for floor +push-buttons, on doors, windows, etc., for burglar-alarms, for turning +off or on lights, etc., etc. (See "Apparatus Book," Chapter III., for +home-made push-buttons.) + +[Illustration: Fig. 55.] + +=62. Switches= have a movable bar or plug of metal, moving on a pivot, +to make or break a circuit, or transfer a current from one conductor to +another. + +Fig. 56 shows a _single point switch_. The current entering the pivoted +arm can go no farther when the switch is open, as shown. To close +the circuit, the arm is pushed over until it presses down upon the +contact-point. For neatness, both wires are joined to the under side of +the switch or to binding-posts. + +[Illustration: Fig. 56.] + +Fig. 57 shows a _knife switch_. Copper blades are pressed down between +copper spring clips to close the circuit. The handle is made of +insulating material. + +_Pole-changing switches_, Fig. 58, are used for changing or reversing +the poles of batteries, etc. + +Fig. 59 shows a home-made switch, useful in connection with resistance +coils. By joining the ends of the coils A, B, C, D, with the +contact-points 1, 2, 3, etc., more or less resistance can be easily +thrown in by simply swinging the lever E around to the left or right. +If E be turned to 1, the current will be obliged to pass through all +the coils A, B, etc., before it can pass out at Y. If E be moved to +3, coils A and B will be cut out of the circuit, thus decreasing the +resistance to the current on its way from X to Y. Current regulators +are made upon this principle. (See "Apparatus Book," Chapter IV., for +home-made switches.) + +[Illustration: Fig. 57.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 58.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 59.] + +_Switchboards_ are made containing from two or three to hundreds of +switches, and are used in telegraph and telephone work, in electric +light stations, etc., etc. (See Chapter on Central Stations.) Fig. 60 +shows a switch used for incandescent lighting currents. + +[Illustration: Fig. 60.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 61.] + +=63. Binding-Posts= are used to make connections between two pieces of +apparatus, between two or more wires, between a wire and any apparatus, +etc., etc. They allow the wires to be quickly fastened or unfastened +to the apparatus. A large part of the apparatus shown in this book has +binding-posts attached. Fig. 61 shows a few of the common forms used. +(See "Apparatus Book," Chapter V., for home-made binding-posts.) + + + + +CHAPTER VI. + +UNITS AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENTS. + + +=64. Electrical Units.= In order to measure electricity for +experimental or commercial purposes, standards or units are just as +necessary as the inch or foot for measuring distances. + +=65. Potential; Electromotive Force.= If water in a tall tank be +allowed to squirt from two holes, one near the bottom, the other near +the top, it is evident that the force of the water that comes from the +hole at the bottom will be the greater. The pressure at the bottom is +greater than that near the top, because the "head" is greater. + +When a spark of static electricity jumps a long distance, we say that +the charge has a high _potential_; that is, it has a high electrical +pressure. Potential, for electricity, means the same as pressure, for +water. The greater the potential, or _electromotive force_ (E.M.F.) of +a cell, the greater its power to push a current through wires. (See +"Study," § 296 to 305, with experiments.) + +=66. Unit of E.M.F.; the Volt.=--In speaking of water, we say that its +pressure is so many pounds to the square inch, or that it has a fall, +or head, of so many feet. We speak of a current as having so many +volts; for example, we say that a wire is carrying a 110-volt current. +The volt is the unit of E.M.F. An ordinary gravity cell has an E.M.F. +of about one volt. This name was given in honor of Volta. + +=67. Measurement of Electromotive Force.= There are several ways by +which the E.M.F. of a cell, for example, can be measured. It is usually +measured _relatively_, by comparison with the E. M. F. of some standard +cell. (See "Study," Exp. 140, for measuring the E. M. F. of a cell by +comparison with the two-fluid cell.) + +[Illustration: Fig. 62.] + +_Voltmeters_ are instruments by means of which E. M. F. can be read on +a printed scale. They are a variety of galvanometer, and are made with +coils of such high resistance, compared with the resistance of a cell +or dynamo, that the E. M. F. can be read direct. The reason for this +will be seen by referring to Ohm's law ("Study," § 356); the resistance +is so great that the strength of the current depends entirely upon the +E. M. F. + +[Illustration: Fig. 63.] + +Voltmeters measure electrical pressure just as steam gauges measure +the pressure of steam. Fig. 62 shows one form of voltmeter. Fig. 63 +shows a voltmeter with illuminated dial. An electrical bulb behind the +instrument furnishes light so that the readings can be easily taken. + +=68. Electrical Resistance.= Did you ever ride down hill on a +hand-sled? How easily the sled glides over the snow! What happens, +though, when you strike a bare place, or a place where some evil-minded +person has sprinkled ashes? Does the sled pass easily over bare ground +or ashes? Snow offers very little _resistance_ to the sled, while ashes +offer a great resistance. + +[Illustration: Fig. 64.] + +All substances do not allow the electric current to pass through +them with the same ease. Even the liquid in a cell tends to hold the +current back and offers _internal resistance_. The various wires and +instruments connected to a cell offer _external resistance_. (See +"Study," Chapter XVIII., for experiments, etc.) + +=69. Unit of Resistance.= =The Ohm= is the name given to the unit of +resistance. About 9 ft. 9 in. of No. 30 copper wire, or 39 feet 1 in. +of No. 24 copper wire, will make a fairly accurate ohm. + +_Resistance coils_, having carefully measured resistances, are made +for standards. (See "Apparatus Book," Chapter XVII., for home-made +resistance coils.) Fig. 64 shows a commercial form of a standard +resistance coil. The coil is inclosed in a case and has large wires +leading from its ends for connections. Fig. 65 gives an idea of +the way in which coils are wound and used with plugs to build up +_resistance boxes_, Fig. 66. + +=70. Laws of Resistance.= 1. The resistance of a wire is directly +proportional to its length, provided its cross-section, material, etc., +are uniform. + +2. The resistance of a wire is inversely proportional to its area of +cross-section; or, in other words, inversely proportional to the square +of its diameter, other things being equal. + +[Illustration: Fig. 65.] + +3. The resistance of a wire depends upon its material, as well as upon +its length, size, etc. + +4. The resistance of a wire increases as its temperature rises. (See +"Study," Chapters XVIII. and XIX., for experiments on resistance, its +measurement, etc.) + +[Illustration: Fig. 66.] + +=71. Current Strength.= The strength of a current at the end of a +circuit depends not only upon the _electrical pressure_, or E. M. F., +which drives the current, but also upon the _resistance_ which has to +be overcome. The greater the resistance the weaker the current at the +end of its journey. + +=72. Unit of Current Strength; The Ampere.= A current having an E. M. +F. of _one volt_, pushing its way through a resistance of _one ohm_, +would have a unit of strength, called _one ampere_. This current, one +ampere strong, would deposit, under proper conditions, .0003277 gramme +of copper in _one second_ from a solution of copper sulphate. + +=73. Measurement of Current Strength.= A magnetic needle is deflected +when a current passes around it, as in instruments like the +galvanometer. The _galvanoscope_ merely indicates the presence of a +current. _Galvanometers_ measure the strength of a current, and they +are made in many forms, depending upon the nature and strength of the +currents to be measured. Galvanometers are standardized, or calibrated, +by special measurements, or by comparison with some standard +instrument, so that when the deflection is a certain number of degrees, +the current passing through it is known to be of a certain strength. + +[Illustration: Fig. 67.] + +Fig. 67 shows an _astatic galvanometer_. Fig. 68 shows a _tangent +galvanometer_, in which the strength of the current is proportional +to the tangent of the angle of deflection. Fig. 69 shows a _D'Arsonval +galvanometer_, in which a coil of wire is suspended between the poles +of a permanent horseshoe magnet. The lines of force are concentrated +by the iron core of the coil. The two thin suspending wires convey the +current to the coil. A ray of light is reflected from the small mirror +and acts as a pointer as in other forms of reflecting galvanometers. + +[Illustration: Fig. 68.] + +=74. The Ammeter=, Fig. 70, is a form of galvanometer in which the +strength of a current, in amperes, can be read. In these the strength +of current is proportional to the angular deflections. The coils are +made with a small resistance, so that the current will not be greatly +reduced in strength in passing through them. + +[Illustration: Fig. 69.] + +=75. Voltameters= measure the strength of a current by chemical means, +the quantity of metal deposited or gas generated being proportional +to the time that the current flows and to its strength. In the _water +voltameter_, Fig. 71, the hydrogen and oxygen produced in a given time +are measured. (See "Study," Chapter XXI.) + +[Illustration: Fig. 70.] + +The _copper voltameter_ measures the amount of copper deposited in a +given time by the current. Fig. 72 shows one form. The copper cathode +is weighed before and after the current flows. The weight of copper +deposited and the time taken are used to calculate the current strength. + +[Illustration: Fig. 71.] + +=76. Unit of Quantity=; =The Coulomb= is the quantity of electricity +given, in _one second_, by a current having a strength of one ampere. +Time is an important element in considering the work a current can do. + +[Illustration: Fig. 72.] + +=77. Electrical Horse-power=; =The Watt= is the unit of electrical +power. A current having the strength of one ampere, and an E. M. +F. of one volt has a unit of power. 746 watts make one electrical +horse-power. Watts = amperes × volts. Fig. 73 shows a direct reading +wattmeter based on the international volt and ampere. They save taking +simultaneous ammeter and voltmeter readings, which are otherwise +necessary to get the product of volts and amperes, and are also used on +alternating current measurements. + +[Illustration: Fig. 73.] + +There are also forms of wattmeters, Fig. 74, in which the watts are +read from dials like those on an ordinary gas-meter, the records being +permanent. + +Fig. 75 shows a voltmeter V, and ammeter A, so placed in the circuit +that readings can be taken. D represents a dynamo. A is placed so that +the whole current passes through it, while V is placed between the main +wires to measure the difference in potential. The product of the two +readings in volts and amperes gives the number of watts. + +[Illustration: Fig. 74.] + +=78. Chemical Meters= also measure the quantity of current that is +used; for example, one may be placed in the cellar to measure the +quantity of current used to light the house. + +[Illustration: Fig. 75.] + +Fig. 76 shows a chemical meter, a part of the current passing through +a jar containing zinc plates and a solution of zinc sulphate. Metallic +zinc is dissolved from one plate and deposited upon the other. The +increase in weight shows the amount of chemical action which is +proportional to the ampere hours. Knowing the relation between the +quantity of current that can pass through the solution to that which +can pass through the meter by another conductor, a calculation can be +made which will give the current used. A lamp is so arranged that it +automatically lights before the meter gets to the freezing-point; this +warms it up to the proper temperature, at which point the light goes +out again. + +[Illustration: Fig. 76.] + + + + +CHAPTER VII. + +CHEMICAL EFFECTS OF THE ELECTRIC CURRENT. + + +=79. Electrolysis.= It has been seen that in the voltaic cell +electricity is generated by chemical action. Sulphuric acid acts upon +zinc and dissolves it in the cell, hydrogen is produced, etc. When +this process is reversed, that is, when the electric current is passed +through some solutions, they are decomposed, or broken up into their +constituents. This process is called _electrolysis_, and the compound +decomposed is the _electrolyte_. (See "Study," § 369, etc., with +experiments.) + +[Illustration: Fig. 77.] + +Fig. 77 shows how water can be decomposed into its two constituents, +hydrogen and oxygen, there being twice as much hydrogen formed as +oxygen. + +Fig. 78 shows a glass jar in which are placed two metal strips, A and +C, these being connected with two cells. In this jar may be placed +various conducting solutions to be tested. If, for example, we use +a solution of copper sulphate, its chemical formula being CuSO_{4}, +the current will break it up into Cu (copper) and SO_{4}. The Cu will +be deposited upon C as the current passes from A to C through the +solution. A is called the _anode_, and C the _cathode_. + +[Illustration: Fig. 78.] + +Fig. 79 shows another form of jar used to study the decomposition of +solutions by the electric current. + +[Illustration: Fig 79.] + +=80. Ions.= When a solution is decomposed into parts by a current, the +parts are called the _Ions_. When copper sulphate (Cu SO_{4}) is used, +the ions are Cu, which is a metal, and SO_{4}, called an acid radical. +When silver nitrate (Ag NO_{3}) is used, Ag and NO_{3} are the ions. +The metal part of the compound goes to the cathode. + + + + +CHAPTER VIII. + +HOW ELECTROPLATING AND ELECTROTYPING ARE DONE. + + +=81. Electricity and Chemical Action.= We have just seen, Chapter VII., +that the electric current has the power to decompose certain compounds +when they are in solution. By choosing the right solutions, then, we +shall be able to get copper, silver, and other metals set free by +electrolysis. + +=82. Electroplating= consists in coating substances with metal with +the aid of the electric current. If we wish to electroplate a piece +of metal with copper, for example, we can use the arrangement shown +in Fig. 78, in which C is the cathode plate to be covered, and A is +a copper plate. The two are in a solution of copper sulphate, and, +as explained in § 79, the solution will be decomposed. Copper will +be deposited upon C, and the SO_{4} part of the solution will go to +the anode A, which it will attack and gradually dissolve. The SO_{4}, +acting upon the copper anode, makes CuSO_{4} again, and this keeps the +solution at a uniform strength. The amount of copper dissolved from the +copper anode equals, nearly, the amount deposited upon the cathode. The +metal is carried in the direction of the current. + +If we wish to plate something with silver or gold, it will be necessary +to use a solution of silver or gold for the electrolyte, a plate of +metallic silver or gold being used for the anode, as the case may be. + +Great care is used in cleaning substances to be plated, all dirt and +grease being carefully removed. + +Fig. 80 shows a plating bath in which several articles can be plated +at the same time by hanging them upon a metal bar which really forms a +part of the cathode. If, for example, we wish to plate knives, spoons, +etc., with silver, they would be hung from the bar shown, each being a +part of the cathode. The vat would contain a solution of silver, and +from the other bar would be hung a silver plate having a surface about +equal to that of the combined knives, etc. + +[Illustration: Fig. 80.] + +Most metals are coated with copper before they are plated with silver +or gold. When plating is done on a large scale, a current from a dynamo +is used. For experimental purposes a Gravity cell will do very well. +(See "Study," § 374 to 380 with experiments.) + +=83. Electrotyping.= It was observed by De La Rue in 1836 that in the +Daniell cell an even coating of copper was deposited upon the copper +plate. From this was developed the process of electrotyping, which +consists in making a copy in metal of a wood-cut, page of type, etc. +A mould or impression of the type or coin is first made in wax, or +other suitable material. These moulds are, of course, the reverse +of the original, and as they do not conduct electricity, have to be +coated with graphite. This thin coating lines the mould with conducting +material so that the current can get to every part of the mould. +These are then hung upon the cathode in a bath of copper sulphate +as described in § 82. The electric current which passes through the +vat deposits a thin layer of metallic copper next to the graphite. +When this copper gets thick enough, the wax is melted away from it, +leaving a thin shell of copper, the side next to the graphite being +exactly alike in shape to the type, but made of copper. These thin +copper sheets are too thin to stand the pressure necessary on printing +presses, so they are strengthened by backing them with soft metal which +fills every crevice, making solid plates about ¼ in. thick. These +plates or _electrotypes_ are used to print from, the original type +being used to set up another page. + + + + +CHAPTER IX. + +THE STORAGE BATTERY, AND HOW IT WORKS. + + +=84. Polarization.= It has been stated that a simple cell polarizes +rapidly on account of hydrogen bubbles that form upon the copper plate. +They tend to send a current in the opposite direction to that of the +main current, which is thereby weakened. + +[Illustration: Fig. 81.] + +=85. Electromotive Force of Polarization.= It has been shown, Fig. 71, +that water can be decomposed by the electric current. Hydrogen and +oxygen have a strong attraction or chemical affinity for each other, or +they would not unite to form water. This attraction has to be overcome +before the water can be decomposed. As soon as the decomposing current +ceases to flow, the gases formed try to rush together again; in fact, +if the water voltameter be disconnected from the cells and connected +with a galvanoscope, the presence of a current will be shown. This +voltameter will give a current with an E. M. F. of nearly 1.5 volts; so +it is evident that we must have a current with a higher voltage than +this to decompose water. This E. M. F., due to polarization, is called +the E. M. F. of polarization. + +=86. Secondary or Storage Batteries=, also called _accumulators_, do +not really store electricity. They must be charged by a current before +they can give out any electricity. Chemical changes are produced in the +storage cells by the charging current just as they are in voltameters, +electroplating solutions, etc.; so it is potential chemical energy +that is really stored. When the new products are allowed to go back to +their original state, by joining the electrodes of the charged cell, a +current is produced. + +Fig. 81 shows two lead plates, A and B, immersed in dilute sulphuric +acid, and connected with two ordinary cells. A strong current will pass +through the liquid between A and B at first, but it will quickly become +weaker, as chemical changes take place in the liquid. This may be shown +by a galvanometer put in the circuit before beginning the experiment. +By disconnecting the wires from the cells and joining them to the +galvanometer, it will be shown that a current comes from the lead +plates. This arrangement may be called a simple storage cell. Regular +storage cells are charged with the current from a dynamo. (See "Study," +Exp. 151.) + +[Illustration: Fig. 82.] + +The first storage cells were made of plain lead plates, rolled up in +such a way that they were close to each other, but did not touch. These +were placed in dilute sulphuric acid. They were charged in alternate +directions several times, until the lead became properly acted upon, at +which time the cell would furnish a current. + +A great improvement was made in 1881, by Faure, who coated the plates +with red lead. + +[Illustration: Fig. 83.] + +The method now generally practiced is to cast a frame of lead, with +raised right-angled ribs on each side, thus forming little depressed +squares, or to punch a lead plate full of holes, which squares or holes +are then filled with a pasty mixture of red oxide of lead in positive +plates, and with litharge in negatives. In a form called the chloride +battery, instead of cementing lead oxide paste into or against a lead +framing in order to obtain the necessary active material, the latter is +obtained by a strictly chemical process. + +Fig. 82 shows a storage cell with plates, etc., contained in a glass +jar. Fig. 83 shows a cell of 41 plates, set up in a lead-lined wood +tank. Fig. 84 shows three cells joined in series. Many storage cells +are used in central electric light stations to help the dynamos during +the "rush" hours at night. They are charged during the day when the +load on the dynamos is not heavy. + +Fig. 85 shows another form of storage cell containing a number of +plates. + +[Illustration: Fig. 84.] + +=87. The Uses of Storage Batteries= are almost numberless. The current +can be used for nearly everything for which a constant current is +adapted, the following being some of its applications: Carriage +propulsion; electric launch propulsion; train lighting; yacht lighting; +carriage lighting; bicycle lighting; miners' lamps; dental, medical, +surgical, and laboratory work; phonographs; kinetoscopes; automaton +pianos; sewing-machine motors; fan motors; telegraph; telephone; +electric bell; electric fire-alarm; heat regulating; railroad switch +and signal apparatus. + +By the installing of a storage plant many natural but small sources +of power may be utilized in furnishing light and power; sources which +otherwise are not available, because not large enough to supply maximum +demands. The force of the tides, of small water powers from irrigating +ditches, and even of the wind, come under this heading. + +[Illustration: Fig. 85.] + +As a regulator of pressure, in case of fluctuations in the load, the +value of a storage plant is inestimable. These fluctuations of load are +particularly noticeable in electric railway plants, where the demand is +constantly rising and falling, sometimes jumping from almost nothing to +the maximum, and _vice versa_, in a few seconds. If for no other reason +than the prevention of severe strain on the engines and generators, +caused by these fluctuations of demand, a storage plant will be +valuable. + + + + +CHAPTER X. + +HOW ELECTRICITY IS GENERATED BY HEAT. + + +=88. Thermoelectricity= is the name given to electricity that is +generated by heat. If a strip of iron, I, be connected between two +strips of copper, C C, these being joined by a copper wire, C W, we +shall have an arrangement that will generate a current when heated at +either of the junctions between C and I. When it is heated at A the +current will flow as shown by arrows, from C to I. If we heat at B, +the current will flow in the opposite direction through the metals, +although it will still go from C to I as before. Such currents are +called _thermoelectric currents_. + +[Illustration: Fig. 86.] + +Different pairs of metals produce different results. Antimony and +bismuth are generally used, because the greatest effect is produced +by them. If the end of a strip of bismuth be soldered to the end of +a similar strip of antimony, and the free ends be connected to a +galvanometer of low resistance, the presence of a current will be shown +when the point of contact becomes hotter than the rest of the circuit. +The current will flow from bismuth to antimony across the joint. By +cooling the juncture below the temperature of the rest of the circuit, +a current will be produced in the opposite direction to the above. The +energy of the current is kept up by the heat absorbed, just as it is +kept up by chemical action in the voltaic cell. + +=89. Peltier Effect.= If an electric current be passed through pairs of +metals, the parts at the junction become slightly warmer or cooler than +before, depending upon the direction of the current. This action is +really the reverse of that in which currents are produced by heat. + +[Illustration: Fig. 87.] + +=90. Thermopiles.= As the E.M.F. of the current produced by a single +pair of metals is very small, several pairs are usually joined in +series, so that the different currents will help each other by flowing +in the same direction. Such combinations are called thermoelectric +piles, or simply _thermopiles_. + +Fig. 87 shows such an arrangement, in which a large number of elements +are placed in a small space. The junctures are so arranged that the +alternate ones come together at one side. + +Fig. 88 shows a thermopile connected with a galvanometer. The heat of +a match, or the cold of a piece of ice, will produce a current, even if +held at some distance from the thermopile. The galvanometer should be +a short-coil astatic one. (See "Study," Chapter XXIV., for experiments +and home-made thermopile.) + +[Illustration: Fig. 88.] + + + + +CHAPTER XI. + +MAGNETIC EFFECTS OF THE ELECTRIC CURRENT. + + +=91. Electromagnetism= is the name given to magnetism that is developed +by electricity. We have seen that if a magnetic needle be placed in the +field of a magnet, its N pole will point in the direction taken by the +lines of force as they pass from the N to the S pole of the magnet. + +[Illustration: Fig. 89.] + +=92. Lines of Force about a Wire.= When a current passes through a +wire, the magnetic needle placed over or under it tends to take a +position at right angles to the wire. Fig. 89 shows such a wire and +needle, and how the needle is deflected; it twists right around from +its N and S position as soon as the current begins to flow. This shows +that the lines of force pass _around_ the wire and not in the direction +of its length. The needle does not swing entirely perpendicular to the +wire, that is, to the E and W line, because the earth is at the same +time pulling its N pole toward the N. + +Fig. 90 shows a bent wire through which a current passes from C to Z. +If you look along the wire from C toward the points A and B, you will +see that _under_ the wire the lines of force pass to the left. Looking +along the wire from Z toward D you will see that the lines of force +pass opposite to the above, as the current comes _toward_ you. This is +learned by experiment. (See "Study," Exp. 152, § 385, etc.) + +[Illustration: Fig. 90.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 91.] + +_Rule._ Hold the right hand with the thumb extended (Fig. 89) and with +the fingers pointing in the direction of the current, the palm being +toward the needle and on the opposite side of the wire from the needle. +The north-seeking pole will then be deflected in the direction in which +the thumb points. + +=93. Current Detectors.= As there is a magnetic field about a wire when +a current passes through it, and as the magnetic needle is affected, we +have a means of detecting the presence of a current. When the current +is strong it is simply necessary to let it pass once over or under a +needle; when it is weak, the wire must pass several times above and +below the needle, Fig. 91, to give the needle motion. (See "Apparatus +Book," Chapter XIII., for home-made detectors.) + +[Illustration: Fig. 92.] + +=94. Astatic Needles and Detectors.= By arranging two magnetized +needles with their poles opposite each other, Fig. 92, an _astatic +needle_ is formed. The pointing-power is almost nothing, although +their magnetic fields are retained. This combination is used to detect +feeble currents. In the ordinary detector, the tendency of the needle +to point to the N and S has to be overcome by the magnetic field about +the coil before the needle can be moved; but in the _astatic detector_ +and _galvanoscope_ this pointing-power is done away with. Fig. 93 shows +a simple _astatic galvanoscope_. Fig. 67 shows an astatic galvanometer +for measuring weak currents. + +[Illustration: Fig. 93.] + +=95. Polarity of Coils.= When a current of electricity passes through +a coil of wire, the coil acts very much like a magnet, although no +iron enters into its construction. The coil becomes magnetized by the +electric current, lines of force pass from it into the air, etc. Fig. +94 shows a coil connected to copper and zinc plates, so arranged with +cork that the whole can float in a dish of dilute sulphuric acid. The +current passes as shown by the arrows, and when the N pole of a magnet +is brought near the right-hand end, there is a repulsion, showing that +that end of the coil has a N pole. + +_Rule._ When you face the right-hand end of the coil, the current is +seen to pass around it in an anti-clockwise direction; this produces a +N pole. When the current passes in a clockwise direction a S pole is +produced. + +[Illustration: Fig. 94.] + +=96. Electromagnets.= A coil of wire has a stronger field than a +straight wire carrying the same current, because each turn adds its +field to the fields of the other turns. By having the central part of +the coil made of iron, or by having the coil of insulated wire wound +upon an iron _core_, the strength of the magnetic field of the coil is +greatly increased. + +Lines of force do not pass as readily through air as through iron; +in fact, lines of force will go out of their way to go through iron. +With a coil of wire the lines of force pass from its N pole through +the air on all sides of the coil to its S pole; they then pass through +the inside of the coil and through the air back to the N pole. When +the resistance to their passage through the coil is decreased by the +core, the magnetic field is greatly strengthened, and we have an +_electromagnet_. + +The coil of wire temporarily magnetizes the iron core; it can +permanently magnetize a piece of steel used as a core. (See "Study," +Chapter XXII., for experiments.) + +[Illustration: Fig. 95.] + +=97. Forms of Electromagnets.= Fig. 95 shows a _straight, or +bar electromagnet_. Fig. 96 shows a simple form of _horseshoe +electromagnet_. As this form is not easily wound, the coils are +generally wound on two separate cores which are then joined by a +_yoke_. The yoke merely takes the place of the curved part shown +in Fig. 96. In Fig. 97 is shown the ordinary form of horseshoe +electromagnet used for all sorts of electrical instruments. (See +"Apparatus Book," Chapter IX., for home-made electromagnets.) + +=98. Yokes and Armatures.= In the horseshoe magnet there are two poles +to attract and two to induce. The lines of force pass through the yoke +on their way from one core to the other, instead of going through +the air. This reduces the resistance to them. If we had no yoke we +should simply have two straight electromagnets, and the resistance to +the lines of force would be so great that the total strength would +be much reduced. Yokes are made of soft iron, as well as the cores +and armature. The _armature_, as with permanent horseshoe magnets, is +strongly drawn toward the poles. As soon as the current ceases to flow, +the attraction also ceases. + +[Illustration: Fig. 96.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 97.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 98.] + +Beautiful magnetic figures can be made with horseshoe magnets. Fig. 98 +shows that the coils must be joined so that the current can pass around +the cores in opposite directions to make unlike poles. (See "Study," +Exp. 164 to 173.) + + + + +CHAPTER XII. + +HOW ELECTRICITY IS GENERATED BY INDUCTION. + + +=99. Electromagnetic Induction.= We have seen that a magnet has the +power to act through space and induce another piece of iron or steel +to become a magnet. A charge of static electricity can induce a +charge upon another conductor. We have now to see how a _current_ of +electricity in one conductor can induce a current in another conductor, +not in any way connected with the first, and how a magnet and a coil +can generate a current. + +[Illustration: Fig. 99.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 100.] + +=100. Current from Magnet and Coil.= If a bar magnet, Fig. 99, be +suddenly thrust into a hollow coil of wire, a momentary current of +electricity will be generated in the coil. No current passes when the +magnet and coil are still; at least one of them must be in motion. Such +a current is said to be _induced_, and is an _inverse_ one when the +magnet is inserted, and a _direct_ one when the magnet is withdrawn +from the coil. + +=101. Induced Currents and Lines of Force.= Permanent magnets are +constantly sending out thousands of lines of force. Fig. 100 shows +a bar magnet entering a coil of wire; the number of lines of force +is increasing, and the induced current passes in an anti-clockwise +direction when looking down into the coil along the lines of force. +This produces an indirect current. If an iron core be used in the coil, +the induced current will be greatly strengthened. + +[Illustration: Fig. 101.] + +It takes force to move a magnet through the center of a coil, and it +is this work that is the source of the induced current. We have, in +this simple experiment, the key to the action of the dynamo and other +electrical machines. + +=102. Current from two Coils.= Fig. 101 shows two coils of wire, the +smaller being connected to a cell, the larger to a galvanometer. +By moving the small coil up and down inside of the large one, +induced currents are generated, first in one direction and then in +the opposite. We have here two entirely separate circuits, in no +way connected. The _primary_ current comes from the cell, while the +_secondary_ current is an induced one. By placing a core in the small +coil of Fig. 101, the induced current will be greatly strengthened. + +It is not necessary to have the two coils so that one or both of them +can move. They may be wound on the same core, or otherwise arranged as +in the induction coil. (See "Study," Chapter XXV., for experiments on +induced currents.) + + + + +CHAPTER XIII. + +HOW THE INDUCTION COIL WORKS. + + +=103. The Coils.= We saw, § 102, that an induced current was generated +when a current-carrying coil, Fig. 101, was thrust into another coil +connected with a galvanometer. The galvanometer was used merely to show +the presence of the current. The _primary coil_ is the one connected +with the cell; the other one is called the _secondary coil_. + +[Illustration: Fig. 102.] + +When a current suddenly begins to flow through a coil, the effect upon +a neighboring coil is the same as that produced by suddenly bringing +a magnet near it; and when the current stops, the opposite effect is +produced. It is evident, then, that we can keep the small coil of +Fig. 101 with its core inside of the large coil, and generate induced +currents by merely making and breaking the primary circuit. + +We may consider that when the primary circuit is closed, the lines of +force shoot out through the turns of the secondary coil just as they +do when a magnet or a current-carrying coil is thrust into it. Upon +opening the circuit, the lines of force cease to exist; that is, we may +imagine them drawn in again. + +=104. Construction.= Fig. 102 shows one form of home-made induction +coil, given here merely to explain the action and connections. Nearly +all induction coils have some form of automatic current interrupter, +placed in the primary circuit, to rapidly turn the current off and on. + +_Details of Figs. 102 and 103._ Wires 5 and 6 are the ends of the +primary coil, while wires 7 and 8 are the terminals of the secondary +coil. The primary coil is wound on a bolt which serves as the core, and +on this coil is wound the secondary which consists of many turns of +fine wire. The wires from a battery should be joined to binding-posts W +and X, and the handles, from which the shock is felt, to Y and Z. Fig. +103 shows the details of the interrupter. + +[Illustration: Fig. 103.] + +If the current from a cell enters at W, it will pass through the +primary coil and out at X, after going through 5, R, F, S I, B, E and +C. The instant the current passes, the bolt becomes magnetized; this +attracts A, which pulls B away from the end of S I, thus automatically +opening the circuit. B at once springs back to its former position +against SI, as A is no longer attracted; the circuit being closed, the +operation is rapidly repeated. + +A _condenser_ is usually connected to commercial forms. It is placed +under the wood-work and decreases sparking at the interrupter. (See +"Apparatus Book," Chapter XI., for home-made induction coils.) + +[Illustration: Fig. 104.] + +Fig. 104 shows one form of coil. The battery wires are joined to the +binding-posts at the left. The secondary coil ends in two rods, and the +spark jumps from one to the other. The interrupter and a switch are +shown at the left. + +Fig. 105 shows a small coil for medical purposes. A dry cell is placed +under the coil and all is included in a neat box. The handles form the +terminals of the secondary coil. + +=105. The Currents.= It should be noted that the current from the +cell does not get into the secondary coil. The coils are thoroughly +insulated from each other. The secondary current is an induced one, +its voltage depending upon the relative number of turns of wire there +are in the two coils. (See Transformers.) The secondary current is +an alternating one; that is, it flows in one direction for an instant +and then immediately reverses its direction. The rapidity of the +alternations depends upon the speed of the interrupter. Coils are made +that give a secondary current with an enormous voltage; so high, in +fact, that the spark will pass many inches, and otherwise act like +those produced by static electric machines. + +[Illustration: Fig. 105.] + +=106. Uses of Induction Coils.= Gas-jets can be lighted at a distance +with the spark from a coil, by extending wires from the secondary +coil to the jet. Powder can be fired at a distance, and other things +performed, when a high voltage current is needed. Its use in medicine +has been noted. It is largely used in telephone work. Of late, great +use has been made of the secondary current in experiments with +vacuum-tubes, X-ray work, etc. + + + + +CHAPTER XIV. + +THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, AND HOW IT SENDS MESSAGES. + + +=107. The Complete Telegraph Line= consists of several instruments, +switches, etc., etc., but its essential parts are: The _Line_, or wire, +which connects the different stations; the _Transmitter_ or _Key_; the +_Receiver_ or _Sounder_, and the _Battery_ or _Dynamo_. + +=108. The Line= is made of strong copper, iron, or soft steel wire. To +keep the current in the line it is insulated, generally upon poles, by +glass insulators. For very short lines two wires can be used, the line +wire and the return; but for long lines the earth is used as a return, +a wire from each end being joined to large metal plates sunk in the +earth. + +[Illustration: Fig. 106.] + +=109. Telegraph Keys= are merely instruments by which the circuit +can be conveniently and rapidly opened or closed at the will of the +operator. An ordinary push-button may be used to turn the current off +and on, but it is not so convenient as a key. + +Fig. 106 shows a side view of a simple key which can be put anywhere +in the circuit, one end of the cut wire being attached to X and the +other to Y. By moving the lever C up and down according to a previously +arranged set of signals, a current will be allowed to pass to a +distant station. As X and Y are insulated from each other, the current +can pass only when C presses against Y. + +Fig. 107 shows a regular key, with switch, which is used to allow the +current to pass through the instrument when receiving a message. + +[Illustration: Fig. 107.] + +=110. Telegraph Sounders= receive the current from some distant +station, and with its electromagnet produce sounds that can be +translated into messages. + +[Illustration: Fig. 108.] + +Fig. 108 shows simply an electromagnet H, the coil being connected in +series with a key K and a cell D C. The key and D C are shown by a top +view. The lever of K does not touch the other metal strap until it is +pressed down. A little above the core of H is held a strip of iron, on +armature I. As soon as the circuit is closed at K, the current rushes +through the circuit, and the core attracts I making a distinct _click_. +As soon as K is raised, I springs away from the core, if it has been +properly held. In regular instruments a click is also made when the +armature springs back again. + +The time between the two clicks can be short or long, to represent +_dots_ or _dashes_, which, together with _spaces_, represent letters. +(For Telegraph Alphabet and complete directions for home-made keys, +sounders, etc., see "Apparatus Book," Chapter XIV.) + +[Illustration: Fig. 109.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 110.] + +Fig. 109 shows a form of home-made sounder. Fig. 110 shows one form of +telegraph sounder. Over the poles of the horseshoe electromagnet is an +armature fixed to a metal bar that can rock up and down. The instant +the current passes through the coils the armature comes down until a +stop-screw strikes firmly upon the metal frame, making the down click. +As soon as the distant key is raised, the armature is firmly pulled +back and another click is made. The two clicks differ in sound, and can +be readily recognized by the operator. + +=111. Connections for Simple Line.= Fig. 111 shows complete connections +for a home-made telegraph line. The capital letters are used for the +right side, R, and small letters for the left side, L. Gravity cells, +B and b, are used. The _sounders_, S and s, and the _keys_, K and k, +are shown by a top view. The broad black lines of S and s represent the +armatures which are directly over the electromagnets. The keys have +switches, E and e. + +The two stations, R and L, may be in the same room, or in different +houses. The _return wire_, R W, passes from the copper of b to the zinc +of B. This is important, as the cells must help each other; that is, +they are in series. The _line wire_, L W, passes from one station to +the other, and the return may be through the wire, R W, or through the +earth; but for short lines a wire is best. + +[Illustration: Fig. 111.] + +=112. Operation of Simple Line.= Suppose two boys, R (right) and L +(left) have a line. Fig. 111 shows that R's switch, E, is open, while +e is closed. The entire circuit, then, is broken at but one point. As +soon as R presses his key, the circuit is closed, and the current from +both cells rushes around from B, through K, S, L W, s, k, b, R W, and +back to B. This makes the armatures of S and s come down with a click +at the same time. As soon as the key is raised, the armatures lift and +make the up-click. As soon as R has finished, he closes his switch E. +As the armatures are then held down, L knows that R has finished, so +he opens his switch e, and answers R. Both E and e are closed when the +line is not in use, so that either can open his switch at any time and +call up the other. Closed circuit cells must be used for such lines. On +very large lines dynamos are used to furnish the current. + +=113. The Relay.= Owing to the large resistance of long telegraph +lines, the current is weak when it reaches a distant station, and not +strong enough to work an ordinary sounder. To get around this, relays +are used; these are very delicate instruments that replace the sounder +in the line wire circuit. Their coils are usually wound with many turns +of fine wire, so that a feeble current will move its nicely adjusted +armature. The relay armature merely acts as an automatic key to open +and close a local circuit which includes a battery and sounder. The +line current does not enter the sounder; it passes back from the relay +to the sending station through the earth. + +[Illustration: Fig. 112.] + +Fig. 112 gives an idea of simple relay connections. The key K, and +cell D C, represent a distant sending station. E is the electromagnet +of the relay, and R A is its armature. L W and R W represent the line +and return wires. R A will vibrate toward E every time K is pressed, +and close the local circuit, which includes a local battery, L B, and +a sounder. It is evident that as soon as K is pressed the sounder will +work with a good strong click, as the local battery can be made as +strong as desired. + +Fig. 113 shows a regular instrument which opens and closes the local +circuit at the top of the armature. + +[Illustration: Fig. 113.] + +=114. Ink Writing Registers= are frequently used instead of sounders. +Fig. 114 shows a writing register that starts itself promptly at the +opening of the circuit, and stops automatically as soon as the circuit +returns to its normal condition. A strip of narrow paper is slowly +pulled from the reel by the machine, a mark being made upon it every +time the armature of an inclosed electromagnet is attracted. When the +circuit is simply closed for an instant, a short line, representing a +_dot_, is made. + +Registers are built both single pen and double pen. In the latter case, +as the record of one wire is made with a fine pen, and the other with +a coarse pen, they can always be identified. The record being blocked +out upon white tape in solid black color, in a series of clean-cut dots +and dashes, it can be read at a glance, and as it is indelible, it may +be read years afterward. Registers are made for local circuits, for +use in connection with relays, or for direct use on main lines, as is +usually desirable in fire-alarm circuits. + +[Illustration: Fig. 114.] + + + + +CHAPTER XV. + +THE ELECTRIC BELL AND SOME OF ITS USES. + + +[Illustration: Fig. 115.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 116.] + +=115. Automatic Current Interrupters= are used on most common bells, +as well as on induction coils, etc. (See § 104.) Fig. 115 shows a +simple form of interrupter. The wire 1, from a cell D C, is joined to +an iron strip I a short distance from its end. The other wire from D C +passes to one end of the electromagnet coil H. The remaining end of H +is placed in contact with I as shown, completing the circuit. As soon +as the current passes, I is pulled down and away from the upper wire +2, breaking the circuit. I, being held by its left-hand end firmly in +the hand, immediately springs back to its former position, closing the +circuit again. This action is repeated, the rapidity of the vibrations +depending somewhat upon the position of the wires on I. In regular +instruments a platinum point is used where the circuit is broken; this +stands the sparking when the armature vibrates. + +=116. Electric Bells= may be illustrated by referring to Fig. 116, +which shows a circuit similar to that described in § 115, but which +also contains a key K, in the circuit. This allows the circuit to +be opened and closed at a distance from the vibrating armature. The +circuit must not be broken at two places at the same time, so wires +should touch at the end of I before pressing K. Upon pressing K the +armature I will vibrate rapidly. By placing a small bell near the end +of the vibrating armature, so that it will be struck by I at each +vibration, we should have a simple electric bell. This form of electric +bell is called a _trembling_ bell, on account of its vibrating armature. + +[Illustration: Fig. 117.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 118.] + +Fig. 117 shows a form of trembling bell with cover removed. Fig. 118 +shows a _single-stroke_ bell, used for fire-alarms and other signal +work. In this the armature is attracted but once each time the current +passes. As many taps of the bell can be given as desired by pressing +the push-button. Fig. 119 shows a gong for railway crossings, signals, +etc. Fig. 120 shows a circuit including cell, push-button, and bell, +with extra wire for lengthening the line. + +[Illustration: Fig. 119.] + +_Electro-Mechanical Gongs_ are used to give loud signals for special +purposes. The mechanical device is started by the electric current when +the armature of the electromagnet is attracted. Springs, weights, etc., +are used as the power. Fig. 121 shows a small bell of this kind. + +[Illustration: Fig. 120.] + +=117. Magneto Testing Bells=, Fig. 122, are really small hand-power +dynamos. The armature is made to revolve between the poles of strong +permanent magnets, and it is so wound that it gives a current with a +large E. M. F., so that it can ring through the large resistance of a +long line to test it. + +_Magneto Signal Bells_, Fig. 123, are used as generator and bell in +connection with telephones. The generator, used to ring a bell at a +distant station, stands at the bottom of the box. The bell is fastened +to the lid, and receives current from a distant bell. + +[Illustration: Fig. 121.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 122.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 123.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 124.] + +=118. Electric Buzzers= have the same general construction as electric +bells; in fact, you will have a buzzer by removing the bell from an +ordinary electric bell. Buzzers are used in places where the loud sound +of a bell would be objectionable. Fig. 124 shows the usual form of +buzzers, the cover being removed. + + + + +CHAPTER XVI. + +THE TELEPHONE, AND HOW IT TRANSMITS SPEECH. + + +=119. The Telephone= is an instrument for reproducing sounds at a +distance, and electricity is the agent by which this is generally +accomplished. The part spoken to is called the _transmitter_, and +the part which gives sound out again is called the _receiver_. Sound +itself does not pass over the line. While the same apparatus can be +used for both transmitter and receiver, they are generally different in +construction to get the best results. + +[Illustration: Fig. 125.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 126.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 127.] + +=120. The Bell or Magneto-transmitter= generates its own current, and +is, strictly speaking, a dynamo that is run by the voice. It depends +upon induction for its action. + +[Illustration: Fig. 128.] + +Fig. 125 shows a coil of wire, H, with soft iron core, the ends of the +wires being connected to a delicate galvanoscope. If one pole of the +magnet H M be suddenly moved up and down near the core, an alternating +current will be generated in the coil, the circuit being completed +through the galvanoscope. As H M approaches the core the current will +flow in one direction, and as H M is withdrawn it will pass in the +opposite direction. The combination makes a miniature alternating +dynamo. + +[Illustration: Fig. 129.] + +If we imagine the soft iron core of H, Fig. 125, taken out, and one +pole of H M, or preferably that of a bar magnet stuck through the coil, +a feeble current will also be produced by moving the soft iron back and +forth near the magnet's pole. This is really what is done in the Bell +transmitter, soft iron in the shape of a thin disc (D, Fig. 126) being +made to vibrate by the voice immediately in front of a coil having +a permanent magnet for a core. The disc, or _diaphragm_, as it is +called, is fixed near, but it does not touch, the magnet. It is under +a constant strain, being attracted by the magnet, so its slightest +movement changes the strength of the magnetic field, causing more or +less lines of force to shoot through the turns of the coil and induce a +current. The coil consists of many turns of fine, insulated wire. The +current generated is an alternating one, and although exceedingly small +can force its way through a long length of wire. + +[Illustration: Fig. 130.] + +Fig. 127 shows a section of a regular transmitter, and Fig. 128 a form +of compound magnet frequently used in the transmitter. Fig. 129 shows a +transmitter with cords which contain flexible wires. + +[Illustration: Fig. 131.] + +=121. The Receiver=, for short lines, may have the same construction as +the Bell transmitter. Fig. 130 shows a diagram of two Bell receivers, +either being used as the transmitter and the other as the receiver. +As the alternating current goes to the distant receiver, it flies +through the coil first in one direction and then in the other. This +alternately strengthens and weakens the magnetic field near the +diaphragm, causing it to vibrate back and forth as the magnet pulls +more or less. The receiver diaphragm repeats the vibrations in the +transmitter. Nothing but the induced electric current passes over the +wires. + +[Illustration: Fig. 132.] + +=122. The Microphone.= If a current of electricity be allowed to +pass through a circuit like that shown in Fig. 131, which includes a +battery, a Bell receiver, and a microphone, any slight sound near the +microphone will be greatly magnified in the receiver. The microphone +consists of pieces of carbon so fixed that they form loose contacts. +Any slight movement of the carbon causes the resistance to the current +to be greatly changed. The rapidly varying resistance allows more or +less current to pass, the result being that this pulsating current +causes the diaphragm to vibrate. The diaphragm has a constantly varying +pull upon it when the carbons are in any way disturbed by the voice, or +by the ticking of a watch, etc. This principle has been made use of in +carbon transmitters, which are made in a large variety of forms. + +[Illustration: Fig. 133.] + +=123. The Carbon Transmitter= does not, in itself, generate a +current like the magneto-transmitter; it merely produces changes in +the strength of a current that flows through it and that comes from +some outside source. In Fig. 132, X and Y are two carbon buttons, X +being attached to the diaphragm D. Button Y presses gently against X, +allowing a little current to pass through the circuit which includes +a battery, D C, and a receiver, R. When D is caused to vibrate by the +voice, X is made to press more or less against Y, and this allows more +or less current to pass through the circuit. This direct undulating +current changes the pull upon the diaphragm of R, causing it to vibrate +and reproduce the original sounds spoken into the transmitter. In +regular lines, of course, a receiver and transmitter are connected at +each end, together with bells, etc., for signaling. + +[Illustration: Fig. 134.] + +=124. Induction Coils in Telephone Work.= As the resistance of long +telephone lines is great, a high electrical pressure, or E.M.F. is +desired. While the current from one or two cells is sufficient to work +the transmitter properly, and cause undulating currents in the short +line, it does not have power enough to force its way over a long line. + +To get around this difficulty, an induction coil, Fig. 133, is used +to transform the battery current, that flows through the carbon +transmitter and primary coil, into a current with a high E. M. F. The +battery current in the primary coil is undulating, but always passes in +the same direction, making the magnetic field around the core weaker +and stronger. This causes an alternating current in the secondary coil +and main line. In Fig. 133 P and S represent the primary and secondary +coils. P is joined in series with a cell and carbon transmitter; S +is joined to the distant receiver. One end of S can be grounded, the +current completing the circuit through the earth and into the receiver +through another wire entering the earth. + +[Illustration: Fig. 135.] + +=125. Various forms= of telephones are shown in Figs. 134, 135, 136. +Fig. 134 shows a form of desk telephone; Fig. 135 shows a common form +of wall telephone; Fig. 136 shows head-telephones for switchboard +operators. + +[Illustration: Fig. 136.] + + + + +CHAPTER XVII. + +HOW ELECTRICITY IS GENERATED BY DYNAMOS. + + +=126. The Dynamo=, _Dynamo-Electric Machine_ or _Generator_, is a +machine for converting mechanical energy into an electric current, +through electromagnetic induction. The dynamo is a machine that will +convert steam power, for example, into an electric current. Strictly +speaking, a dynamo creates electrical pressure, or electromotive force, +and not electricity, just as a force-pump creates water-pressure, and +not water. They are generally run by steam or water power. + +[Illustration: Fig. 137.] + +=127. Induced Currents.= We have already spoken about currents being +induced by moving a coil of wire in a magnetic field. We shall now +see how this principle is used in the dynamo which is a generator of +induced currents. + +[Illustration: Fig. 138.] + +Fig. 137 shows how a current can be generated by a bar magnet and +a coil of wire. Fig. 138 shows how a current can be generated by a +horseshoe magnet and a coil of wire having an iron core. The ends of +the coil are to be connected to an astatic galvanoscope; this forms a +closed circuit. The coil may be moved past the magnet, or the magnet +past the coil. + +[Illustration: Fig. 139.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 140.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 141.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 142.] + +Fig. 139 shows how a current can be generated by two coils, H being +connected to an astatic galvanoscope and E to a battery. By suddenly +bringing E toward H or the core of E past that of H, a current is +produced. We have in this arrangement the main features of a dynamo. +We can reverse the operation, holding E in one position and moving H +rapidly toward it. In this case H would represent the armature and E +the field-magnet. When H is moved toward E, the induced current in H +flows in one direction, and when H is suddenly withdrawn from E the +current is reversed in H. (See "Study," Chapter XXV., for experiments.) + +[Illustration: Fig. 143.] + +=128. Induced Currents by Rotary Motion.= The motions of the coils in +straight lines are not suitable for producing currents strong enough +for commercial purposes. In order to generate currents of considerable +strength and pressure, the coils of wire have to be pushed past +magnets, or electromagnets, with great speed. In the dynamo the coils +are so wound that they can be given a rapid rotary motion as they fly +past strong electromagnets. In this way the coil can keep on passing +the same magnets, in the same direction, as long as force is applied to +the shaft that carries them. + +[Illustration: Fig. 144.] + +=129. Field-Magnets; Armature; Commutator.= What we need then, to +produce an induced current by a rotary motion, is a strong magnetic +field, a rotating coil of wire properly placed in the field, and some +means of leading the current from the machine. + +[Illustration: Fig. 145.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 146.] + +If a loop of wire, Fig. 140, be so arranged on bearings at its ends +that it can be made to revolve, a current will flow through it in +one direction during one-half of the revolution, and in the opposite +direction during the other half, it being insulated from all external +conductors. This agrees with the experiments suggested in § 127, when +the current generated in a coil passed in one direction during its +motion _toward_ the strongest part of the field, and in the opposite +direction when the coil passed _out_ of it. A coil must be cut by +lines of force to generate a current. A current inside of the machine, +as in Fig. 140, would be of no value; it must be led out to external +conductors where it can do work. Some sort of sliding contact is +necessary to connect a revolving conductor with outside stationary +ones. The magnet, called the _field-magnet_, is merely to furnish lines +of magnetic force. The one turn of wire represents the simplest form of +_armature_. + +Fig. 141 shows the ends of a coil joined to two rings, X, Y, insulated +from each other, and rotating with the coil. The two stationary pieces +of carbon, A, B, called _brushes_, press against the rings, and to +these are joined wires, which complete the circuit, and which lead out +where the current can do work. The arrows show the direction of the +current during one-half of a revolution. The rings form a _collector_, +and this arrangement gives an _alternating current_. + +[Illustration: Fig. 147.] + +In Fig. 142 the ends of the coil are joined to the two halves of a +cylinder. These halves, X and Y, are insulated from each other, and +from the axis. The current flows from X onto the brush A, through some +external circuit, to do the work, and thence back through brush B onto +Y. By the time that Y gets around to A, the direction of the current in +the loop has reversed, so that it passes toward Y, but it still enters +the outside circuit through A, because Y is then in contact with A. +This device is called a _commutator_, and it allows a constant or +_direct current_ to leave the machine. + +[Illustration: Fig. 148.] + +In regular machines, the field-magnets are electromagnets, the whole +or a part of the current from the dynamo passing around them on its +way out, to excite them and make a powerful field between the poles. +To lessen the resistance to the lines of force on their way from the +N to the S pole of the field-magnets, the armature coils are wound on +an iron core; this greatly increases the strength of the field, as +the lines of force have to jump across but two small air-gaps. There +are many loops of wire on regular armatures, and many segments to the +commutator, carefully insulated from each other, each getting its +current from the coil attached to it. + +=130. Types of Dynamos.= While there is an almost endless number of +different makes and shapes of dynamos, they may be divided into two +great types; the _continuous_ or _direct current_, and the _alternating +current_ dynamo. Direct current machines give out a current which +constantly flows in one direction, and this is because a commutator is +used. Alternating currents come from collectors or rings, as shown in +Fig. 141; and as an alternating current cannot be used to excite the +fields, an outside current from a small direct current machine must be +used. These are called exciters. + +[Illustration: Fig. 149.] + +In direct current machines enough residual magnetism is left in the +field to induce a slight current in the armature when the machine is +started. This immediately adds strength to the field-magnets, which, in +turn, induce a stronger current in the armature. + +=131. Winding of Dynamos.= There are several ways of winding dynamos, +depending upon the special uses to be made of the current. + +The _series wound_ dynamo, Fig. 143, is so arranged that the entire +current passes around the field-magnet cores on its way from the +machine. In the _shunt wound_ dynamo, Fig. 144, a part, only, of the +current from the machine is carried around the field-magnet cores +through many turns of fine wire. The _compound wound_ dynamo is really +a combination of the two methods just given. In _separately-excited_ +dynamos, the current from a separate machine is used to excite the +field-magnets. + +=132. Various Machines.= Fig. 145 shows a hand power dynamo +which produces a current for experimental work. Fig. 146 shows a +magneto-electrical generator which produces a current for medical use. +Figs. 147, 148 show forms of dynamos, and Fig. 149 shows how arc lamps +are connected in series to dynamos. + +[Illustration] + + + + +CHAPTER XVIII. + +HOW THE ELECTRIC CURRENT IS TRANSFORMED. + + +=133. Electric Current and Work.= The amount of work a current can do +depends upon two factors; the strength (amperes), and the pressure, +or E. M. F. (volts). A current of 10 amperes with a pressure of 1,000 +volts = 10 × 1,000 = 10,000 watts. This furnishes the same amount of +energy as a current of 50 amperes at 200 volts; 50 × 200 = 10,000 watts. + +=134. Transmission of Currents.= It is often necessary to carry a +current a long distance before it is used. A current of 50 amperes +would need a copper conductor 25 times as large (sectional area) as one +to carry the 10 ampere current mentioned in § 133. As copper conductors +are very expensive, electric light companies, etc., generally try to +carry the current on as small a wire as possible. To do this, the +voltage is kept high, and the amperage low. Thus, as seen in § 133, +the current of 1,000 volts and 10 amperes could be carried on a much +smaller wire than the other current of equal energy. A current of +1,000 volts, however, is not adapted for lights, etc., so it has to be +changed to lower voltage by some form of transformer before it can be +used. + +=135. Transformers=, like induction coils, are instruments for changing +the E. M. F. and strength of currents. There is very little loss of +energy in well-made transformers. They consist of two coils of wire on +one core; in fact, an induction coil may be considered a transformer, +but in this a direct current has to be interrupted. If the secondary +coil has 100 times as many turns of wire as the primary, a current of +100 volts can be taken from the secondary coil when the primary current +is but 1 volt; but the _strength_ (amperes) of this new current will be +but one-hundredth that of the primary current. + +By using the coil of fine wire as the primary, we can lower the voltage +and increase the strength in the same proportion. + +[Illustration: Fig. 150.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 151.] + +Fig. 150 shows about the simplest form of transformer with a solid iron +core, on which are wound two coils, the one, P, being the primary, and +the other, S, the secondary. Fig. 151 shows the general appearance of +one make of transformer. The operation of this apparatus, as already +mentioned, is to reduce the high pressure alternating current sent out +over the conductors from the dynamo, to a potential at which it can +be employed with convenience and safety, for illumination and other +purposes. They consist of two or more coils of wire most carefully +insulated from one another. A core or magnetic circuit of soft iron, +composed of very thin punchings, is then formed around these coils, +the purpose of the iron core being to reduce the magnetic resistance +and increase the inductive effect. One set of these coils is connected +with the primary or high-pressure wires, while the other set, which are +called the secondary coils, is connected to the house or low-pressure +wires, or wherever the current is required for use. The rapidly +alternating current impulses in the primary or high-pressure wires +induce secondary currents similar in form but opposite in direction +in the secondary coils. These current impulses are of a much lower +pressure, depending upon the ratio of the number of turns of wire +in the respective coils, it being customary to wind transformers in +such a manner as to reduce from 1,000 or 2,000-volt primaries to 50 +or 100-volt secondaries, at which voltage the secondary current is +perfectly harmless. + +[Illustration: Fig. 152.] + +=136. Motor-Dynamos.= Fig. 152. These consist essentially of two +belt-type machines on a common base, direct coupled together, one +machine acting as a motor to receive current at a certain voltage, +and the other acting as a dynamo to give out the current usually +at a different voltage. As they transform current from one voltage +to another, motor-dynamos are sometimes called Double Field Direct +Current Transformers. The larger sizes have three bearings, one bearing +being between the two machines, while the smaller sizes have but two +bearings, the two armatures being fastened to a common spider. + +[Illustration: Fig. 153.] + +_Applications._ The uses to which motor-dynamos are put are very +various. They are extensively used in the larger sizes as "Boosters," +for giving the necessary extra force on long electric supply circuits +to carry the current to the end with the same pressure as that which +reaches the ends of the shorter circuits from the station. + +Motor-dynamos have the advantage over dynamotors, described later, of +having the secondary voltage easily and economically varied over wide +ranges by means of a regulator in the dynamo field. + +=137. Dynamotors.= Fig. 153. In Dynamotors the motor and dynamo +armatures are combined in one, thus requiring a single field only. +The primary armature winding, which operates as a motor to drive the +machine, and the secondary or dynamo winding, which operates as a +generator to produce a new current, are upon the same armature core, +so that the armature reaction of one winding neutralizes that of the +other. They therefore have no tendency to spark, and do not require +shifting of the brushes with varying load. Having but one field and two +bearings, they are also more efficient than motor-dynamos. + +_Applications._ They have largely displaced batteries for telegraph +work. The size shown, occupying a space of about 8-inch cube, and +having an output of 40 watts, will displace about 800 gravity cells, +occupying a space of about 10 feet cube. The cost of maintenance of +such a battery per year, exclusive of rent, is about $800, whereas the +1-6 dynamotor can be operated at an annual expense of $150. + +Dynamotors are largely used by telephone companies for charging storage +batteries, and for transforming from direct to alternating current, for +ringing telephone bells. Electro-cautery, electroplating, and electric +heating also give use to dynamotors. + + + + +CHAPTER XIX. + +HOW ELECTRIC CURRENTS ARE DISTRIBUTED FOR USE. + + +[Illustration: Fig. 154.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 155.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 156.] + +=138. Conductors and Insulators.= To carry the powerful current from +the generating station to distant places where it is to give heat, +power, or light, or even to carry the small current of a single cell +from one room to another, _conductors_ must be used. To keep the +current from passing into the earth before it reaches its destination +_insulators_ must be used. The form of conductors and insulators used +will depend upon the current and many other conditions. It should be +remembered that the current has to be carried to the lamp or motor, +through which it passes, and then back again to the dynamo, to form a +complete circuit. A break anywhere in the circuit stops the current. +Insulators are as important as conductors. + +[Illustration: Fig. 157.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 158.] + +=139. Mains, Service Wires, etc.= From the switchboard the current +flows out through the streets in large conductors, or _mains_, the +supply being kept up by the dynamos, just as water-pressure is kept up +by the constant working of pumps. Branches, called _service wires_, are +led off from the mains to supply houses or factories, one wire leading +the current into the house from one main, and a similar one leading it +out of the house again to the other main. + +[Illustration: Fig. 159.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 160.] + +In large buildings, pairs of wires, called _risers_, branch out from +the service wires and carry the current up through the building. These +have still other branches--_floor mains_, _etc._, that pass through +halls, etc., smaller branches finally reaching the lamps. The sizes of +all of these wires depend upon how much current has to pass through +them. The mains in large cities are usually placed underground. In some +places they are carried on poles. + +[Illustration: Fig. 161.] + +=140. Electric Conduits= are underground passages for electric wires, +cables, etc. There are several ways of insulating the conductors. +Sometimes they are placed in earthenware or iron tubes, or in wood that +has been treated to make it water-proof. At short distances are placed +man-holes, where the different lengths are joined, and where branches +are attached. + +[Illustration: Fig. 162.] + +Fig. 154 shows creosoted wooden pipes; Fig. 155 shows another form of +wooden pipe. Fig. 156 shows a coupling-box used to join Edison tubes. +The three wires, used in the three-wire system, are insulated from each +other, the whole being surrounded by an iron pipe of convenient length +for handling. Fig. 157 shows sections of man-holes and various devices +used in conduit work. + +[Illustration: Fig. 163.] + +=141. Miscellaneous Appliances.= When the current enters a house for +incandescent lighting purposes, for example, quite a number of things +are necessary. To measure the current a meter is usually placed in the +cellar. In new houses the insulated conductors are usually run through +some sort of tube which acts as a double protection, all being hidden +from view. Fig. 158 shows a short length of iron tube with a lining of +insulating material. Wires are often run through tubes made of rubber +and various other insulating materials. + +Where the current is to be put into houses after the plastering has +been done, the wires are usually run through _mouldings_ or supported +by _cleats_. Fig. 159 shows a cross-section of moulding. The insulated +wires are placed in the slots, which are then covered. + +[Illustration: Fig. 164.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 165.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 166.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 167.] + +Fig. 160 shows a form of porcelain cleat. These are fastened to +ceilings or walls, and firmly hold the insulated wires in place. Fig. +161 shows a wood cleat. Fig. 162 shows small porcelain _insulators_. +These may be screwed to walls, etc., the wire being then fastened to +them. Fig. 163 shows how telegraph wires are supported and insulated. +Fig. 164 shows how wires may be carried by tree and insulated from them. + +[Illustration: Fig. 168.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 169.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 170.] + +=142. Safety Devices.= We have seen that when too large a current +passes through a wire, the wire becomes heated and may even be melted. +Buildings are wired to use certain currents, and if from any cause much +more current than the regular amount should suddenly pass through the +service wires into the house, the various smaller wires would become +overheated, and perhaps melt or start a fire. An accidental short +circuit, for example, would so reduce resistance that too much current +would suddenly rush through the wires. There are several devices by +which the over-heating of wires is obviated. + +[Illustration: Figs. 171 to 175.] + +Fig. 165 shows a _safety fuse_, or _safety cut-out_, which consists of +a short length of easily fusible wire, called _fuse wire_, placed in +the circuit and supported by a porcelain block. These wires are tested, +different sizes being used for different currents. As soon as there +is any tendency toward over-heating, the fuse _blows_; that is, it +promptly melts and opens the circuit before any damage can be done to +the regular conductors. Fig. 166 shows a cross-section of a _fuse plug_ +that can be screwed into an ordinary socket. The fuse wire is shown +black. + +Fig. 167 shows a _fuse link_. These are also of fusible material, and +so made that they can be firmly held under screw-heads. For heavy +currents _fuse ribbons_ are used, or several wires or links may be +used side by side. Fig. 168 shows a _fusible rosette_. Fig. 169 shows +two fuse wires fixed between screw-heads, the current passing through +them in opposite directions, both sides of the circuit being included. +Fig. 170 shows various forms of cut-outs. + +[Illustration: Fig. 176.] + +=143. Wires and Cables= are made in many sizes. Figs. 171 to 175 show +various ways of making small conductors. They are made very flexible, +for some purposes, by twisting many small copper wires together, the +whole being then covered with insulating material. + +[Illustration: Fig. 177.] + +Figs. 176, 177, show sections of submarine cables. Such cables consist +of copper conductors insulated with pure gutta-percha. These are then +surrounded by hempen yarn or other elastic material, and around the +whole are placed galvanized iron armor wires for protection. Each core, +or conductor, contains a conductor consisting of a single copper wire +or a strand of three or more twisted copper wires. + +=144. Lamp Circuits.= As has been noted before, in order to have the +electric current do its work, we must have a complete circuit. The +current must be brought back to the dynamo, much of it, of course, +having been used to produce light, heat, power, etc. For lighting +purposes this is accomplished in two principal ways. + +[Illustration: Fig. 178.] + +Fig. 178 shows a number of lamps so arranged, "in series," that the +same current passes through them all, one after the other. The total +resistance of the circuit is large, as all of the lamp resistances are +added together. + +[Illustration: Fig. 179.] + +Fig. 179 shows lamps arranged side by side, or "in parallel," between +the two main wires. The current divides, a part going through each lamp +that operates. The total resistance of the circuit is not as large +as in the series arrangement, as the current has many small paths in +going from one main wire to the other. Fig. 179 also shows the ordinary +_two-wire system_ for incandescent lighting, the two main wires having +usually a difference of potential equal to 50 or 110 volts. These +comparatively small pressures require fairly large conductors. + +_The Three-Wire System_, Fig. 180, uses the current from two dynamos, +arranged with three main wires. While the total voltage is 220, one of +the wires being neutral, 110 volts can be had for ordinary lamps. This +voltage saves in the cost of conductors. + +[Illustration: Fig. 180.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 181.] + +_The Alternating System_, Fig. 181, uses transformers. The high +potential of the current allows small main wires, from which branches +can be run to the primary coil of the transformer. The secondary coil +sends out an induced current of 50 or 110 volts, while that in the +primary may be 1,000 to 10,000 volts. + + + + +CHAPTER XX. + +HOW HEAT IS PRODUCED BY THE ELECTRIC CURRENT. + + +=145. Resistance and Heat.= We have seen that all wires and conductors +offer resistance to the electric current. The smaller the wire the +greater its resistance. Whenever resistance is offered to the current, +heat is produced. By proper appliances, the heat of resistance can be +used to advantage for many commercial enterprises. Dynamos are used to +generate the current for heating and lighting purposes. + +[Illustration: Fig. 182.] + +Fig. 182 shows how the current from two strong cells can be used to +heat a short length of very fine platinum or German-silver wire. +The copper conductors attached to the cells do not offer very much +resistance. + +It will be seen from the above that in all electrical work the sizes +of the wires used have to be such that they do not overheat. The coils +of dynamos, motors, transformers, ampere-meters, etc., etc., become +somewhat heated by the currents passing through them, great care being +taken that they are properly designed and ventilated so that they will +not burn out. + +[Illustration: Fig. 183.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 184.] + +=146. Electric Welding.= Fig. 183 shows one form of electric welding +machine. The principle involved in the art of electric welding is +that of causing currents of electricity to pass through the abutting +ends of the pieces of metal which are to be welded, thereby generating +heat at the point of contact, which also becomes the point of greatest +resistance, while at the same time mechanical pressure is applied +to force the parts together. As the current heats the metal at the +junction to the welding temperature, the pressure follows up the +softening surface until a complete union or weld is effected; and, as +the heat is first developed in the interior of the parts to be welded, +the interior of the joint is as efficiently united as the visible +exterior. With such a method and apparatus, it is found possible to +accomplish not only the common kinds of welding of iron and steel, but +also of metals which have heretofore resisted attempts at welding, and +have had to be brazed or soldered. + +[Illustration: Figs. 185 to 189.] + +The introduction of the electric transformer enables enormous currents +to be so applied to the weld as to spend their energy just at the point +where heating is required. They need, therefore, only to be applied +for a few seconds, and the operation is completed before the heat +generated at the weld has had time to escape by conduction to any other +part. + +Although the quantity of the current so employed in the pieces to be +welded is enormous, the potential at which it is applied is extremely +low, not much exceeding that of the batteries of cells used for ringing +electric bells in houses. + +[Illustration: Fig. 190.] + +=147. Miscellaneous Applications.= Magneto Blasting Machines are now +in very common use for blasting rocks, etc. Fig. 184 shows one, it +being really a small hand dynamo, occupying less than one-half a cubic +foot of space. The armature is made to revolve rapidly between the +poles of the field-magnet by means of a handle that works up and down. +The current is carried by wires from the binding-posts to fuses. The +heat generated by resistance in the fuse ignites the powder or other +explosive. + +_Electric soldering irons_, _flat-irons_, _teakettles_, _griddles_, +_broilers_, _glue pots_, _chafing-dishes_, _stoves_, etc., etc., are +now made. Figs. 185 to 189 show some of these applications. The coils +for producing the resistance are inclosed in the apparatus. + +[Illustration: Fig. 191.] + +Fig. 190 shows a complete electric kitchen. Any kettle or part of the +outfit can be made hot by simply turning a switch. Fig. 191 shows an +electric heater placed under a car seat. Many large industries that +make use of the heating effects of the current are now being carried +on. + + + + +CHAPTER XXI. + +HOW LIGHT IS PRODUCED BY THE INCANDESCENT LAMP. + + +[Illustration: Fig. 192.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 193.] + +=148. Incandescence.= We have just seen that the electric current +produces heat when it flows through a conductor that offers +considerable resistance to it. As soon as this was discovered men +began to experiment to find whether a practical light could also be +produced. It was found that a wire could be kept hot by constantly +passing a current through it, and that the light given out from it +became whiter and whiter as the wire became hotter. The wire was said +to be _incandescent_, or glowing with heat. As metal wires are good +conductors of electricity, they had to be made extremely fine to offer +enough resistance; too fine, in fact, to be properly handled. + +=149. The Incandescent Lamp.= Many substances were experimented upon +to find a proper material out of which could be made a _filament_ +that would give the proper resistance and at the same time be strong +and lasting. It was found that hair-like pieces of carbon offered the +proper resistance to the current. When heated in the air, however, +carbon burns; so it became necessary to place the carbon filaments in a +globe from which all the air had been pumped before passing the current +through them. This proved to be a success. + +[Illustration: Fig. 194.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 195.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 196.] + +Fig. 192 shows the ordinary form of lamp. The _carbon filament_ is +attached, by carbon paste, to short platinum wires that are sealed in +the glass, their lower ends being connected to short copper wires that +are joined to the terminals of the lamp. When the lamp is screwed +into its socket, the current can pass up one side of the filament +and down the other. The filaments used have been made of every form +of carbonized vegetable matter. Bamboo has been largely used, fine +strips being cut by dies and then heated in air-tight boxes containing +fine carbon until they were thoroughly carbonized. This baking of the +bamboo produces a tough fiber of carbon. Various forms of thread have +been carbonized and used. Filaments are now made by pressing finely +pulverized carbon, with a binding material, through small dies. The +filaments are made of such sizes and lengths that will adapt them to +the particular current with which they are to be used. The longer the +filament, the greater its resistance, and the greater the voltage +necessary to push the current through it. + +[Illustration: Fig. 197.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 198.] + +After the filaments are properly attached, the air is pumped from the +bulb or globe. This is done with some form of mercury pump, and the air +is so thoroughly removed from the bulb that about one-millionth only of +the original air remains. Before sealing off the lamp, a current is +passed through the filament to drive out absorbed air and gases, and +these are carried away by the pump. By proper treatment the filaments +have a uniform resistance throughout, and glow uniformly when the +current passes. + +[Illustration: Fig. 199.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 200.] + +=150. Candle-Power.= A lamp is said to have 4, 8, 16 or more +candle-power. A 16-candle-power lamp, for example, means one that will +give as much light as sixteen standard candles. A standard sperm candle +burns two grains a minute. The candle-power of a lamp can be increased +by forcing a strong current through it, but this shortens its life. + +_The Current_ used for incandescent lamps has to be strong enough to +force its way through the filament and produce a heat sufficient to +give a good light. The usual current has 50 or 110 volts, although +small lamps are made that can be run by two or three cells. If the +voltage of the current is less than that for which the lamp was made, +the light will be dim. The filament can be instantly burned out by +passing a current of too high pressure through it. + +Even with the proper current, lamps soon begin to deteriorate, as small +particles of carbon leave the filament and cling to the glass. This is +due to the evaporation, and it makes the filament smaller, and a higher +pressure is then needed to force the current through the increased +resistance; besides this, the darkened bulb does not properly let the +light out. The current may be direct or alternating. + +[Illustration: Fig. 201.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 202.] + +=151. The Uses= to which incandescent lamps are put are almost +numberless. Fig. 193 shows a decorative lamp. Fancy lamps are made in +all colors. Fig. 194 shows a conic candle lamp, to imitate a candle. +What corresponds to the body of the candle (see figure B to C) is a +delicately tinted opal glass tube surmounted (see figure A to B) by a +finely proportioned conic lamp with frosted globe. C to D in the figure +represents the regular base, and thus the relative proportions of the +parts are shown. Fig. 195 shows another form of candelabra lamp. Fig. +196 shows small dental lamps. Fig. 197 shows a small lamp with mirror +for use in the throat. Fig. 198 shows lamp with half shade attached, +used for library tables. Fig. 199 shows an electric pendant for several +lamps, with shade. Fig. 200 shows a lamp guard. Fig. 201 shows a lamp +socket, into which the lamp is screwed. Fig. 202 shows incandescent +bulbs joined in parallel to the + and - mains. Fig. 203 shows how the +lamp cord can be adjusted to desired length. Fig. 204 shows a lamp +with reflector placed on a desk. Fig. 205 shows a form of shade and +reflector. + +[Illustration: Fig. 203.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 204.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 205.] + + + + +CHAPTER XXII. + +HOW LIGHT IS PRODUCED BY THE ARC LAMP. + + +=152. The Electric Arc.= When a strong current passes from one carbon +rod to another across an air-space, an _electric arc_ is produced. +When the ends of two carbon rods touch, a current can pass from one to +the other, but the imperfect contact causes resistance enough to heat +the ends red-hot. If the rods be separated slightly, the current will +continue to flow, as the intensely heated air and flying particles of +carbon reduce the resistance of the air-space. + +Fig. 206 shows two carbon rods which are joined to the two terminals +of a dynamo. The upper, or positive, carbon gradually wears away and +becomes slightly hollow. The heated _crater_, as it is called, is the +hottest part. The negative carbon becomes pointed. The arc will pass in +a vacuum, and even under water. + +[Illustration: Fig. 206.] + +As the electric arc is extremely hot, metals are easily vaporized in +it; in fact, even the carbon rods themselves slowly melt and vaporize. +This extreme heat is used for many industrial purposes. + +[Illustration: Fig. 207.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 208.] + +"The phenomenon of the electric arc was first noticed by Humphrey +Davy in 1800, and its explanation appears to be the following: Before +contact the difference of potential between the points is insufficient +to permit a spark to leap across even 1/10000 of an inch of air-space, +but when the carbons are made to touch, a current is established. +On separating the carbons, the momentary extra current due to +self-induction of the circuit, which possesses a high electromotive +force, can leap the short distance, and in doing so volatilizes a small +quantity of carbon between the points. Carbon vapor, being a partial +conductor, allows the current to continue to flow across the gap, +provided it be not too wide; but as the carbon vapor has a very high +resistance it becomes intensely heated by the passage of the current, +and the carbon points also grow hot. Since, however, solid matter is a +better radiator than gaseous matter, the carbon points emit far more +light than the arc itself, though they are not so hot. It is observed, +also, that particles of carbon are torn away from the + electrode, +which becomes hollowed out to a cup-shape, and some of these are +deposited on the - electrode." + +[Illustration: Fig. 209.] + +=153. Arc Lamps.= As the carbons gradually wear away, some device is +necessary to keep their ends the right distance apart. If they are too +near, the arc is very small; and if too far apart, the current can not +pass and the light goes out. The positive carbon gives the more intense +light and wears away about twice as fast as the - carbon, so it is +placed above the - carbon, to throw the light downwards. + +[Illustration: Fig. 210.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 211.] + +Arc lamps contain some device by which the proper distance between +the carbons can be kept. Most of them grip the upper carbon and pull +it far enough above the lower one to establish the arc. As soon as +the distance between them gets too great again, the grip on the upper +carbon is loosened, allowing the carbon to drop until it comes in +contact with the lower one, thus starting the current again. These +motions are accomplished by electromagnets. Fig. 207 shows a form of +arc lamp with _single carbons_ that will burn from 7 to 9 hours. + +[Illustration: Fig. 212.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 213.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 214.] + +Fig. 208 shows the mechanism by which the carbons are regulated. Fig. +209 shows a form of _double carbon_, or _all-night_ lamp, one set of +carbons being first used, the other set being automatically switched in +at the proper time. + +[Illustration: Fig. 215.] + +Figs. 210, 211 show forms of _short arc lamps_, for use under low +ceilings, so common in basements, etc. + +Fig. 212 shows a _hand-feed focussing_ type of _arc lamp_. In regular +street lamps, the upper carbon only is fed by mechanism, as it burns +away about twice as fast as the lower one, thus bringing the arc lower +and lower. When it is desired to keep the arc at the focus of a +reflector, both carbons must be fed. + +Fig. 213 shows a _theatre arc lamp_, used to throw a strong beam of +light from the balcony to the stage. + +Fig. 214 shows the arc lamp used as a search-light. The reflector +throws a powerful beam of light that can be seen for miles; in +fact, the light is used for signalling at night. Fig. 215 shows how +search-lights are used at night on war-vessels. + + + + +CHAPTER XXIII. + +X-RAYS, AND HOW THE BONES OF THE HUMAN BODY ARE PHOTOGRAPHED. + + +[Illustration: Fig. 216.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 217.] + +=154. Disruptive Discharges.= We have seen, in the study of induction +coils, that a spark can jump several inches between the terminals +of the secondary coil. The attraction between the two oppositely +charged terminals gets so great that it overcomes the resistance of +the air-space between them, a brilliant spark passes, and they are +discharged. This sudden discharge is said to be _disruptive_, and it +is accompanied by a flash of light and a loud report. The _path_ of +the discharge may be nearly straight, or crooked, depending upon the +nature of the material in the gap between the terminals. + +[Illustration: Fig. 218.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 219.] + +=155. Effect of Air Pressure on Spark.= The disruptive spark takes +place in air at ordinary pressures. The nature of the spark is greatly +changed when the pressure of the air decreases. Fig. 216 shows an +air-tight glass tube so arranged that the air can be slowly removed +with an air-pump. The upper rod shown can be raised or lowered to +increase the distance between it and the lower rod, these acting as the +terminals of an induction coil. Before exhausting any air, the spark +will jump a small distance between the rods and act as in open air. As +soon as a small amount of air is removed, a change takes place. The +spark is not so intense and has no definite path, there being a general +glow throughout the tube. As the air pressure becomes still less, the +glow becomes brighter, until the entire tube is full of purple light +that is able to pass the entire length of it; that is, the discharge +takes place better in rarefied air than it does in ordinary air. + +=156. Vacuum-Tubes.= As electricity passes through rarefied gases much +easier than through ordinary air, regular tubes, called _vacuum-tubes_, +are made for such study. Fig. 217 shows a plain tube of this kind, +platinum terminals being fused in the glass for connections. These +tubes are often made in complicated forms, Fig. 218, with colored +glass, and are called _Geissler tubes_. They are often made in such a +way that the electrodes are in the shape of discs, etc., and are called +_Crookes tubes_, Fig. 219. A slight amount of gas is left in the tubes. + +[Illustration: Fig. 220.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 220-A.] + +=157. Cathode Rays.= The _cathode_ is the electrode of a vacuum-tube +by which the current leaves the tube, and it has been known for some +time that some kind of influence passes in straight lines from this +point. Shadows, Fig. 219, are cast by such rays, a screen being placed +in their path. + +=158. X-Rays.= Professor Roentgen of Würzburg discovered that when the +cathode rays are allowed to fall upon a solid body, the solid body +gives out still other rays which differ somewhat from the original +cathode rays. They can penetrate, more or less, through many bodies +that are usually considered opaque. The hand, for example, may be used +as a negative for producing a photograph of the bones, as the rays do +not pass equally well through flesh and bone. + +[Illustration: Fig. 221.] + +Fig. 220 shows a Crookes tube fitted with a metal plate, so that +the cathode rays coming from C will strike it. The X-rays are given +out from P. These rays are invisible and are even given out where +the cathode rays strike the glass. Some chemical compounds are made +luminous by these rays; so screens are made and coated with them in +order that the shadows produced by the X-rays can be seen by the +eye. Professor Roentgen named these the X-rays. Fig. 220-A shows a +_fluoroscope_ that contains a screen covered with proper chemicals. + +[Illustration: Fig. 222.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 223.] + +=159. X-Ray Photographs.= Bone does not allow the X-rays to pass +through it as readily as flesh, so if the hand be placed over a +sensitized photographic plate, Fig. 221, and proper connections be +made with the induction coil, etc., the hand acts as a photographic +negative. Upon developing the plate, as in ordinary photography, +a picture or shadow of the bones will be seen. Fig. 222 shows the +arrangement of battery, induction coil, focus tube, etc., for examining +the bones of the human body. + +Fig. 223 shows the bones of a fish. Such photographs have been very +valuable in discovering the location of bullets, needles, etc., that +have become imbedded in the flesh, as well as in locating breaks in the +bones. + + + + +CHAPTER XXIV. + +THE ELECTRIC MOTOR, AND HOW IT DOES WORK. + + +=160. Currents and Motion.= We have seen, Chapter XII., that when coils +of wire are rapidly moved across a strong magnetic field, a current +of electricity is generated. We have now to deal with the opposite of +this; that is, we are to study how _motion_ can be produced by allowing +a current of electricity to pass through the armature of a machine. + +[Illustration: Fig. 224.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 225.] + +Fig. 224 shows, by diagram, a coil H, suspended so that it can move +easily, its ends being joined to a current reverser, and this, in turn, +to a dry cell D C. A magnet, H M, will attract the core of H when +no current passes. When the current is allowed to pass first in one +direction and then in the opposite direction, by using the reverser, +the core of H will jump back and forth from one pole of H M to the +other. There are many ways by which motion can be produced by the +current, but to have it practical, the motion must be a rotary one. +(See "Study," Chapter XXVI., for numerous experiments.) + +[Illustration: Fig. 226.] + +=161. The Electric Motor= is a machine for transforming electric +energy into mechanical power. The construction of motors is very +similar to that of dynamos. They have field-magnets, armature coils, +commutator, etc.; in fact, the armature of an ordinary direct current +dynamo will revolve if a current be passed through it, entering by one +brush and leaving by the other. There are many little differences of +construction, for mechanical and electrical reasons, but we may say +that the general construction of dynamos and motors is the same. + +Fig. 225 shows a coil of wire, the ends of which are connected to +copper and zinc plates. These plates are floated in dilute sulphuric +acid, and form a simple cell which sends a current through the wire, as +shown by the arrows. + +[Illustration: Fig. 227.] + +We have seen that a current-carrying wire has a magnetic field and +acts like a magnet; so it will be easily seen that if a magnet be held +near the wire it will be either attracted or repelled, the motion +depending upon the poles that come near each other. As shown in the +figure, the N pole of the magnet repels the field of the wire, causing +it to revolve. We see that this action is just the reverse to that in +galvanometers, where the coil is fixed, and the magnet, or magnetic +needle, is allowed to move. As soon as the part of the wire, marked A +in Fig. 225, gets a little distance from the pole, the opposite side +of the wire, B, begins to be attracted by it, the attraction getting +stronger and stronger, until it gets opposite the N pole. If the N pole +were still held in place, B would vibrate back and forth a few times, +and finally come to rest near the pole. If, however, as soon as B gets +opposite N the S pole of the magnet be quickly turned toward B, the +coil will be repelled and the rotary motion will continue. + +[Illustration: Fig. 228.] + +[Illustration: Figs. 229 to 231.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 232.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 233.] + +Let us now see how this helps to explain electric motors. We may +consider the wire of Fig. 225 as one coil of an armature, and the +plates, C and Z, as the halves of a commutator. In this arrangement, it +must be noted, the current always flows through the armature coil in +the same direction, the rotation being kept up by reversing the poles +of the field-magnet. In ordinary simple motors the current is reversed +in the armature coils, the field-magnets remaining in one position +without changing the poles. This produces the same effect as the above. +The current is reversed automatically as the brushes allow the current +to enter first one commutator bar and then the opposite one as the +armature revolves. The regular armatures have many coils and many +commutator bars, as will be seen by examining the illustrations shown. + +The ordinary galvanometer may be considered a form of motor. By +properly opening and closing the circuit, the rotary motion of the +needle can be kept up as long as current is supplied. Even an electric +bell or telegraph sounder may be considered a motor, giving motion +straight forward and back. + +=162. The Uses of Motors= are many. It would be impossible to mention +all the things that are done with the power from motors. A few +illustrations will give an idea of the way motors are attached to +machines. + +Fig. 226 shows one form of motor, the parts being shown in Fig. 227. + +[Illustration: Fig. 234.] + +Fig. 228 shows a fan motor run by a battery. They are generally run +by the current from the street. Figs. 229-231 show other forms of fan +motors. Fig. 232 shows an electric hat polisher. A church organ bellows +is shown in Fig. 233, so arranged that it can be pumped by an electric +motor. Fig. 234 shows a motor direct connected to a drill press. + +=163. Starting Boxes.= If too much current were suddenly allowed to +pass into the armature of a motor, the coils would be over-heated, +and perhaps destroyed, before it attained its full speed. A rapidly +revolving armature will take more current, without being overheated, +than one not in motion. A motor at full speed acts like a dynamo, and +generates a current which tends to flow from the machine in a direction +opposite to that which produces the motion. It is evident, then, that +when the armature is at rest, all the current turned on passes through +it without meeting with this opposing current. + +[Illustration: Fig. 235.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 236.] + +Fig. 235 shows a starting, stopping, and regulating box, inside of +which are a number of German-silver resistance coils properly connected +to contact-points at the top. By turning the knob, the field of the +motor is immediately charged first through resistance, then direct, and +then the current is put on the armature gradually through a series of +coils, the amount of current depending upon the distance the switch is +turned. Fig. 236 shows a cross section of the same. + + + + +CHAPTER XXV. + +ELECTRIC CARS, BOATS, AND AUTOMOBILES. + + +=164. Electric Cars=, as well as boats, automobiles, etc., etc., are +moved by the power that comes from electric motors, these receiving +current from the dynamos placed at some "central station." We have +already seen how the motor can do many kinds of work. By properly +gearing it to the car wheels, motion can be given to them which will +move the car. + +[Illustration: Fig. 237.] + +Fig. 237 shows two dynamos which will be supposed to be at a power +house and which send out a current to propel cars. From the figure +it will be seen that the wires over the cars, called trolley-wires, +are connected to the positive (+) terminals of the dynamos, and that +the negative (-) terminals are connected to the tracks. In case a +wire were allowed to join the trolley-wire and track, we should have +a short circuit, and current would not only rush back to the dynamo +without doing useful work, but it would probably injure the machines. +When some of the current is allowed to pass through a car, motion is +produced in the motors, as has been explained. As the number of cars +increases, more current passes back to the dynamos, which must do more +work to furnish such current. + +_Trolley-poles_, fastened to the top of the cars and which end in +grooved wheels, called _trolley-wheels_, are pressed by springs against +the trolley-wires. The current passes down these through switches to +_controllers_ at each end of the car, one set being used at a time. + +[Illustration: Fig. 238.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 239.] + +=165. The Controllers=, as the name suggests, control the speed of the +car by allowing more or less current to pass through the motors. The +motors, resistance coils and controllers are so connected with each +other that the amount of current used can be regulated. + +[Illustration: Fig. 240.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 241.] + +When the motorman turns the handle of the controller to the first +notch, the current passes through all of the resistance wires placed +under the car, then through one motor after the other. The motors being +joined in series by the proper connections at the controller, the +greatest resistance is offered to the current and the car runs at the +slowest speed at this first notch. As more resistance is cut out by +turning the handle to other notches, the car increases its speed; but +as the resistance wires become heated and the heat passes into the air, +there is a loss of energy. It is not economical to run a car at such a +speed that energy is wasted as heat. As soon as the resistance is all +cut out, the current simply passes through the motors joined in series. +This gives a fairly slow speed and one that is economical because all +the current tends to produce motion. + +By allowing the current to pass through the motors joined in parallel, +that is, by allowing each to take a part of the current, the resistance +is greatly reduced, and a higher speed attained. This is not instantly +done, however, as too much strain would be put upon the motors. As soon +as the next notch is reached, the motors are joined in parallel and +the resistance also thrown in again. By turning the handle still more, +resistance is gradually cut out, and the highest speed produced when +the current passes only through the motors in parallel. + +[Illustration: Fig. 242.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 243.] + +Fig. 238 represents a controller, by diagram, showing the relative +positions of the controller cylinder, reversing and cut-out cylinders, +arrangements for blowing out the short electric arcs formed, etc. A +ratchet and pawl is provided, which indicates positively the running +notches, at the same time permitting the cylinder to move with ease. +Fig. 239 shows a top view of the controller. + +[Illustration: Fig. 244.] + +=166. Overhead and Underground Systems.= When wires for furnishing +current are placed over the tracks, as in Fig. 237, we have the +overhead system. In cities the underground system is largely used. +The location of the conducting wires beneath the surface of the +street removes all danger to the public, and protects them from all +interference, leaving the street free from poles and wires. + +Fig. 240 shows a cross-section of an underground conduit. The rails, +R R, are supported by cast-iron yokes, A, placed five feet apart, and +thoroughly imbedded in concrete. The conduit has sewer connections +every 100 feet. Conducting bars, C C, are placed on each side of +the conduit, and these are divided into sections of about 500 feet. +Insulators, D D, are placed every 15 feet. They are attached to, and +directly under, the slot-rails, the stem passing through the conductor +bar. + +[Illustration: Fig. 245.] + +Figs. 240 and 241 show the plow E. The contact plates are carried on +coiled springs to allow a free motion. Two guide-wheels, F F, are +attached to the leg of the plow. The conducting wires are carried up +through the leg of the plow. + +=167. Appliances.= A large number of articles are needed in the +construction of electric railroads. A few, only, can be shown that are +used for the overhead system. Fig. 242 shows a pole insulator. Fig. 243 +shows a feeder-wire insulator. Fig. 244 shows a line suspension. Fig. +245 shows a form of right-angle cross which allows the trolley-wheels +of crossing lines to pass. Fig. 246 shows a switch. In winter a part of +the current is allowed to pass through electric heaters placed under +the seats of electric cars. + +[Illustration: Fig. 246.] + +=168. Electric Boats= are run by the current from storage batteries +which are usually placed under the seats. An electric motor large +enough to run a small boat takes up very little room and is generally +placed under the floor. This leaves the entire boat for the use of +passengers. The motor is connected to the shaft that turns the screw. +Fig. 247 shows one design. + +=169. Electric Automobiles= represent the highest type of electrical +and mechanical construction. The _running-gear_ is usually made of the +best cold-drawn seamless steel tubing, to get the greatest strength +from a given weight of material. The wheels are made in a variety of +styles, but nearly all have ball bearings and pneumatic tires. In the +lightest styles the wheels have wire spokes. + +The _electric motors_, supported by the running-gear, are geared to +the rear wheels. The motors are made as nearly dust-proof as possible. + +_Storage batteries_ are put in a convenient place, depending upon the +design of the carriage, and from these the motors receive the current. +These can be charged from the ordinary 110-volt lighting circuits or +from private dynamos. The proper plugs and attachments are usually +furnished by the various makers for connecting the batteries with the +street current, which is shut off when the batteries are full by an +automatic switch. + +[Illustration: Fig. 247.] + +_Controllers_ are used, as on electric cars, the lever for starting, +stopping, etc., being usually placed on the left-hand side of the seat. +The _steering_ is done by a lever that moves the front wheels. Strong +brakes, and the ability to quickly reverse the motors, allow electric +carriages to be stopped suddenly in case of accidents. + +Electric automobiles are largely used in cities, or where the current +can be easily had. The batteries must be re-charged after they have +run the motors for a certain time which depends upon the speed and +road, as well as upon the construction. Where carriages are to be run +almost constantly, as is the case with those used for general passenger +service in cities, duplicate batteries are necessary, so that one or +two sets can be charged while another is in use. Fig. 248 shows one +form of electric vehicle, the storage batteries being placed under and +back of the seat. + +[Illustration: Fig. 248.] + + + + +CHAPTER XXVI. + +A WORD ABOUT CENTRAL STATIONS. + + +=170. Central Stations=, as the word implies, are places where, for +example, electricity is generated for the incandescent or arc lights +used in a certain neighborhood; where telephone or telegraph messages +are sent to be resent to some other station; where operators are kept +to switch different lines together, so that those on one line can +talk to those on another, etc., etc. There are many kinds of central +stations, each requiring a large amount of special apparatus to carry +on the work. Fig. 249 gives a hint in regard to the way car lines +get their power from a central power station. As a large part of the +apparatus required in ordinary central stations has already been +described, it is not necessary to go into the details of such stations. + +[Illustration: Fig. 249.] + +In lighting stations, for example, we have three principal kinds of +apparatus. Boilers produce the steam that runs the steam engines, and +these run the dynamos that give the current. Besides these there are +many other things needed. The electrical energy that goes over the +wires to furnish light, heat, and power, really comes indirectly from +the coal that is used to boil water and convert it into steam. The +various parts of the central station merely aid in this transformation +of energy. + +[Illustration: Fig. 250.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 251.] + +The dynamos are connected to the engines by belts, or they are direct +connected. Figs. 250, 251, show dynamos connected to engines without +belts. + +The current from the dynamos is led to large switchboards which contain +switches, voltmeters, ammeters, lightning arresters, and various other +apparatus for the proper control and measurement of the current. From +the switchboard it is allowed to pass through the various street mains, +from which it is finally led to lamps, motors, etc. + +Water-power is frequently used to drive the dynamos instead of steam +engines. The water turns some form of water-wheel which is connected +to the dynamos. At Niagara Falls, for example, immense quantities of +current are generated for light, heat, power, and industrial purposes. + +[Illustration] + + + + +CHAPTER XXVII. + +MISCELLANEOUS USES OF ELECTRICITY. + + +=171. The Many Uses= to which the electric current is put are almost +numberless. New uses are being found for it every day. Some of the +common applications are given below. + +=172. Automatic Electric Program Clocks=, Fig. 252, are largely used +in all sorts of establishments, schools, etc., for ringing bells at +certain stated periods. The lower dial shown has many contact-points +that can be inserted to correspond to given times. As this revolves, +the circuits are closed, one after the other, and it may be so set that +bells will be rung in different parts of the house every five minutes, +if desired. + +[Illustration: Fig. 252.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 253.] + +=173. Call Boxes= are used to send in calls of various kinds to +central stations. Fig. 253 shows one form. The number of different +calls provided includes messenger, carrier, coupé, express wagon, +doctor, laborer, police, fire, together with three more, which may be +made special to suit the convenience of the individual customer. The +instruments are provided with apparatus for receiving a return signal, +the object of which is to notify the subscriber that his call has been +received and is having attention. + +[Illustration: Fig. 254.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 255.] + +Fig. 254 shows another form of call box, the handle being moved around +to the call desired. As it springs back to the original position, an +interrupted current passes through the box to the central station, +causing a bell to tap a certain number of times, giving the call and +location of the box. + +=174. Electric Gas-Lighters.= Fig. 255 shows a _ratchet burner_. The +first pull of the chain turns on the gas through a four-way gas-cock, +governed by a ratchet-wheel and pawl. The issuing gas is lighted by a +wipe-spark at the tip of the burner. Alternate pulls shut off the gas. +As the lever brings the attached wire A, in contact with the wire B, +a bright spark passes, which ignites the gas, the burner being joined +with a battery and induction or spark coil. + +_Automatic burners_ are used when it is desired to light gas at +a distance from the push-button. Fig. 256 shows one form. Two +electromagnets are shown, one being generally joined to a white +push-button for turning on the gas and lighting it, the other being +joined to a black button which turns off the gas when it is pressed. +The armatures of the magnets work the gas-valve. Sparks ignite the gas, +as explained above. + +[Illustration: Fig. 256.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 257.] + +=175. Door Openers.= Fig. 257 shows one form. They contain +electromagnets so arranged that when the armature is attracted by the +pushing of a button anywhere in the building, the door can be pushed +open. + +=176. Dental Outfits.= Fig. 258 shows a motor arranged to run dental +apparatus. The motor can be connected to an ordinary incandescent light +socket. In case the current gives out, the drills, etc., can be run by +foot power. + +[Illustration: Fig. 258.] + +=177. Annunciators= of various kinds are used in hotels, factories, +etc., to indicate a certain room when a bell rings at the office. +The bell indicates that some one has called, and the annunciator +shows the location of the call by displaying the number of the room +or its location. Fig. 259 shows a small annunciator. They contain +electromagnets which are connected to push-buttons located in the +building, and which bring the numbers into place as soon as the current +passes through them. + +[Illustration: Fig. 259.] + + + + +INDEX. + + +Numbers refer to paragraphs. See Table of Contents for the titles of +the various chapters. + + Action of magnets upon each other, 32. + + Adjuster, for lamp cords, 151. + + Air pressure, effect of spark upon, 155. + + Aluminum-leaf, for electroscopes, 5. + + Alternating current, 129, 130; + system of wiring for, 144. + + Amalgamation of zincs, 47. + + Amber, electrification upon, 3. + + Ammeter, the, 74; + how placed in circuit, 77. + + Ampere, the, 72. + + Annunciators, 177. + + Anode, 79, 82. + + Apparatus for electrical measurements, Chap. VI. + + Appliances, for distribution of currents, 141; + for electric railways, 167; + for heating by electricity, 147. + + Arc, the electric, 152. + + Arc lamp, the, 153; + how light is produced by, Chap. XXII.; + double carbon, 153; + hand-feed focussing, 153; + for search-lights, 153; + short, for basements, 153; + single carbon, 153; + for theater use, 153. + + Armature, of dynamo, 127, 129; + of electromagnets, 98; + of horseshoe magnet, 26; + of motors, 161; + uses of, 39. + + Artificial magnets, 25. + + Astatic, detectors, 94; + galvanometer, 73; + needles, 94. + + Aurora borealis, 23. + + Automatic, current interrupters, 104, 115; + gas lighters, 174; + program clocks, 172. + + Automobiles, 169; + controllers for, 169; + motors for, 169; + steering of, 169; + storage batteries for, 169. + + + Bamboo filaments, 149. + + Bar magnets, 27; + magnetic figures of, 38. + + Batteries, large plunge, 54; + plunge, 53; + secondary, 86; + storage, and how they work, Chap. IX. + + Bell, the electric, and some of its uses, Chap. XV.; + electric, 116; + magneto testing, 117; + trembling, etc., 116. + + Bell transmitter, 120. + + Belts, electricity generated by friction upon, 1. + + Benjamin Franklin, 18. + + Bichromate of potash cells, 51, etc. + + Binding-posts, Chap. V.; + common forms of, 63. + + Blasting, by electricity, 147; + electric machines for, 147. + + Bluestone cell, 56. + + Boats, electric, 168. + + Boilers, use of in central stations, 170. + + Bones, photographed by x-rays, Chap. XXIII. + + Boosters, 136. + + Brushes, 129. + + Bunsen cells, 56_a_. + + Burner, automatic, 174; + for gas-lights, 174; + ratchet, 174. + + Buzzers, electric, 118. + + + Cables and wires, 143. + + Call boxes, electric, 173. + + Carbon, in arc lamps, 152, 153; + filament, 149; + transmitter, 123. + + Carpet, electricity generated upon, 1. + + Cars, electric, 164; + controllers for, 165; + heating by electricity, 167; + overhead system for, 166; + underground system for, 166. + + Cat, electricity generated upon, 1. + + Cathode, definition of, 79; + rays, 157. + + Cells, Bunsen, 56_a_; + bichromate of potash, 51; + closed circuit, 50; + dry, 58; + Edison-Lelande, 59; + electricity generated by, Chap. III.; + Fuller, 55; + Gonda, 57; + gravity, 56; + Grenet, 52; + Leclanché, 57; + open circuit, 50; + plates and poles of, 45_a_; + polarization of, 48; + simple, 45, 49; + single-fluid, 49; + two-fluid, 49; + various voltaic, Chap. IV. + + Central stations, 170; + a word about, Chap. XXVI. + + Chain lightning, 19. + + Chafing-dishes, electrical, 147. + + Charging condensers, 15. + + Chemical action, and electricity, 81. + + Chemical effects of electric current, Chap. VII. + + Chemical meters, 78. + + Church organs, pumped by motors, 162. + + Circuits, electric, 50; + for lamps, 144. + + Cleats, porcelain, 141; + wooden, 141. + + Clocks, automatic electric, 172. + + Closed circuit cells, 50. + + Coils, induction, and how they work, Chap. XIII.; + induction, construction of, 104; + method of joining, 98; + primary and secondary, 103; + resistance, 69; + rotation of, 95; + of transformers, 135. + + Collectors on dynamos, 129. + + Commutators, 129. + + Compasses, magnetic, 31. + + Compound, magnets, 28; + wound dynamo, 131. + + Condensation of static electricity, 15. + + Condensers, 15; + for induction coils, 104. + + Conductors, and insulators, 4, 138. + + Conduits, electric, 140. + + Connections, electrical, 60; + for telegraph lines, 111. + + Controllers, for automobiles, 169; + for electric cars, 165. + + Copper sulphate, effects of current on, 82; + formula of, 79. + + Copper voltameters, 75. + + Cords, adjustable for lamps, 151. + + Coulomb, the, 76. + + Crater of hot carbons, 152. + + Crookes tubes, 156, 158. + + Current, detectors, 93; + direction of in cell, 46; + from magnet and coil, 100; + from two coils, 102; + induced, 127; + of induction coils, 105; + interrupters, automatic, 104, 115; + local, 47; + primary and secondary, 102; + transformation of, Chap. XVIII.; + transmission of, 134. + + Currents, and motion, 160; + how distributed for use, Chap. XIX. + + Current strength, 71; + measurement of, 73; + unit of, 72. + + Cylinder electric machines, 9. + + + Daniell cell, 56. + + D'Arsonval galvanometer, 73. + + Declination, 41. + + Decorative incandescent lamps, 151. + + Dental, lamps, 151; + outfits, 176. + + Detectors, astatic, 94; + current, 93. + + Diamagnetic bodies, 29. + + Diaphragm for telephones, 120. + + Dip, of magnetic needle, 42. + + Direct current, 129, 130. + + Direction of current in cell, 46. + + Discharging condensers, 15. + + Disruptive discharges, 154. + + Distribution of currents for use, Chap. XIX. + + Door opener, electric, 175. + + Dots and dashes, 110. + + Drill press, run by motor, 162. + + Dry cells, 58. + + Dynamo, the, 126; + alternating current, 130; + commutator of, 129; + compound wound, 131; + direct current, 130; + lamps connected to, 132; + series wound, 131; + shunt wound, 131; + used as motor, 161; + use of in central stations, 170; + used with water power, 170. + + Dynamos, electricity generated by, Chap. XVII.; + types of, 130; + various machines, 132; + winding of, 131. + + Dynamotors, 137. + + + Earth, inductive influence of, 43; + lines of force about, 40, 42. + + Ebonite, electricity by friction upon, 3, 4. + + Edison-Lelande cells, 59. + + Electric, automobiles, 169; + bell, and some of its uses, Chap. XV.; + boats, 168; + buzzers, 118; + cars, 164; + conduits, 140; + fans, 162; + flat-irons, 146; + gas lighters, 174; + griddles, 147; + kitchen, 147; + lights, arc, Chap. XXII.; + lights, incandescent, Chap. XXI.; + machines, static, 7 to 13; + machines, uses of, 14; + motor, the, 161; + motor, and how it does work, Chap. XXIV.; + soldering irons, 146; + telegraph, and how it sends messages, Chap. XIV.; + telephone, and how it transmits speech, Chap. XVI.; + welding, 146. + + Electric current, and work, 133; + and chemical action, 81; + chemical effects of, Chap. VII.; + how distributed for use, Chap. XIX.; + magnetic effects of, Chap. XI.; + how transformed, Chap. XVIII. + + Electrical, connections, 60; + horse-power, 77; + measurements, Chap. VI.; + resistance, 68; + resistance, unit of, 69; + units, Chap. VI. + + Electricity, about frictional, Chap. I.; + and chemical action, 81; + atmospheric, 18; + heat produced by, Chap. XX.; + history of, 3; + how generated upon cat, 1; + how generated by dynamos, Chap. XVII.; + how generated by heat, Chap. X.; + how generated by induction, Chap. XII.; + how generated by voltaic cell, Chap. III.; + origin of name, 2. + + Electrification, kinds of, 6; + laws of, 7. + + Electrolysis, 79. + + Electrolyte, 79. + + Electromagnetic induction, 99. + + Electromagnetism, 91. + + Electromagnets, 96; + forms of, 97. + + Electro-mechanical gong, 116. + + Electromotive force, defined, 65, 71; + measurement of, 67; + of polarization, 85; + of static electricity, 17; + unit of, 66. + + Electrophorus, the, 8. + + Electroplating, 82. + + Electroscopes, 5. + + Electrotyping, 83. + + Experiments, early, with currents, 44; + some simple, 1. + + External resistance, 68. + + + Fan motors, 162. + + Field, magnetic, 37. + + Field-magnets, 129. + + Figures, magnetic, 38. + + Filaments, carbon, 149; + bamboo, etc., 149. + + Fire, St. Elmo's, 22. + + Flat-irons, electric, 147. + + Floor mains, 139. + + Fluoroscope, 158. + + Force, and induced currents, 101; + lines of magnetic, 38; + lines of about a wire, 92, 96; + lines of about a magnet, 37, 38. + + Frictional electricity, about, Chap, I.; + location of charge of, 4; + sparks from, 4. + + Fuller cell, the, 55. + + Fuse, link, 142; + plug, 142; + ribbons, 142; + wire, 142. + + Fusible rosettes, 142. + + + Galvani, early experiments of, 44. + + Galvanometers, 73; + astatic, 73; + considered as motor, 161; + D'Arsonval, 73; + tangent, 73. + + Galvanoscope, 73; + astatic, 94. + + Gas lighters, electric, 174. + + Geissler tubes, 156. + + Generators, electric, 126. + + Glass, electricity generated upon, 4. + + Glue pots, electric, 147. + + Gold-leaf, for electroscopes, 5. + + Gold plating, 82. + + Gonda cell, 57. + + Gong, electro-mechanical, 116. + + Gravity cell, the, 56; + replaced by dynamotors, 137. + + Grenet cell, 52. + + Griddles, electric, 147. + + Guard, for lamps, 151. + + + Heat, how generated by electricity, Chap. X.; + and magnetism, 35; + and resistance, 145. + + Heat lightning, 19. + + Heaters, for cars, 167. + + History of electricity, 3. + + Horse-power, electrical, 77. + + Horseshoe, permanent magnets, 26; + electromagnets, 97, 98. + + Human body, bones of, photographed by x-rays, Chap. XXIII. + + Hydrogen, action of in cell, 48; + attraction of for oxygen, 85. + + Incandescence, 148. + + Incandescent lamp, 149; + candle-power of, 150; + current for, 150; + light produced by, Chap. XXI.; + construction of, 149; + uses of, 151. + + Inclination of magnetic needle, 42. + + Indicating push-button, 61. + + Induced currents, 127; + and lines of force, 101; + by rotary motion, 128; + of induction coils, 105; + of transformers, 135. + + Induced magnetism, 36. + + Induction, electricity generated by, Chap. XII.; + electromagnetic, 99. + + Induction coils, condensers for, 104; + construction of, 104; + currents of, 105; + how they work, Chap. XIII.; + in telephone work, 124; + uses of, 106. + + Inductive influence of earth, 43. + + Influence machines for medical purposes, 13. + + Ink writing registers, 114. + + Insulating tubing, 141. + + Insulators, 141; + and conductors, 4, 138; + feeder-wire, 167; + for poles, 167; + porcelain, 141. + + Internal resistance, 68. + + Interrupters, automatic current, 104, 115. + + Ions, 80. + + Iron, electricity upon, by friction, 4. + + + Jar, Leyden, 15. + + Jarring magnets, effects of, 33. + + + Keeper of magnets, 26. + + Keys, telegraph, 109. + + Kinds of electrification, 6. + + Kitchen, electric, 147. + + Knife switch, 62. + + + Lamp, incandescent, candle-power of, 150; + cord, adjustable, 151; + current for, 150; + dental, 151; + for desks, 151; + for throat, 151; + guard for, 151; + incandescent, 149; + socket, 151; + with half shade, 151. + + Lamp, the arc, 153; + how light is produced by, Chap. XXII.; + double carbon, 153; + hand-feed focussing, 153; + for search-lights, 153; + single carbon, 153; + short, for basements, 153; + for theater use, 153. + + Lamp circuits, alternating system, 144. + + Lamps, in parallel, 144; + lamps in series, 144; + three-wire system, 144; + two-wire system, 144. + + Laws, of electrification, 7; + of magnetic attraction, 32; + of resistance, 70. + + Leaf electroscopes, 5. + + Leclanché cell, 57. + + Leyden, battery, 16; + jar, 15. + + Light, how produced by arc lamp, Chap. XXII.; + how produced by incandescent lamp, Chap. XXI. + + Lightning, 19; + rods, 21. + + Line, telegraph, Chap. XIV.; + connections for, 111; + operation of, 112. + + Line suspension, for trolley-wires, 167. + + Line wire, 111. + + Lines of force, conductors of, 39, 96; + about the earth, 40, 42; + and induced currents, 101; + about a magnet, 38; + about a wire, 92. + + Local currents, 47. + + + Magnetic, bodies, 29; + declination, 41; + effects of electric current, Chap. XI.; + field, 37; + figure of one bar magnet, 38; + figure of two bar magnets, 38; + figure of horseshoe magnet, 38; + needle, dip of, 42; + needles and compasses, 31. + + Magnetism, and heat, 35; + induced, 36; + laws of, 32; + residual, 34; + retentivity, 34; + temporary, 36; + terrestrial, 40; + theory of, 33. + + Magneto, signal bells, 117; + testing bells, 117; + transmitter, 120. + + Magnets, action upon each other, 32; + artificial, 25; + bar, 27; + compound, 28; + effects of jarring, 33; + electro, 96; + electro, forms of, 97; + horseshoe, 26; + and magnetism, about, Chap. II.; + making of, 30; + natural, 24. + + Mains, electric, 139. + + Man-holes, in conduits, 140. + + Measurements, electric, Chap. VI.; + of current strength, 73; + of E.M.F., 67. + + Meters, chemical, 78; + permanent record, 77. + + Microphone, the, 122. + + Motion and currents, 160. + + Motor, acting like dynamo, 163; + armature of, 161; + controlling speed of, 165; + electric, 161; + electric, and how it does work, Chap. XXIV.; + fans, 162; + for automobiles, 169; + for boats, 168; + for pumping bellows, 162; + for running drill press, 162; + parts of, 162; + starting boxes for, 163; + uses of, 162. + + Motor-dynamos, 136. + + Mouldings, for wires, 141. + + + Name, electricity, origin of, 2. + + Natural magnets, 24. + + Needles, astatic, 94; + dipping, 42; + magnetic, 31. + + Negative electrification, 5. + + Non-conductors, 4. + + North pole, magnetic of earth, 40; + of magnets, 26. + + Northern lights, 23. + + + Ohm, the, 69. + + Open circuit cells, 50. + + Openers, for doors, 175. + + Outfits, dental, 175. + + Overhead trolley system, 166. + + Oxygen, attraction for hydrogen, 85. + + + Parallel arrangement of lamps, 144. + + Peltier effect, 89. + + Pendant, electric, 151. + + Pith-ball electroscope, 5. + + Plate electrical machine, 10. + + Plates of cells, 45_a_. + + Plunge batteries, 53; + large, 54. + + Polarity of coils, 95. + + Polarization, 84; + electromotive force of, 85; + of cells, 48. + + Pole-changing switch, 62. + + Poles, of cells, 45_a_; + of horseshoe magnet, 26. + + Positive electrification, 6. + + Potential, defined, 65. + + Push-buttons, Chap. V.; + indicating, 61; + modifications of, 61; + table clamp, 61. + + + Quantity of electricity, 76; + unit of, 76. + + Rays, cathode, 157; + x-rays, 158. + + Receiver, telephone, 121. + + Reflectors, for lamps, 151. + + Registers, ink writing, 114. + + Relay, the, 113. + + Residual magnetism, 34. + + Resistance, coils and boxes, 69; + electrical, 68; + external, 68; + and heat, 145; + internal, 68; + laws of, 70; + unit of, 69. + + Retentivity, 34. + + Risers, in buildings, 139. + + Rods, lightning, 21. + + Roentgen, Prof., 158. + + Rosette, fusible, 142. + + Running-gear, of automobiles, 169. + + + Safety, devices, 142; + fuse, 142; + fuse link, 142; + fuse plug, 142; + fuse ribbon, 142; + fuse wire, 142. + + Search-lights, 153; + signals sent by, 153. + + Secondary batteries, 86; + uses of, 87. + + Series arrangement of lamps, 144. + + Series wound dynamo, 131. + + Service wires, 139. + + Shunt-wound dynamo, 131. + + Signal bells, magneto, 117. + + Simple cell, the, 45, 49. + + Single-fluid cells, 49. + + Single-point switch, 62. + + Single-stroke bell, 116. + + Socket, for incandescent lamps, 151. + + Soldering irons, electric, 147. + + Sounders, telegraph, 110; + home-made, 110. + + Spark, effect of air pressure on, 155. + + Sparks, from cells, 17; + from frictional electricity, 4. + + St. Elmo's fire, 22. + + Starting boxes, for motors, 163. + + Static electric machines, 8. + + Static electricity, condensation of, 15; + electromotive force of, 17; + to test presence of, 5; + uses of, 14. + + Steam engines, in central stations, 170. + + Steel, inductive influence of earth upon, 43; + retentivity of, 26. + + Storage batteries, the, and how they work, Chap. IX.; + for automobiles, 169; + for boats, 168; + for natural sources of power, 87. + + Stoves, electric, 147. + + Strength of current, 71; + measurement of, 73; + unit of, 72. + + Switchboards, 62. + + Switches, Chap. V.; + knife, 62; + pole-changing, 62; + single point, 62; + for trolley lines, 167. + + Table clamp-push, 61. + + Tangent galvanometer, 73. + + Teakettles, electric, 147. + + Telegraph, electric, and how it sends messages, Chap. XIV.; + ink writing registers, 114; + keys, 109; + relay, 113; + sounders, 110. + + Telegraph line, 107, 108; + operation of, 112; + simple connections of, 111. + + Telephone, the, and how it transmits speech, Chap. XVI.; + receiver, 121; + transmitter, 120; + use of induction coil with, 124; + various forms of, 125. + + Temporary magnetism, 36. + + Terrestrial magnetism, 40. + + Theory of magnetism, 33. + + Thermoelectricity, 88. + + Thermopiles, 90. + + Three-wire system, 144. + + Throat, lamp for, 151. + + Thunder, 20. + + Toepler-Holtz machines, 11. + + Transformers, 135. + + Transforming electric current, Chap. XVIII.; + for electric welding, 146. + + Transmission of currents, 134. + + Transmitter, Bell, 120; + carbon, 123. + + Trembling bell, 116. + + Trolley-wires, 164; + -poles, 164; + -wheels, 164. + + Tubes, Crookes, 156, 158; + Geissler, 156; + vacuum, 156. + + Two-fluid cells, 49. + + Two-wire system, 144. + + + Underground trolley system 166; + conduits for, 166. + + Unit, of current strength, 72; + of electromotive force, 66; + of quantity, 76; + of resistance, 69. + + Units, electrical, Chap. VI. + + Uses, of armatures, 39; + of electricity, miscellaneous, Chap. XXVII.; + of induction coils, 106; + of motors, 162; + of storage batteries, 87. + + + Vacuum-tubes, 156. + + Variation, angle of, 41. + + Volt, the, 66. + + Volta, 66; + early experiments of, 44. + + Voltaic cell, electricity generated by, Chap. III. + + Voltaic pile, 44. + + Voltameters, 75; + copper, 75; + water, 75. + + Voltmeters, 67, 77. + + + Water, decomposition of, 79; + power, source of energy, 170; + voltameters, 73. + + Watt, the, 77. + + Wattmeters, 77. + + Welding, electric, 146. + + Wimshurst electric machine, 12. + + Wires and cables, 143. + + Wiring, for alternating system, 144; + three-wire system, 144; + two-wire system, 144. + + Work, and electric current, 133. + + + X-ray photographs, 159. + + X-rays, 156; + and how the bones of the human body are photographed, Chap. XXIII. + + + Yokes, 97, 98. + + + Zincs, amalgamation of, 47. + + + + +THINGS A BOY SHOULD KNOW ABOUT ELECTRICITY. + + + By THOMAS M. ST. JOHN, Met. E. + + + The book contains 180 pages, and 260 illustrations; it measures + 5 x 7½ in., and is bound in cloth. + + PRICE, POST-PAID, $1.00. + + =CONTENTS:= _Chapter_ I. About Frictional Electricity.--II. + About Magnets and Magnetism.--III. How Electricity + is Generated by the Voltaic Cell.--IV. Various + Voltaic Cells.--V. About Push-Buttons, Switches and + Binding-Posts.--VI. Units and Apparatus for Electrical + Measurements.--VII. Chemical Effects of the Electric + Current.--VIII. How Electroplating and Electrotyping are + Done.--IX. The Storage Battery and How it Works.--X. How + Electricity is Generated by Heat.--XI. Magnetic Effects of + the Electric Current.--XII. How Electricity is Generated + by Induction.--XIII. How the Induction Coil Works.--XIV. + The Electric Telegraph, and How it Sends Messages.--XV. The + Electric Bell and Some of its Uses.--XVI. The Telephone, + and How it Transmits Speech.--XVII. How Electricity + is Generated by Dynamos.--XVIII. How the Electric + Current is Transformed.--XIX. How Electric Currents are + Distributed for Use.--XX. How Heat is Produced by the + Electric Current.--XXI. How Light is Produced by the + Incandescent Lamp.--XXII. How Light is Produced by the Arc + Lamp.--XXIII. X-Rays, and How the Bones of the Human Body + are Photographed.--XXIV. The Electric Motor and How it Does + Work.--XXV. Electric Cars, Boats and Automobiles.--XXVI. A + Word About Central Stations.--XXVII. 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Introduction.--II. General Instructions.--III. + Hand Shadows of Animals.--IV. Hand Shadows of Heads, + Character Faces, etc.--V. Moving Shadow Figures and How + to Make Them.--VI. Shadow Pantomimes.--VII. Miscellaneous + Shadows. + + _The Book and Complete Outfit will be sent, =POST-PAID=, + upon receipt of 35 cents, by_ + + =THOMAS M. ST. JOHN, 407 West 51st St., New York City.= + + + + +Fun With Electricity. + +BOOK AND COMPLETE OUTFIT FOR SIXTY EXPERIMENTS IN ELECTRICITY.... + + +[Illustration] + +Enough of the principles of electricity are brought out to make the +book instructive as well as amusing. The experiments are systematically +arranged, and make a fascinating science course. No chemicals, no +danger. + +The book is conversational and not at all "schooly," Harry and Ned +being two boys who perform the experiments and talk over the results as +they go along. + +"The book reads like a story."--"An appropriate present for a +boy or girl."--"Intelligent parents will appreciate 'Fun With +Electricity.'"--"Very complete, because it contains both book and +apparatus."--"There is no end to the fun which a boy or girl can have +with this fascinating amusement." + + + =THERE IS FUN IN THESE EXPERIMENTS.=--Chain Lightning.--An + Electric Whirligig.--The Baby Thunderstorm.--A Race + with Electricity.--An Electric Frog Pond.--An Electric + Ding-Dong.--The Magic Finger.--Daddy Long-Legs.--Jumping + Sally.--An Electric Kite.--Very Shocking.--Condensed + Lightning.--An Electric Fly-Trap.--The Merry Pendulum.--An + Electric Ferry-Boat.--A Funny Piece of Paper.--A Joke on the + Family Cat.--Electricity Plays Leap-Frog.--Lightning Goes + Over a Bridge.--Electricity Carries a Lantern.--And _=40 + Others=_. + + The =_OUTFIT_= contains 20 different articles. The =_BOOK + OF INSTRUCTION=_ measures 5 x 7½ inches, and has 38 + illustrations, 55 pages, good paper and clear type. + + _The Book, and Complete Outfit will be sent, by mail or + express, Charges Prepaid, upon receipt of 65 Cents, by_ + + =THOMAS M. ST. JOHN, 407 W. 51st St., New York.= + + + + +Fun With Puzzles. + +BOOK, KEY, AND COMPLETE OUTFIT FOR FOUR HUNDRED PUZZLES... + + +The BOOK measures 5 × 7½ inches. It is well printed, nicely bound, +and contains 15 chapters, 80 pages, and 128 illustrations. The KEY is +illustrated. It is bound with the book, and contains the solution of +every puzzle. The COMPLETE OUTFIT is placed in a neat box with the +book. It consists of numbers, counters, figures, pictures, etc., for +doing the puzzles. + + =CONTENTS:= _Chapter_ (1) Secret Writing. (2) Magic + Triangles, Squares, Rectangles, Hexagons, Crosses, Circles, + etc. (3) Dropped Letter and Dropped Word Puzzles. (4) Mixed + Proverbs, Prose and Rhyme. (5) Word Diamonds, Squares, + Triangles, and Rhomboids. (6) Numerical Enigmas. (7) + Jumbled Writing and Magic Proverbs. (8) Dissected Puzzles. + (9) Hidden and Concealed Words. (10) Divided Cakes, Pies, + Gardens, Farms, etc. (11) Bicycle and Boat Puzzles. (12) + Various Word and Letter Puzzles. (13) Puzzles with Counters. + (14) Combination Puzzles. (15) Mazes and Labyrinths. + +"Fun With Puzzles" is a book that every boy and girl should have. It +is amusing, instructive,--educational. It is just the thing to wake up +boys and girls and make them think. They like it, because it is real +fun. This sort of educational play should be given in every school-room +and in every home. + +"Fun With Puzzles" will puzzle your friends, as well as yourself; it +contains some real brain-splitters. Over 300 new and original puzzles +are given, besides many that are hundreds of years old. + +=Secret Writing.= Among the many things that "F. W. P." contains, is +the key to _secret writing_. It shows you a very simple way to write +letters to your friends, and it is simply impossible for others to read +what you have written, unless they know the secret. This, alone is a +valuable thing for any boy or girl who wants to have some fun. + + _The Book, Key, and Complete Outfit will be sent, postpaid, + upon receipt of 35 cents, by_ + + =THOMAS M. ST. JOHN, 407 West 51st St., New York City.= + + + + +Fun With Soap-Bubbles. + +BOOK AND COMPLETE OUTFIT FOR FANCY BUBBLES AND FILMS.... + + +[Illustration] + +=THE OUTFIT= contains everything necessary for thousands of beautiful +bubbles and films. All highly colored articles have been carefully +avoided, as cheap paints and dyes are positively dangerous in +children's mouths. The outfit contains the following articles: + +One Book of Instructions, called "Fun With Soap-Bubbles," 1 Metal Base +for Bubble Stand, 1 Wooden Rod for Bubble Stand, 3 Large Wire Rings for +Bubble Stand, 1 Small Wire Ring, 3 Straws, 1 Package of Prepared Soap, +1 Bubble Pipe, 1 Water-proof Bubble Horn. The complete outfit is placed +in a neat box with the book. (Extra Horns, Soap, etc., furnished at +slight cost.) + + =CONTENTS OF BOOK.=--Twenty-one + Illustrations.--Introduction.--The Colors of + Soap-bubbles.--The Outfit.--Soap Mixture.--Useful + Hints.--Bubbles Blown With Pipes.--Bubbles Blown + With Straws.--Bubbles Blown With the Horn.--Floating + Bubbles.--Baby Bubbles.--Smoke Bubbles.--Bombshell + Bubbles.--Dancing Bubbles.--Bubble Games.--Supported + Bubbles.--Bubble Cluster.--Suspended Bubbles.--Bubble + Lamp Chimney.--Bubble Lenses.--Bubble Basket.--Bubble + Bellows.--To Draw a Bubble Through a Ring.--Bubble + Acorn.--Bubble Bottle.--A Bubble Within a Bubble.--Another + Way.--Bubble Shade.--Bubble Hammock.--Wrestling + Bubbles.--A Smoking Bubble.--Soap Films.--The Tennis + Racket Film.--Fish-net Film.--Pan-shaped Film.--Bow and + Arrow Film.--Bubble Dome.--Double Bubble Dome.--Pyramid + Bubbles.--Turtle-back Bubbles.--Soap-bubbles and Frictional + Electricity. + + +"There is nothing more beautiful than the airy-fairy soap-bubble with +its everchanging colors." + + _THE BEST POSSIBLE AMUSEMENT FOR OLD + AND YOUNG._ + + + _The Book and Complete Outfit will be sent, =POST-PAID=, + upon receipt of 35 cents, by_ + + =THOMAS M. ST. JOHN, 407 West 51st St., New York City.= + + + + +The Study of Elementary Electricity and + +Magnetism by Experiment. + + + By THOMAS M. ST. JOHN, Met. E. + + The book contains 220 pages and 168 illustrations; + it measures 5 × 7½ in. and is bound in green cloth. + + PRICE, POST-PAID, $1.25. + +This book is designed as a text-book for amateurs, students, and others +who wish to take up a systematic course of elementary electrical +experiments at home or in school. Full directions are given for....... + + _Two Hundred Simple Experiments._ + +The experiments are discussed by the author, after the student has been +led to form his own opinion about the results obtained and the points +learned. + +In selecting the apparatus for the experiments in this book, the author +has kept constantly in mind the fact that the average student will not +buy the expensive pieces usually described in text-books. + + The two hundred experiments given can be performed with + simple apparatus; in fact, the student should make at least + a part of his own apparatus, and for the benefit of those + who wish to do this, the author has given, throughout the + work, explanations that will aid in the construction of + certain pieces especially adapted to these experiments. For + those who have the author's "How Two Boys Made Their Own + Electrical Apparatus," constant references have been made to + it as the "Apparatus Book," as this contains full details + for making almost all kinds of simple apparatus needed + in "The Study of Elementary Electricity and Magnetism by + Experiment." + +_If you wish to take up a systematic course of experiments--experiments +that may be performed with simple, inexpensive apparatus,--this book +will serve as a valuable guide._ + + + + +Condensed List of Apparatus + +FOR + +"The Study of Elementary Electricity and Magnetism by Experiment." + + +_Number_ 1. Steel Needles; package of twenty-five.--2. Flat Cork.--3. +Candle.--4-15. Annealed Iron Wires; assorted lengths.--16. Horseshoe +Magnet; best quality; English.--17. Iron Filings.--18. Parts for +Compass.--19, 20. Wire Nails; soft steel.--21, 22. Spring Steel; for +bar magnets.--23. Iron Ring.--24. Sifter; for iron filings.--25. +Spring Steel; for flexible magnet.--26, 27. Ebonite Sheets; with +special surface.--28. Ebonite Rod.--29. Ebonite Rod; short.--30. +Flannel Cloth.--31. Tissue Paper.--32. Cotton Thread.--33. Silk +Thread.--34. Support Base.--35. Support Rod.--36. Support Wire.--37. +Wire Swing.--38. Sheet of Glass.--39. Hairpin.--40. Circular +Conductor.--41. Circular Conductor.--42. Electrophorus Cover.--43. +Insulating Table.--44. Insulated Copper Wire.--45. Rubber Band.--46. +Bent Wire Clamps.--47. Cylindrical Conductor.--48. Discharger; for +condenser.--49. Aluminum-Leaf.--50. Wires. + +51. Dry Cell.--52. Mercury.--53. Insulated Copper Wire; for +connections.--54. Spring Connectors; two dozen.--55. Parts +for Key.--56. Metal Connecting Plates.--57. Parts for Current +Reverser.--58. Parts for Galvanoscope.--59. Parts for Astatic +Galvanoscope.--60-63. Zinc Strips.--64. Carbon Rod.--65, 66. Glass +Tumblers.--67, 68. Copper Strips.--69. Galvanized Iron Nail.--70, +71. Wooden Cross-Pieces.--72. Brass Screws; one dozen.--73. Porous +Cup.--74. Zinc Rod.--75. Copper Plate.--76. Iron Strip.--77, 78. Lead +Strips.--79. Parts for Resistance Coil.--80. Parts for Wheatstone's +Bridge.--81. German-Silver Wire; Size No. 30.--82. German-Silver Wire; +No. 28.--83--85. Plate Binding-Posts.--86. Copper Sulphate.--87. Copper +Burs; one dozen.--88. Combination Rule.--89. Coil of Wire; on spool +for electromagnet.--90. Coil of Wire; on spool for electromagnet.--91. +Carbon Rod.--92, 93. Soft Iron Cores with Screws.--94. Combined +Base and Yoke.--95. Combination Connecting Plates.--96. Long Iron +Core.--97. Round Bar Magnet, 5 × 3/8 in.--98. Thin Electromagnet.--99. +Degree-Card; for galvanoscope.--100. Scale for Bridge.--101, 102. Soft +Iron Cores with Heads.--103, 104. Flat Bar Magnets; these are 6 × ½ × ¼ +in.; highly polished steel; poles marked.--105. Compass. + + =_Illustrated Price Catalogue upon Application._= + + + + +Electrical Apparatus For Sale + +A COMPLETE ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC CABINET FOR STUDENTS, SCHOOLS AND +AMATEURS. SIX EXTRAORDINARY OFFERS + + +=This Cabinet of Electrical Experiments= contains three main parts: +(_A_) Apparatus; (_B_) Text-Book; (_C_) Apparatus List. + +(_A_) =The Apparatus= furnished consists of one hundred and five +pieces. Over three hundred separate articles are used in making up this +set. Most of it is ready for use when received. Seven pieces, however, +are not assembled; but the parts can be readily finished and put +together. (Sold, also, _all_ pieces assembled.) + +(_B_) =The Text-Book=--called "The Study of Elementary Electricity +and Magnetism by Experiment"--gives full directions for two hundred +experiments. (See table of contents, etc.) Price, post-paid, $1.25. + +(_C_) =The Apparatus List= is an illustrated book devoted entirely to +this special set of apparatus. Not given with first offer. + + _THE APPARATUS IS SIMPLE because the designs and methods of + construction have been worked out with great care._ + + _THE APPARATUS IS PRACTICAL because it has been designed + for real use in "The Study of Elementary Electricity and + Magnetism by Experiment."_ + + _THE APPARATUS IS CHEAP because the various parts are + so designed that they can be turned out in quantity by + machinery._ + + =1st Offer:= Pieces 1 to 50 $1.00 + =2d Offer:= Pieces 51 to 105, with part (_C_) 3.50 + =3d Offer:= Pieces 1 to 105, with part (_C_) 4.00 + =4th Offer:= Complete Cabinet, parts (_A_), (_B_), (_C_) 5.00 + =5th Offer:= Apparatus only, all pieces assembled 4.60 + =6th Offer:= Complete Cabinet, all pieces assembled 5.60 + + =_Express charges must be paid by you. Estimates given._= + +A "Special Catalogue," pertaining to the above, with complete +price-list, will be mailed upon application. + + =THOMAS M. ST. JOHN, 407 West 51st St., New York City= + + + + +Fun With Telegraphy + +BOOK AND COMPLETE OUTFIT. + + +[Illustration] + +=TELEGRAPHY= is of the greatest importance to all civilized nations, +and upon it depend some of the world's most important enterprises. +Every boy and girl can make practical use of telegraphy in one way or +another, and the time it takes to learn it will be well spent. + + +=THE OUTFIT.=--Mr. St. John has worked for a number of years to produce +a telegraph outfit that would be simple, cheap, and practical for those +who wish to make a study of telegraphy. After making and experimenting +with nearly one hundred models, many of which were good, he has at last +perfected an instrument so simple, original, and effective that it is +now being made in large quantities. + +The sounders are so designed that they will work properly with any dry +cell of ordinary strength, and this is a great advantage for practice +lines. Dry batteries are cheap and clean, and there are no dangers from +acids. + +The outfit consists of the following articles, placed in a neat box: +One Book of Instruction, called "Fun With Telegraphy"; one Telegraph +"Key"; one Telegraph "Sounder"; Insulated Copper Wires for connections. +The "key" and "sounder" are mounted, with proper "binding-posts," upon +a base of peculiar construction, which aids in giving a large volume of +sound. + + +=CONTENTS OF BOOK.=--Telegraphy.--The Outfit.--A Complete Telegraph +Line.--Connections.--The Telegraph Key.--The Sounder.--The Battery.--A +Practice Line.--A Two-instrument Line.--Operation of Line.--The Morse +Telegraph Alphabet.--Aids to Learning Alphabet.--Cautions.--Office +Calls.--Receiving Messages.--Remember.--Extra Parts. + + +=ABOUT BATTERIES.=--For those who cannot easily secure batteries, we +will furnish small dry cells, post-paid, at 15 cents each, in order to +deliver the outfits complete to our customers. This price barely covers +the total cost to us, postage alone being 6 cents. + + _=FUN WITH TELEGRAPHY, including Book, Key, Sounder, + and Wire (no battery), post-paid, 50 cents, by=_ + + =THOMAS M. ST. JOHN, 848 Ninth Ave., New York= + + + + +Tool Sets for Students + + +The following tool sets have been arranged especially for those who +wish to make use of the designs contained in "How Two Boys Made Their +Own Electrical Apparatus," "Real Electric Toy-Making for Boys," +"Electric Instrument-Making," etc. It is very poor economy to waste +valuable time and energy in order to save the cost of a few extra tools. + +=NOTE.=--Save money by buying your tools in sets. We do not pay express +or freight charges at the special prices below. + +=FOR $1.00.=--One _Steel Punch_; round, knurled head.--One light +_Hammer_; polished, nickel-plated, varnished handle.--One _Iron Clamp_; +japanned, 2¼ in.--One _Screw-Driver_; tempered and polished blade, +cherry stained hardwood handle, nickel ferrule.--One _Wrench_; retinned +skeleton frame, gilt adjusting wheel.--One _Awl_; tempered steel +point, turned and stained wood handle, with ferrule.--One _Vise_; full +malleable, nicely retinned, 1-3/8 in. jaws, full malleable screw with +spring.--One pair _Steel Pliers_; 4 in. long, polished tool steel, +unbreakable, best grooved jaw.--One pair of _Shears_; carbonized steel +blades, hardened edge, nickel-plated, heavy brass nut and bolt.--One +_File_; triangular, good steel.--One _File Handle_; good wood, brass +ferrule.--One _Foot Rule_; varnished wood, has English and metric +system.--One _Soldering Set_; contains soldering iron, solder, resin, +sal ammoniac, and directions. One _Center-Punch_; finely tempered steel. + +=FOR $2.00.=--All that is contained in the $1.00 set of tools, together +with the following: One pair of _Tinner's Shears_; cut, 2¾ in., cast +iron, hardened, suitable for cutting thin metal.--One _Hollow Handle +Tool Set_; very useful; polished handle holds 10 tools, gimlet, +brad-awls, chisel, etc.--One _Try Square_; 6-in. blue steel blade, +marked in 1/8s, strongly riveted.--One 1-lb. _Hammer_; full size, +polished head, wedged varnished hardwood handle.--One _Hack Saw_; steel +frame, 9½-in. polished steel blade, black enamel handle; very useful. + +=FOR $3.50.=--Two _Steel Punches_; different sizes, one solid round, +knurled head, polished; the other, point and head brightly polished, +full nickel, center part knurled.--One _Light Hammer_; polished and +nickel plated, varnished handle.--One regular _Machinist's Hammer_; +ball peen, solid cast steel, with varnished hardwood handle; a +superior article.--Two _Iron Clamps_; one opens 2¼ in., the other +3 in., japanned.--One _Screw-Driver_; tempered and polished blade, +firmly set in cherry stained hardwood handle with nickel ferrule.--One +_Wrench_; retinned, skeleton frame, gilt adjusting wheel.--One _Awl_; +tempered steel blade, ground to point, firmly set in turned and stained +handle with ferrule.--One _Steel Vise_; 2¼-in., jaws, steel screw, +bright polished jaws and handle; a good strong vise.--One pair of +_Steel Pliers_; 6 in. long, bright steel, flat nose, 2 wire-cutters, +practically unbreakable.--One pair of _Shears_; carbonized steel +blades, hardened edges, nickel plated, heavy brass nut and bolt.--One +_File_; triangular and of good steel.--One _File Handle_; good wood, +with brass ferrule.--One _Foot Rule_; varnished wood, has both the +English and metric systems.--One _Soldering Set_; contains soldering +iron, solder, resin, sal ammoniac, and directions; a very handy +article.--One _Center-Punch_; finely tempered steel.--One pair of +_Tinner's Shears_; these are best grade, inlaid steel cutting edges, +polished and tempered, japanned handles; thoroughly reliable.--One +_Hollow Handle Tool Set_; very useful; the polished handle holds 10 +tools, gimlet, chisel, brad-awl, etc.--One _Try Square_; 6-in. blue +steel blade, marked both sides in 1/8s, strongly riveted with brass +rivets.--One _Hack Saw_; steel frame, 9½-in. polished steel blade, +black enamel handle; very useful for sawing small pieces of wood. + +=FOR $5.00= will be included everything in the $3.50 offer, and the +following: One _Glue-Pot_; medium size, with brush and best wood +glue; inside pot has hinge cover.--One _Ratchet Screw-Driver_; great +improvement over ordinary screw-drivers; well made and useful.--One +_Hand Drill_; frame malleable iron; hollow screw top holding 6 drills; +bores from 1-16 to 3-16-in. holes; solid gear teeth; 3-jawed nickel +plated chuck; a superior tool, and almost a necessity. + + =GIVE THE BOY A SET OF TOOLS= + + =THOMAS M. ST. JOHN, 848 Ninth Ave., New York= + + + + +REAL ELECTRIC TOY-MAKING FOR BOYS + + _By_ THOMAS M. ST. JOHN, Met. E. + + + This book contains 140 pages and over one hundred + original drawings, diagrams, and full-page plates. + It measures 5 x 7½ in., and is bound in cloth. + + Price, post-paid, $1.00 + + +=CONTENTS:= _Chapter_ I. Toys Operated by Permanent Magnets.--II. +Toys Operated by Static Electricity.--III. Making Electromagnets for +Toys.--IV. Electric Batteries.--V. Circuits and Connections.--VI. Toys +Operated by Electromagnets. VII. Making Solenoids for Toys.--VIII. +Toys Operated by Solenoids.--IX. Electric Motors.--X. Power, +Speed, and Gearing.--XI. Shafting and Bearings.--XII. Pulleys and +Winding-Drums.--XIII. Belts and Cables.--XIV. Toys Operated by +Electric Motors.--XV. Miscellaneous Electric Toys.--XVI. Tools.--XVII. +Materials.--XVIII. Various Aids to Construction. + +While planning this book, Mr. St. John definitely decided that he would +not fill it with descriptions of complicated, machine-made instruments +and apparatus, under the name of "Toy-Making," for it is just as +impossible for most boys to get the parts for such things as it is +for them to do the required machine work even after they have the raw +materials. + +Great care has been taken in designing the toys which are described +in this book, in order to make them so simple that any boy of average +ability can construct them out of ordinary materials. The author can +personally guarantee the designs, for there is no guesswork about +them. Every toy was made, changed, and experimented with until it was +as simple as possible; the drawings were then made from the perfected +models. + +As the result of the enormous amount of work and experimenting which +were required to originate and perfect so many new models, the author +feels that this book may be truly called "Real Electric Toy-Making for +Boys." + + =Every Boy Should Make Electrical Toys.= + + + + +The Electric Shooting Game> + +A MOST ORIGINAL AND FASCINATING GAME PATENT APPLIED FOR AND COPYRIGHTED + + +[Illustration] + +_=SHOOTING BY ELECTRICITY=_ + +=The Electric Shooting Game= is an entirely new idea, and one that +brings into use that most mysterious something--_electricity_. The +game is so simple that small children can play it, and as there are +no batteries, acids, or liquids of any kind, there is absolutely no +danger. The electricity is of such a nature that it is perfectly +harmless--but very active. + +The "_game-preserve_" is neat and attractive, being printed in colors, +and the birds and animals are well worth hunting. Each has a fixed +value--and some of them must not be shot at all--so there is ample +opportunity for a display of skill in bringing down those which count +most. + +"_Electric bullets_" are actually shot from the "_electric gun_" by +electricity. This instructive game will furnish a vast amount of +amusement to all. + + _=The "Game-Preserve,"--the "Electric Gun,"--the + "Shooting-Box,"--the "Electric Bullets,"--in fact, the + entire electrical outfit, together with complete illustrated + directions, will be sent in a neat box, Post-Paid, upon + receipt of 50 cents, by=_ + + =THOMAS M. ST. 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E.</span><br /> + +<div class='authorof'>Author of "Fun With Magnetism," "Fun With Electricity,"<br /> +"How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus,"<br /> +"The Study of Elementary Electricity<br /> +and Magnetism by Experiment," etc.<br /> +</div> + + +<br /><br /> +<i>SECOND</i> <img src="images/i_003.png" width="107" height="115" alt="emblem" /> +<i>EDITION</i><br /> +<br /><br /><br /><br /> +<small>NEW YORK</small><br /> +THOMAS M. ST. JOHN<br /> +407 West 51st Street<br /> +<small>1903</small><br /> +</div> +<hr class="chap" /> +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_iv" id="Page_iv">[iv]</a></span></p> + + + + +<div class='copyright'> +Copyright, 1900.<br /> +By <span class="smcap">Thomas M. St. John</span>.<br /> +</div> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_v" id="Page_v">[v]</a></span></p> + + + + +<h2>THINGS A BOY SHOULD KNOW +ABOUT ELECTRICITY</h2> + + + +<hr class="chap" /> +<h2><a id="TABLE_OF_CONTENTS"></a>TABLE OF CONTENTS</h2> + + + + +<div class="center"> +<table border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Contents"> +<tr><td align="left" colspan='2'><span class="smcap"><small>Chapter</small></span></td><td align="right"><span class="smcap"><small>Page</small></span></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">I.</td><td align="left">About Frictional Electricty</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_7">7</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">II.</td><td align="left">About Magnets and Magnetism</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_21">21</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">III.</td><td align="left">How Electricity is Generated by the Voltaic Cell,</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_32">32</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">IV.</td><td align="left">Various Voltaic Cells,</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_36">36</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">V.</td><td align="left">About Push-Buttons, Switches and Binding-Posts,</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_43">43</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">VI.</td><td align="left">Units and Apparatus for Electrical Measurements,</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_48">48</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">VII.</td><td align="left">Chemical Effects of the Electric Current,</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_58">58</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">VIII.</td><td align="left">How Electroplating and Electrotyping are Done,</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_60">60</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">IX.</td><td align="left">The Storage Battery, and How it Works,</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_63">63</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">X.</td><td align="left">How Electricity is Generated by Heat,</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_68">68</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">XI.</td><td align="left">Magnetic Effects of the Electric Current,</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_71">71</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">XII.</td><td align="left">How Electricity is Generated by Induction,</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_77">77</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">XIII.</td><td align="left">How the Induction Coil Works,</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_80">80</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">XIV.</td><td align="left">The Electric Telegraph, and How it Sends Messages,</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_84">84</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">XV.</td><td align="left">The Electric Bell and Some of its Uses,</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_91">91</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">XVI.</td><td align="left">The Telephone and How it Transmits Speech,</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_95">95</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">XVII.</td><td align="left">How Electricity is Generated by Dynamos,</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_101">101</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">XVIII.</td><td align="left">How the Electric Current is Transformed,</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_109">109</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">XIX.</td><td align="left">How Electric Currents are Distributed for Use,</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_114">114</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">XX.</td><td align="left">How Heat is Produced by the Electric Current,</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_124">124</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">XXI.</td><td align="left">How Light is Produced by the Incandescent Lamp,</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_129">129</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">XXII.</td><td align="left">How Light is Produced by the Arc Lamp,</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_135">135</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">XXIII.</td><td align="left">X-Rays, and How the Bones of the Human Body are Photographed,</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_141">141</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">XXIV.</td><td align="left">The Electric Motor, and How it Does Work,</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_147">147</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">XXV.</td><td align="left">Electric Cars, Boats and Automobiles,</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_154">154</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">XXVI.</td><td align="left">A Word About Central Stations,</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_162">162</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">XXVII.</td><td align="left">Miscellaneous Uses of Electricity,</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_165">165</a></td></tr> +</table></div> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_vi" id="Page_vi">[vi]</a></span></p> + + + + +<h2>TO THE READER</h2> + + +<p>For the benefit of those who wish to make their own +electrical apparatus for experimental purposes, references +have been made throughout this work to the "Apparatus +Book;" by this is meant the author's "How Two Boys +Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus."</p> + +<p>For those who wish to take up a course of elementary +electrical experiments that can be performed with simple, +home-made apparatus, references have been made to +"Study;" by this is meant "The Study of Elementary +Electricity and Magnetism by Experiment."</p> + +<div class='sig'> +<span class="smcap">The Author.</span><br /> +</div> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_7" id="Page_7">[7]</a></span></p> + + + + +<h2>Things A Boy Should Know About +Electricity</h2> + + + +<hr class="chap" /> +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_I"></a>CHAPTER I.<br /> +<small>ABOUT FRICTIONAL ELECTRICITY.</small></h2> + + +<p><b><a id="par_1"></a>1. Some Simple Experiments.</b> Have you ever +shuffled your feet along over the carpet on a winter's +evening and then quickly touched your finger to the +nose of an unsuspecting friend? Did +he jump when a bright spark leaped +from your finger and struck him fairly +on the very tip of his sensitive nasal +organ?</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 184px;"> +<img src="images/i_007.png" width="184" height="342" alt="black cat" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 1.</div> +</div> + +<p>Did you ever succeed in proving to +the pussy-cat, Fig. 1, that something +unusual occurs when you thoroughly +rub his warm fur with your hand? Did +you notice the bright sparks that passed +to your hand when it was held just above +the cat's back? You should be able to +see, hear, and feel these sparks, especially when the air +is dry and you are in a dark room.</p> + +<p>Did you ever heat a piece of paper before the fire until +it was real hot, then lay it upon the table and rub it from +end to end with your hand, and finally see it cling to the +wall?</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_8" id="Page_8">[8]</a></span></p> + +<p>Were you ever in a factory where there were large +belts running rapidly over pulleys or wheels, and where +large sparks would jump to your hands when held near +the belts?</p> + +<p>If you have never performed any of the four experiments +mentioned, you should try them the first time a +chance occurs. There are dozens of simple, fascinating +experiments that may be performed with this kind of +electricity.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_2"></a>2. Name.</b> As this variety of electricity is made, or +generated, by the friction of substances upon each other, +it is called <i>frictional</i> electricity. It is also called <i>static</i> +electricity, because it generally stands still upon the surface +of bodies and does not "flow in currents" as easily +as some of the other varieties. Static electricity may be +produced by induction +as well as by friction.</p> + +<div class="figleft" style="width: 406px;"> +<img src="images/i_008.png" width="406" height="378" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 2.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_3"></a>3. History.</b> It has +been known for over +2,000 years that certain +substances act queerly +when rubbed. Amber +was the first substance +upon which electricity +was produced by friction, +and as the Greek +name for amber is +<i>elektron</i>, bodies so affected were said to be <i>electrified</i>. +When a body, like ebonite, is rubbed with a flannel +cloth, we say that it becomes <i>charged with electricity</i>. +Just what happens to the ebonite is not clearly understood.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_9" id="Page_9">[9]</a></span> +We know, however, that it will attract light +bodies, and then quickly repel them if they be conductors. +Fig. 2 shows a piece of tissue-paper jumping toward a +sheet of ebonite that has been electrified with a flannel +cloth.</p> +<div class="figright" style="width: 237px;"> +<img src="images/i_009.png" width="237" height="326" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 3.</div> +</div> +<p><b><a id="par_4"></a>4. Conductors and Non-Conductors.</b> Electricity +can be produced upon glass and ebonite because they do +not carry or conduct it away. If a piece of iron be +rubbed, the electricity passes from the iron into the +earth as fast as it is generated, because the iron is a <i>conductor</i> +of electricity. Glass is an <i>insulator</i> or <i>non-conductor</i>. +Frictional electricity resides upon the outside, +only, of conductors. A hollow tin box +will hold as great a charge as a solid +piece of metal having the same outside +size and shape. When frictional +electricity passes from one place to +another, sparks are produced. Lightning +is caused by the passage of +static electricity from a cloud to the +earth, or from one cloud to another. +In this case air forms the conductor. +(For experiments, see "Study," +Chapter VII.)</p> + + + +<p><b><a id="par_5"></a>5. Electroscopes.</b> A piece of carbon, pith, or even +a small piece of damp tissue-paper will serve as an electroscope +to test the presence of static electricity. The pith +is usually tied to a piece of silk thread which is a non-conductor. +Fig. 3 shows the ordinary form of <i>pith-ball +electroscope</i>.</p> +<div class="figleft" style="width: 308px;"> +<img src="images/i_010.png" width="308" height="476" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 4.</div> +</div> + +<p>The <i>leaf electroscope</i> is a very delicate apparatus. Gold-leaf<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_10" id="Page_10">[10]</a></span> +is generally used, but aluminum-leaf will stand +handling and will do for all ordinary purposes. Fig. 4 +shows a common form, the glass being used to keep +currents of air from the leaves and at the same time to +insulate them from the earth.</p> + +<p>Electroscopes are used to show the presence, relative +amount, or kind of static +electricity on a body. +(See "Study," Chapter +XI.)</p> + + +<p><b><a id="par_6"></a>6. Two Kinds of +Electrification.</b> It can +be shown that the electrification +produced on all +bodies by friction is not +the same; for example, +that generated with glass +and silk is not the same +as that made with ebonite +and flannel. It has been +agreed to call that produced +by glass and silk +<i>positive</i>, and that by +ebonite and flannel <i>negative</i>. +The signs + and - are used for positive and +negative.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_7"></a>7. Laws of Electrification.</b> (1) Charges of the +same kind repel each other; (2) charges of unlike kinds +attract each other; (3) either kind of a charge attracts +and is attracted by a neutral body.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_8"></a>8. Static Electric Machines.</b> In order to produce<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_11" id="Page_11">[11]</a></span> +static electricity in quantities for experiments, some +device is necessary.</p> + +<p>The <i>electrophorus</i> (e-lec-troph´-o-rus) is about the simplest +form of machine. Fig. 5 shows a simple electrophorus +in which are two insulators and one conductor. +The ebonite sheet E S is used with a flannel cloth to generate +the electricity. The metal cover E C is lifted by the +insulating handle E R. The cover E C is placed upon +the thoroughly charged sheet E S, and then it is touched +for an instant with the finger, before lifting it by E R. +The charge upon E C can then be +removed by bringing the hand near +it. The bright spark that passes +from E C to the hand indicates that +E C has discharged itself into the +earth. The action of the electrophorus +depends upon induction. (For +experiments, details of action, +induced electrification, etc., see +"The Study of Elementary Electricity and Magnetism +by Experiment," Chapters VIII. and IX.)</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 264px;"> +<img src="images/i_011.png" width="264" height="265" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 5.</div> +</div> + +<p><i>The first electric machine</i> consisted of a ball of sulphur +fastened to a spindle which could be turned by a crank. +By holding the hands or a pad of silk upon the revolving +ball, electricity was produced.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 558px;"> +<img src="images/i_012a.jpg" width="558" height="374" alt="" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 6.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 551px;"> +<img src="images/i_012b.jpg" width="551" height="397" alt="" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 7.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_9"></a>9. The Cylinder Electric Machine</b> consists, as +shown in Fig. 6, of a glass cylinder so mounted that it +can be turned by a crank. Friction is produced by a +pad of leather C, which presses against the cylinder as it +turns. Electric sparks can be taken from the large "conductors" +which are insulated from the earth. The opposite<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_12" id="Page_12">[12]</a><br /><a name="Page_13" id="Page_13">[13]</a></span> +electricities unite with sparks across D and E. If +use is to be made of the electricity, either the rubber or +the prime conductor must be connected with the ground. +In the former case positive electricity is obtained; in the +latter, negative.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_10"></a>10. The Plate Electrical Machine.</b> Fig. 7 also +shows an old form of machine. Such machines are made +of circular plates of glass or ebonite, two rubbing pads +being usually employed, one on each side of the plate. +One operator is seen on an insulated stool (Fig. 7), the +electricity passing through him before entering the earth +by way of the body of the man at the right.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 565px;"> +<img src="images/i_013.jpg" width="565" height="385" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 8.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_11"></a>11. The Toepler-Holtz Machine</b>, in one form, is +shown in Fig. 8. The electricity is produced by the +principle of induction, and not by mere friction. This +machine, used in connection with condensers, produces +large sparks.</p> +<div class="figleft" style="width: 274px;"> +<img src="images/i_014a.png" width="274" height="335" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 9.</div> +</div> +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_14" id="Page_14">[14]</a></span></p> + +<p><b><a id="par_12"></a>12. The Wimshurst Machine</b> is of recent date, and +not being easily affected by atmospheric changes, is very +useful for ordinary laboratory work. Fig. 9 shows one +form of this machine.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_13"></a>13. Influence Machines +for Medical Purposes</b> are +made in a large variety of +forms. A Wimshurst machine +is generally used as an exciter +to charge the plates of the +large machine when they lose +their charge on account of +excessive moisture in the +atmosphere. Fig. 10 shows a +large machine.</p> + + + +<p><b><a id="par_14"></a>14. Uses of Electrical +Machines.</b> Static electricity has been used for many +years in the laboratory +for experimental +purposes, for +charging condensers, +for medical purposes, +etc. It is +now being used for +X-ray work, and +considerable advancement +has been +made within a few +years in the construction +and efficiency +of the machines.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 379px;"> +<img src="images/i_014b.png" width="379" height="355" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 10.</div> +</div> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_15" id="Page_15">[15]</a></span></p> + +<p>With the modern machines large sparks are produced +by merely turning a crank, enough electricity being produced +to imitate a small thunderstorm. The sparks of +home-made lightning will jump several inches.</p> + +<p>Do not think that electricity is generated in a commercial +way by static electric machines. The practical +uses of static electricity are very few when compared +with those of current electricity from batteries and +dynamos.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_15"></a>15. Condensation of Static Electricity.</b> By means +of apparatus called <i>condensers</i>, a terrific charge of static +electricity may be stored. Fig. 11 shows the most +common form of condenser, known as the <i>Leyden jar</i>. +It consists of a glass jar with an inside and outside coating +of tin-foil.</p> + + + +<div class="center"> +<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" summary="drawings"> +<tr><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 212px;"> +<img src="images/i_015a.png" width="212" height="353" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 11.</div> +</div></td><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 335px;"> +<img src="images/i_015b.png" width="335" height="267" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 12.</div> +</div></td></tr> +</table></div> + + + + +<p><i>To charge</i> the jar it is held in the hand so that the outside +coating shall be connected with the earth, the sparks<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_16" id="Page_16">[16]</a></span> +from an electric machine being passed to the knob at the +top, which is connected by a chain to the inside coating.</p> + +<p><i>To discharge</i> the jar, Fig. 12, a conductor with an +insulating handle is placed +against the outside coat; +when the other end of the +conductor is swung over +towards the knob, a bright +spark passes between them. +This device is called a discharger. +Fig. 13 shows a +discharge through ether +which the spark ignites.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 294px;"> +<img src="images/i_016a.png" width="294" height="298" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 13.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_16"></a>16. The Leyden Battery</b>, +Fig. 14, consists of +several jars connected in such a way that the area of the +inner and outer coatings is greatly increased. The battery +has a larger capacity +than one of its +jars. (For Experiments +in Condensation, +see "Study," +Chapter X.)</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 333px;"> +<img src="images/i_016b.png" width="333" height="278" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 14.</div> +</div> +<div class="figright" style="width: 263px;"> +<img src="images/i_017a.png" width="263" height="323" alt="drawing of a man" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 15.</div> +</div> +<p><b><a id="par_17"></a>17. Electromotive +Force of Static +Electricity.</b> Although +the sparks of +static electricity are +large, the <i>quantity</i> of electricity is very small. It would +take thousands of galvanic cells to produce a spark an +inch long. While the quantity of static electricity is<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_17" id="Page_17">[17]</a></span> +small, its potential, or electromotive force (E. M. F.), +is very high. We say that an ordinary gravity cell has +an E. M. F. of a little over one volt. Five such cells +joined in the proper way +would have an E. M. F. of a +little over five volts. You +will understand, then, what +is meant when we say that the +E. M. F. of a lightning flash +is millions of volts.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_18"></a>18. Atmospheric Electricity.</b> +The air is usually +electrified, even in clear +weather, although its cause is +not thoroughly understood. +In 1752 it was proved by +Benjamin Franklin (Fig. 15), with his famous kite +experiment, that atmospheric and frictional electricities +are of the same nature. By means of a kite, the string +being wet by the rain, he succeeded, during a thunderstorm, +in drawing sparks, charging +condensers, etc.</p> + + + +<div class="figleft" style="width: 240px;"> +<img src="images/i_017b.png" width="240" height="204" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 16.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_19"></a>19. Lightning</b> may be produced +by the passage of electricity +between clouds, or between a +cloud and the earth (Fig. 16), +which, with the intervening air, +have the effect of a condenser. +When the attraction between +the two electrifications gets great enough, a spark passes. +When the spark has a zigzag motion it is called <i>chain<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_18" id="Page_18">[18]</a></span> +lightning</i>. In hot weather flashes are often seen which +light whole clouds, no thunder being heard. This is +called <i>heat lightning</i>, and is generally considered to be +due to distant discharges, +the light of +which is reflected by +the clouds. The +lightning flash represents +billions of volts.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 346px;"> +<img src="images/i_018.jpg" width="346" height="635" alt="drawing street with hole in ground" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 17.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_20"></a>20. Thunder</b> is +caused by the violent +disturbances produced +in the air by lightning. +Clouds, hills, +etc., produce echoes, +which, with the original +sound, make the +rolling effect.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_21"></a>21. Lightning-Rods</b>, +when well +constructed, often prevent +violent discharges. +Their pointed +prongs at the top +allow the negative +electricity of the earth +to pass quietly into the air to neutralize the positive in +the cloud above. In case of a discharge, or stroke of +lightning, the rods aid in conducting the electricity to +the earth. The ends of the rods are placed deep in the +earth, Fig. 17.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_19" id="Page_19">[19]</a></span></p> + +<p><b><a id="par_22"></a>22. St. Elmo's Fire.</b> Electrification from the earth +is often drawn up from the earth through the masts of +ships, Fig. 18, to neutralize that in the clouds, and, as it +escapes from the points of the masts, light is produced.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 449px;"> +<img src="images/i_019.jpg" width="449" height="600" alt="drawing of a ship" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 18.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_23"></a>23. Aurora Borealis</b>, also called Northern Lights, are<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_20" id="Page_20">[20]</a></span> +luminous effects, Fig. 19, often seen in the north. They +often occur at the same time with magnetic storms, when +telegraph and telephone work may be disturbed. The +exact cause of this light is not known, but it is thought +by many to be due to disturbances in the earth's magnetism +caused by the action of the sun.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 474px;"> +<img src="images/i_020.jpg" width="474" height="471" alt="drawing of a sunrise or sunset that is supposed to be the Northern lights" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 19.</div> +</div> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_21" id="Page_21">[21]</a></span></p> + + + + +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_II"></a>CHAPTER II.<br /> +<small>ABOUT MAGNETS AND MAGNETISM.</small></h2> + + +<div class="figright" style="width: 91px;"> +<img src="images/i_021a.png" width="91" height="164" alt="drawing of magnet" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 20</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_24"></a>24. Natural Magnets.</b> Hundreds of years ago it +was discovered that a certain ore of iron, called lodestone, +had the power of picking up small pieces of iron. It was +used to indicate the north and south line, and it was discovered +later that small pieces of steel could be permanently +magnetized by rubbing them upon the lodestone.</p> + + +<p><b><a id="par_25"></a>25. Artificial Magnets.</b> Pieces of steel, when magnetized, +are called artificial magnets. They are made in +many forms. The electromagnet is also an artificial +magnet; this will be treated separately.</p> + + +<p><b><a id="par_26"></a>26. The Horseshoe Magnet</b>, Fig. 20, is, however, +the one with which we are the most familiar. +They are always painted red, but the red paint +has nothing to do with the magnetism.</p> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 513px;"> +<img src="images/i_022a.png" width="513" height="62" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 21.</div> +</div> +<div class="figleft" style="width: 133px;"> +<img src="images/i_022b.png" width="133" height="361" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 22.</div> +</div> +<p>The little end-piece is called the keeper, or +armature; it should always be kept in place +when the magnet is not in use. The magnet +itself is made of steel, while the armature is +made of soft iron. Steel retains magnetism +for a long time, while soft iron loses it almost instantly. +The ends of the magnet are called its <i>poles</i>, and nearly +all the strength of the magnet seems to reside at the +poles, the curved part having no attraction for outside +bodies. One of the poles of the magnet is marked with +a line, or with the letter N. This is called the north +pole of the magnet, the other being its south pole.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_22" id="Page_22">[22]</a></span></p> + + + +<p><b><a id="par_27"></a>27. Bar Magnets</b> are straight magnets. Fig. 21 +shows a round bar magnet. The screw in the end is for +use in the telephone, described later.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_28"></a>28. Compound Magnets.</b> When several thin steel +magnets are riveted together, a compound +magnet is formed. These can be +made with considerable strength. Fig. +22 shows a compound horseshoe magnet. +Fig. 23 shows a form of compound bar +magnet used in telephones. The use of +the coil of wire will be explained later. +A thick piece of steel can not be magnetized +through and through. In the compound +magnet we have the effect of a +thick magnet practically magnetized +through and through.</p> + + + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 539px;"> +<img src="images/i_022c.png" width="539" height="130" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 23.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_29"></a>29. Magnetic and Diamagnetic +Bodies.</b> Iron, and substances containing +iron, are the ones most readily attracted by a magnet. +Iron is said to be <i>magnetic</i>. Some substances, like +nickel, for example, are visibly attracted by very strong<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_23" id="Page_23">[23]</a></span> +magnets only. Strange as it may seem, some substances +are actually repelled by strong magnets; these are called +<i>diamagnetic</i> bodies. Brass, copper, zinc, etc., are not +visibly affected by a magnet. +Magnetism will act through +paper, glass, copper, lead, +etc.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 250px;"> +<img src="images/i_023a.png" width="250" height="93" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 24.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_30"></a>30. Making Magnets.</b> +One of the strangest properties +that a magnet has is its power to give magnetism to +another piece of steel. If a sewing-needle be properly +rubbed upon one of the poles of a magnet, it will become +strongly magnetized +and will retain its magnetism +for years. Strong +permanent magnets are +made with the aid of +electromagnets. Any +number of little magnets +may be made from a horseshoe +magnet without injuring +it.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 312px;"> +<img src="images/i_023b.jpg" width="312" height="418" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 25.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_31"></a>31. Magnetic Needles +and Compasses.</b> If a +bar magnet be suspended +by a string, or floated +upon a cork, which can +easily be done with the +magnet made from a sewing-needle, Fig. 24, it will +swing around until its poles point north and south. Such +an arrangement is called a <i>magnetic needle</i>. In the regular<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_24" id="Page_24">[24]</a></span> +<i>compass</i>, a magnetic needle is supported upon a pivot. +Compasses have been used for many centuries by mariners +and others. Fig. 25 shows an ordinary pocket +compass, and Fig. 26 a form of mariner's compass, in +which the small bar magnets are fastened to a card +which floats, the whole being so mounted that it keeps a +horizontal position, even though the vessel rocks.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 506px;"> +<img src="images/i_024.jpg" width="506" height="428" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 26.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_32"></a>32. Action of Magnets Upon Each Other.</b> By +making two small sewing-needle magnets, you can easily +study the laws of attraction and repulsion. By bringing +the two north poles, or the two south poles, near each +other, a repulsion will be noticed. Unlike poles attract +each other. The attraction between a magnet and iron +is mutual; that is, each attracts the other. Either pole +of a magnet attracts soft iron.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_25" id="Page_25">[25]</a></span></p> + +<p>In magnetizing a needle, either end may be made a +north pole at will; in fact, the poles of a weak magnet +can easily be reversed by properly rubbing it upon a +stronger magnet.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_33"></a>33. Theory of Magnetism.</b> Each little particle of a +piece of steel or iron is supposed to be a magnet, even +before it touches a magnet. When these little magnets +are thoroughly mixed up in the steel, they pull in all +sorts of directions upon each other and tend to keep the +steel from attracting outside bodies. When a magnet is +properly rubbed upon a bar of steel, the north poles of the +little molecular magnets of the steel are all made to point +in the same direction. As the north poles help each +other, the whole bar can attract outside bodies.</p> + +<p>By jarring a magnet its molecules are thoroughly +shaken up; in fact, most of the magnetism can be +knocked out of a weak magnet by hammering it.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_34"></a>34. Retentivity.</b> The power that a piece of steel has +to hold magnetism is called <i>retentivity</i>. Different kinds +of steel have different retentivities. A sewing-needle of +good steel will retain magnetism for years, and it is +almost impossible to knock the magnetism out by +hammering it. Soft steel has very little retentivity, +because it does not contain much carbon. Soft iron, +which contains less carbon than steel, holds magnetism +very poorly; so it is not used for permanent magnets. +A little magnetism, however, will remain in the soft iron +after it is removed from a magnet. This is called <i>residual +magnetism</i>.</p> +<div class="figleft" style="width: 313px;"> +<img src="images/i_026a.png" width="313" height="412" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 27.</div> +</div> +<p><b><a id="par_35"></a>35. Heat and Magnetism.</b> Steel will completely +lose its magnetism when heated to redness, and a magnet<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_26" id="Page_26">[26]</a></span> +will not attract red-hot iron. The molecules of a piece +of red-hot iron are in such a state of rapid vibration that +they refuse to be brought into line by the magnet.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_36"></a>36. Induced Magnetism.</b> +A piece of soft iron +may be induced to become +a magnet by holding it +near a magnet, absolute +contact not being necessary. +When the soft iron is removed, +again, from the influence +of the magnet, its +magnetism nearly all disappears. +It is said to have +<i>temporary</i> magnetism; it +had <i>induced</i> magnetism. If +a piece of soft iron be held +near the north pole of a +magnet, as in Fig. 27, +poles will be produced in the soft iron, the one nearest +the magnet being the south pole, and the other the north +pole.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 263px;"> +<img src="images/i_026b.png" width="263" height="82" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 28.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_37"></a>37. Magnetic Field.</b> If a bar magnet be laid upon +the table, and a compass be moved about it, the compass-needle +will be attracted by +the magnet, and it will point +in a different direction for +every position given to the +compass. This strange +power, called magnetism, reaches out on all sides of a +magnet. The magnet may be said to act by induction<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_27" id="Page_27">[27]</a></span> +upon the compass-needle. The space around the magnet, +in which this inductive action takes place, is called the +<i>magnetic field</i>. Fig. 28 shows some of the positions +taken by a compass-needle when moved about on one side +of a bar magnet.</p> + + +<div class="center"> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="drawings"> +<tr><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 228px;"> +<img src="images/i_027a.jpg" width="228" height="600" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 29.</div> +</div></td><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 283px;"> +<img src="images/i_027b.jpg" width="283" height="588" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 30.</div> +</div></td></tr> +</table></div> + + + + + +<p><b><a id="par_38"></a>38. Magnetic Figures</b> can be made by sprinkling iron<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_28" id="Page_28">[28]</a></span> +filings upon a sheet of paper under which is placed a +magnet. Fig. 29 shows a magnetic figure made with an +ordinary bar magnet. The magnet was placed upon the +table and over this was laid +a piece of smooth paper. +Fine iron filings were sifted +upon the paper, which was +gently tapped so that the +filings could arrange themselves. +As each particle of +iron became a little magnet, +by induction, its poles were +attracted and repelled by +the magnet; and when the +paper was tapped they +swung around to their final +positions. Notice that the +filings have arranged themselves +in lines. These lines +show the positions of some +of the <i>lines of magnetic force</i> +which surrounded the +magnet.</p> + +<p>These lines of force pass +from the north pole of a +magnet through the air on +all sides to its south pole.</p> + +<div class="figleft" style="width: 253px;"> +<img src="images/i_028.jpg" width="253" height="600" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 31.</div> +</div> + +<p>Fig. 30 shows a magnetic +figure made from two bar +magnets placed side by side, their unlike poles being +next to each other. Fig. 31 shows the magnetic figure<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_29" id="Page_29">[29]</a></span> +of a horseshoe magnet with round poles, the poles being +uppermost.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_39"></a>39. The Use of Armatures.</b> A magnet attracts +iron most strongly at its poles, because it is at the poles +that the greatest number of lines of force pass into the +air. Lines of force pass easily through soft iron, which +is said to be a good conductor of them. Air is not a +good conductor of the lines of force; in order, then, for +the lines of force to pass from the north pole of a magnet +to its south pole, they must overcome this resistance of +the air, unless the armature is in place. A magnet will +gradually grow weaker when its armature is left off.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_40"></a>40. Terrestrial Magnetism.</b> As the compass-needle +points to the north and south, the earth must act like a +magnet. There is a place very far north, about a thousand +miles from the north pole of the earth, which is +called the earth's north magnetic pole. Compass-needles +point to this place, and not to the earth's real north pole. +You can see, then, that if a compass be taken north of +this magnetic pole, its north pole will point south. Lines +of force pass from the earth's north magnetic pole +through the air on all sides of the earth and enter the +earth's south magnetic pole. The compass-needle, in +pointing toward the north magnetic pole, merely takes +the direction of the earth's lines of force, just as the particles +of iron filings arrange themselves in the magnetic +figures.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_41"></a>41. Declination.</b> As the magnetic needle does not +point exactly to the north, an angle is formed between +the true north and south line and the line of the needle. +In Fig. 32 the line marked N S is the true north and<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_30" id="Page_30">[30]</a></span> +south line. The <i>angle of variation</i>, or the declination, is +the angle A between the line N S and the compass-needle.</p> + + + +<div class="center"> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="drawings"> +<tr><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 65px;"> +<img src="images/i_030a.png" width="65" height="148" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 32.</div> +</div></td><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 177px;"> +<img src="images/i_030b.png" width="177" height="71" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 33.</div> +</div></td></tr> +</table></div> + + + + +<p><b><a id="par_42"></a>42. Dip or Inclination.</b> If a piece of steel be carefully +balanced upon a support, and then magnetized, it +will be found that it will no longer balance. The north +pole will <i>dip</i> or point downward. Fig. 33 shows what +happens to a needle when it is held in different positions +over a bar magnet. It +simply takes the directions +of the lines of force as +they pass from the north +to the south pole of the +magnet. As the earth's +lines of force pass in curves +from the north to the south +magnetic pole, you can +see why the magnetic +needle dips, unless its +south pole is made heavier +than its north. Magnetic +needles are balanced after they are magnetized.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 306px;"> +<img src="images/i_030c.png" width="306" height="347" alt="drawings" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 34.</div> +</div> + +<p>Fig. 34 shows a simple form of dipping needle. These +are often used by geologists and miners. In the hands<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_31" id="Page_31">[31]</a></span> +of the prospector, the miner's compass, or dipping +needle, proves a serviceable guide to the discovery and +location of magnetic iron ore. In this instrument the +magnetic needle is carefully balanced upon a horizontal +axis within a graduated circle, and in which the needle +will be found to assume a position inclined to the horizon. +This angle of deviation is called the <i>inclination</i> or <i>dip</i>, +and varies in different latitudes, and even at different +times in the same place.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_43"></a>43. The Earth's Inductive Influence.</b> The earth's +magnetism acts inductively upon pieces of steel or iron +upon its surface. If a piece of steel or iron, like a stove +poker, for example, be held in a north and south line +with its north end dipping considerably, it will be in the +best position for the magnetism of the earth to act upon +it; that is, it will lie in the direction taken by the earth's +lines of force. If the poker be struck two or three times +with a hammer to shake up its molecules, we shall find, +upon testing it, that it has become magnetized. By this +method we can pound magnetism right out of the air with +a hammer. If the magnetized poker be held level, in an +east and west direction, it will no longer be acted upon to +advantage by the inductive influence of the earth, and +we can easily hammer the magnetism out of it again. +(For experiments on magnets and magnetism see +"Study," Part I.)</p> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_32" id="Page_32">[32]</a></span></p> + + + + +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_III"></a>CHAPTER III.<br /> +<small>HOW ELECTRICITY IS GENERATED BY THE VOLTAIC +CELL.</small></h2> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 371px;"> +<img src="images/i_032.png" width="371" height="420" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 35.</div> +</div> +<p><b><a id="par_44"></a>44. Early Experiments.</b> In 1786 Galvani, an +Italian physician, made experiments to study the effect of +static electricity upon the nervous excitability of animals, +and especially upon the frog. He found that electric +machines were not +necessary to produce +muscular contractions +or kicks of the +frog's legs, and that +they could be produced +when two different +metals, Fig. +35, like iron and +copper, for example, +were placed in proper +contact with a nerve +and a muscle and +then made to touch +each other. Galvani +first thought that the +frog generated the electricity instead of the metals.</p> + +<p>Volta proved that the electricity was caused by the +contact of the metals. He used the condensing electroscope +as one means of proving that two dissimilar metals +become charged differently when in contact. Volta also<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_33" id="Page_33">[33]</a></span> +carried out his belief by constructing +what is called a <i>Voltaic Pile</i>. He +thought that by making several pairs +of metals so arranged that all the +little currents would help each other, +a strong current could be generated. +Fig. 36 shows a <i>pile</i>, it being made by +placing a pair of zinc and copper discs +in contact with one another, then laying +on the copper disc a piece of +flannel soaked in brine, then on top of +this another pair, etc., etc. By connecting +the first zinc and the last +copper, quite a little current was produced. +This was a start from which +has been built our present knowledge +of electricity. Strictly speaking, +electricity is not generated by combinations +of metals or by cells; they +really keep up a difference of potential, +as will be seen.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 193px;"> +<img src="images/i_033a.png" width="193" height="575" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 36.</div> +</div> + + + +<div class="center"> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="drawings"> +<tr><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 114px;"> +<img src="images/i_033b.png" width="114" height="122" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 37.</div> +</div></td><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 130px;"> +<img src="images/i_033c.png" width="130" height="168" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 38.</div> +</div></td></tr> +</table></div> + + + + +<p><b><a id="par_45"></a>45. The Simple Cell.</b> It has been stated that two +different kinds of electrifications may be produced by +friction; one positive, the other negative. Either can be +produced, at will, by using proper materials. +Fig. 37 shows a +section of a <i>simple cell</i>; +Fig. 38 shows another view. +Cu is a piece of copper, +and Zn a piece of zinc. +When they are placed in<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_34" id="Page_34">[34]</a></span> +dilute sulphuric acid, it can be shown by delicate apparatus +that they become charged differently, because the +acid acts differently upon the plates. They become +charged by chemical action, and not by friction. The +zinc is gradually dissolved, and it is this chemical burning +of the zinc that furnishes energy for the electric current +in the simple cell. The electrification, or charge, on +the plates tends to flow from the place of higher to the +place of lower potential, just as water tends to flow down +hill. If a wire be joined to the two metals, a constant +current of electricity will flow through it, because the +acid continues to act upon the plates. The simple cell +is a <i>single-fluid</i> cell, as but one liquid is used in its construction.</p> + +<p><b>45a. Plates and Poles.</b> The metal strips used in +voltaic cells are called <i>plates</i> or <i>elements</i>. The one most +acted upon by the acid is called the positive (+) plate. +In the simple cell the zinc is the + plate, and the copper +the negative (-) plate. The end of a wire attached to +the - plate is called the + pole, or electrode. Fig. 37 +shows the negative (-) electrode as the end of the wire +attached to the + plate.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_46"></a>46. Direction of Current.</b> In the cell the current +passes from the zinc to the copper; that is, from the positive +to the negative plate, where bubbles of hydrogen +gas are deposited. In the wire connecting the plates, +the current passes from the copper to the zinc plate. In +most cells, carbon takes the place of copper. (See +"Study," § 268.)</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_47"></a>47. Local Currents; Amalgamation.</b> Ordinary +zinc contains impurities such as carbon, iron, etc., and<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_35" id="Page_35">[35]</a></span> +when the acid comes in contact with these, they form +with the zinc a small cell. This tends to eat away the +zinc without producing useful currents. The little currents +in the cell from this cause are called <i>local currents</i>. +(See "Study," Exp. 111, § 273.) This is largely overcome +by coating the zinc with mercury. This process is +called <i>amalgamation</i>. It makes the zinc act like pure +zinc, which is not acted upon by dilute sulphuric acid +when the current does not pass. (See "Study," § 257, +274.)</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_48"></a>48. Polarization of Cells.</b> Bubbles of hydrogen gas +are formed when zinc is dissolved by an acid. In the +ordinary simple cell these bubbles collect on the copper +plate, and not on the zinc plate, as might be expected. +The hydrogen is not a conductor of electricity, so this +film of gas holds the current back. The hydrogen acts +like a metal and sets up a current that opposes the zinc +to the copper current. Several methods are employed to +get rid of the hydrogen. (See "Study," § 278, 279, +280.)</p> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_36" id="Page_36">[36]</a></span></p> + + + + +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_IV"></a>CHAPTER IV.<br /> +<small>VARIOUS VOLTAIC CELLS.</small></h2> + + +<p><b><a id="par_49"></a>49. Single-Fluid and Two-Fluid Cells.</b> The simple +cell (§ 45) is a single-fluid cell. The liquid is called +the <i>electrolyte</i>, and this must act upon one of the plates; +that is, chemical action must take place in order to produce +a current. The simple cell polarizes rapidly, so +something must be used with the dilute sulphuric acid to +destroy the hydrogen bubbles. This is done in the +<i>bichromate of potash cell</i>.</p> + +<p>In order to get complete depolarization—that is, to +keep the carbon plate almost perfectly free from hydrogen, +it is necessary to use <i>two-fluid cells</i>, or those to +which some solid depolarizer is added to the one fluid.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_50"></a>50. Open and Closed Circuit Cells.</b> If we consider +a voltaic cell, the wires attached to it, and perhaps some +instrument through which the current passes, we have an +<i>electric circuit</i>. When the current passes, the circuit is +<i>closed</i>, but when the wire is cut, or in any way disconnected +so that the current can not pass, the circuit is +<i>open</i> or <i>broken</i>. (See "Study," § 266.)</p> + +<p><i>Open Circuit Cells</i> are those which can give momentary +currents at intervals, such as are needed for bells, telephones, +etc. These must have plenty of time to rest, as +they polarize when the circuit is closed for a long time. +The <i>Leclanché</i> and <i>dry</i> cells are the most common open +circuit cells.</p> + +<p><i>Closed Circuit Cells.</i> For telegraph lines, motors, etc.,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_37" id="Page_37">[37]</a></span> +where a current is needed for some time, the cell must be +of such a nature that it will not polarize quickly; it must +give a strong and constant current. The <i>bichromate</i> and +<i>gravity cells</i> are examples of this variety. (See "Study," +§ 286.)</p> +<div class="figleft" style="width: 215px;"> +<img src="images/i_037.png" width="215" height="395" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 39.</div> +</div> +<p><b><a id="par_51"></a>51. Bichromate of Potash Cells</b> are very useful for +general laboratory work. They are especially useful for +operating induction coils, small +motors, small incandescent lamps, +for heating platinum wires, etc. +These cells have an E.M.F. of +about 2 volts. Dilute sulphuric +acid is used as the exciting fluid, +and in this is dissolved the bichromate +of potash which keeps +the hydrogen bubbles from the +carbon plate. (See "Apparatus +Book," § 26.) Zinc and carbon +are used for the plates, the + +pole being the wire attached to +the carbon.</p> + + + +<p>Fig. 39 shows one form of bichromate +cell. It furnishes a large quantity of current, +and as the zinc can be raised from the fluid, it may be +kept charged ready for use for many months, and can be +set in action any time when required by lowering the +zinc into the liquid. Two of these cells will burn a one +candle-power miniature incandescent lamp several hours. +The carbon is indestructible.</p> + +<blockquote> + +<p><b>Note.</b> For various forms of home-made cells, see "Apparatus +Book," Chapter I., and for battery fluids see Chapter II.</p></blockquote> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_38" id="Page_38">[38]</a></span></p> + +<p><b><a id="par_52"></a>52. The Grenet Cell.</b> Fig. 40 is another form of +bichromate cell. The carbon plates are left in the fluid +constantly. The zinc plate should be raised when the +cell is not in use, to keep it from being uselessly dissolved.</p> + + +<div class="center"> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="drawings"> +<tr><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 210px;"> +<img src="images/i_038a.png" width="210" height="409" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 40.</div> +</div></td><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 208px;"> +<img src="images/i_038b.png" width="208" height="347" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 41.</div> +</div> +</td></tr> +</table></div> + + + + +<p><b><a id="par_53"></a>53. Plunge Batteries.</b> Two or more cells are often +arranged so that their elements can be quickly lowered +into the acid solution. Such a combination, Fig. 41, is +called a <i>plunge battery</i>. The binding-posts are so arranged +that currents of different strengths can be taken from the +combination. The two binding-posts on the right of the +battery will give the current of one cell; the two binding-posts +on the left of the battery will give the current of +two cells, and the two end binding-posts will give the +current of all three cells. When not in use the elements +must always be hung on the hooks and kept out of the +solution.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_39" id="Page_39">[39]</a></span></p> + +<p><b><a id="par_54"></a>54. Large Plunge Batteries</b>. Fig. 42, are arranged +with a winch and a bar above the cells; these afford a +ready and convenient means of lifting or lowering the +elements and avoiding waste. In the battery shown, +Fig. 42, the zincs are 4×6 inches; the carbons have the +same dimensions, but there are two carbon plates to each +zinc, thus giving double the carbon surface.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 419px;"> +<img src="images/i_039a.png" width="419" height="263" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 42.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_55"></a>55. The Fuller Cell</b>, Fig. 43, is another type of +bichromate cell, used largely for long-distance telephone +service, for telephone exchange +and switch service, for running +small motors, etc. It consists of a +glass jar, a carbon plate, with +proper connections, a clay porous +cup, containing the zinc, which is +made in the form of a cone. A +little mercury is placed in the +porous cup to keep the zinc well +amalgamated. Either bichromate +of potash or bichromate of soda can +be used as a depolarizer.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 211px;"> +<img src="images/i_039b.png" width="211" height="313" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 43.</div> +</div> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_40" id="Page_40">[40]</a></span></p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 204px;"> +<img src="images/i_040a.png" width="204" height="289" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 44.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_56"></a>56. The Gravity Cell</b>, sometimes called the <i>bluestone</i> +or <i>crowfoot</i> cell, is used largely for telegraph, police, and +fire-alarm signal service, laboratory +and experimental work, or whenever +a closed circuit cell is required. The +E.M.F. is about one volt. This is a +modified form of the Daniell cell. Fig. +44 shows a home-made gravity cell.</p> + +<p>A copper plate is placed at the +bottom of the glass jar, and upon this +rests a solution of copper sulphate +(bluestone). The zinc plate is supported +about four inches above the +copper, and is surrounded by a solution +of zinc sulphate which floats upon the top of the +blue solution. An insulated wire reaches from the copper +to the top of the cell and forms +the positive pole. (See "Apparatus +Book," § 11 to 15, for home-made +gravity cell, its regulation, +etc. For experiments with two-fluid +Daniell cell, see "Study," +Exp. 113, § 281 to 286.)</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 225px;"> +<img src="images/i_040b.png" width="225" height="431" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 45.</div> +</div> + +<p><b>56a. Bunsen Cells,</b> Fig. 45, are +used for motors, small incandescent +lamps, etc. A carbon rod is inclosed +in a porous cup, on the +outside of which is a cylinder of +zinc that stands in dilute sulphuric +acid, the carbon being in +nitric acid.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_41" id="Page_41">[41]</a></span></p> + +<p><b><a id="par_57"></a>57. The Leclanché Cell</b> is an open circuit cell. Sal +ammoniac is used as the exciting fluid, carbon and zinc +being used for plates. Manganese dioxide is used as the +depolarizer; this surrounds the +carbon plate, the two being +either packed together in a +porous cup or held together in the form of cakes. The +porous cup, or pressed cake, stands in the exciting fluid. +The E. M. F. is about 1.5 volts.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 170px;"> +<img src="images/i_041a.png" width="170" height="238" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 46.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 221px;"> +<img src="images/i_041b.png" width="221" height="334" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 47.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 556px;"> +<img src="images/i_041.png" width="556" height="347" alt="drawings" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 48.</div> +</div> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_42" id="Page_42">[42]</a></span></p> + + +<p>Fig. 46 shows a form with porous cup. The binding-post +at the top of the carbon plate forms the + electrode, +the current +leaving the cell at this +point.</p> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 362px;"> +<img src="images/i_042a.png" width="362" height="326" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 49.</div> +</div> + +<p><i>The Gonda Prism +Cell</i> (Fig. 47), is a +form of Leclanché in +which the depolarizer +is in the form of a +cake.</p> +<div class="figright" style="width: 245px;"> +<img src="images/i_042b.png" width="245" height="336" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 50.</div> +</div> +<p><b><a id="par_58"></a>58. Dry Cells</b> are +open circuit cells, and +can be carried about, +although they are +moist inside. The + pole is the end of the carbon plate. +Zinc is used as the outside case and + plate. Fig. 48 +shows the ordinary forms.</p> + +<p>Fig. 49 shows a number of +dry cells arranged in a box +with switch in front, so that the +current can be regulated at will.</p> + + + +<p><b><a id="par_59"></a>59. The Edison-Lelande +Cells</b>, Fig. 50, are made in +several sizes and types. Zinc +and copper oxide, which is +pressed into plates, form the +elements. The exciting fluid +consists of a 25 per cent. solution +of caustic potash in water. +They are designed for both open and closed circuit work.</p> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_43" id="Page_43">[43]</a></span></p> + + + + +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_V"></a>CHAPTER V.<br /> +<small>ABOUT PUSH-BUTTONS, SWITCHES AND BINDING-POSTS.</small></h2> + + +<p><b><a id="par_60"></a>60. Electrical Connections.</b> In experimental work, +as well as in the everyday work of the electrician, electrical +connections must constantly be made. One wire +must be joined to another, just for a moment, perhaps, +or one piece of apparatus must be put in an electric circuit +with other apparatus, or the current must be turned +on or off from motors, lamps, etc. In order to conveniently +and quickly make such connections, apparatus +called push-buttons, switches and binding-posts are used.</p> + + +<div class="center"> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="drawings"> +<tr><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 185px;"> +<img src="images/i_043a.png" width="185" height="74" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 51.</div> +</div></td><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 340px;"> +<img src="images/i_043b.png" width="340" height="108" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 52.</div> +</div></td></tr> +</table></div> + + +<p><b><a id="par_61"></a>61. Push-Buttons.</b> The simple act of pressing your +finger upon a movable button, or knob, may ring a bell +a mile away, or do some other equally wonderful thing. +Fig. 51 shows a simple push-button, somewhat like a +simple key in construction. If we cut a wire, through +which a current is passing, then join one of the free ends +to the screw A and the other end to screw C, we shall be +able to let the current pass at any instant by pressing the +spring B firmly upon A.</p> + +<p>Push-buttons are made in all sorts of shapes and sizes. +Fig. 52 gives an idea of the general internal construction.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_44" id="Page_44">[44]</a></span> +The current enters A by one wire, and leaves by another +wire as soon as the button is pushed and B is forced +down to A. The bottom of the little button rests upon +the top of B.</p> + +<p>Fig. 53 shows a <i>Table Clamp-Push</i> for use on dining-tables, +card-tables, chairs, desks, and other movable furniture. +Fig. 54 shows a combination of push-button, +speaking-tube, and letter-box used in city apartment +houses. Fig. 55 shows an <i>Indicating Push</i>. The buzzer +indicates, by the sound, whether the call has been heard; +that is, the person called answers back.</p> + +<div class="center"> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="drawings"> +<tr><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 381px;"> +<img src="images/i_044a.png" width="381" height="408" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 53.</div> +</div></td><td align="left"> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 140px;"> +<img src="images/i_044b.png" width="140" height="452" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 54.</div> +</div></td></tr> +</table></div> + + +<p><i>Modifications</i> of ordinary push-buttons are used for +floor push-buttons, on doors, windows, etc., for burglar-alarms, +for turning off or on lights, etc., etc. (See<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_45" id="Page_45">[45]</a></span> +"Apparatus Book," +Chapter III., for home-made +push-buttons.)</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 301px;"> +<img src="images/i_045a.png" width="301" height="422" alt="draiwng" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 55.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_62"></a>62. Switches</b> have a +movable bar or plug of +metal, moving on a pivot, +to make or break a circuit, +or transfer a current from +one conductor to another.</p> + +<p>Fig. 56 shows a <i>single +point switch</i>. The current +entering the pivoted +arm can go no farther +when the switch is open, +as shown. To close the +circuit, the arm is pushed +over until it presses down upon the contact-point. For +neatness, both wires are joined to the under side of the +switch or to binding-posts.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 340px;"> +<img src="images/i_045b.png" width="340" height="281" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 56.</div> +</div> + +<p>Fig. 57 shows a <i>knife switch</i>. Copper blades are +pressed down between copper spring clips to close the +circuit. The handle is +made of insulating material.</p> + +<p><i>Pole-changing +switches</i>, Fig. 58, are +used for changing or +reversing the poles of +batteries, etc.</p> + +<p>Fig. 59 shows a +home-made switch, useful<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_46" id="Page_46">[46]</a></span> +in connection with +resistance coils. By joining +the ends of the coils +A, B, C, D, with the +contact-points 1, 2, 3, +etc., more or less resistance +can be easily thrown +in by simply swinging +the lever E around to +the left or right. If E +be turned to 1, the +current will be +obliged to pass +through all the +coils A, B, etc., +before it can pass +out at Y. If E +be moved to 3, +coils A and B will +be cut out of the circuit, +thus decreasing the resistance +to the current on its +way from X to Y. Current +regulators are made +upon this principle. (See +"Apparatus Book," Chapter +IV., for home-made +switches.)</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 328px;"> +<img src="images/i_046a.png" width="328" height="288" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 57.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 398px;"> +<img src="images/i_046b.png" width="398" height="223" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 58.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 291px;"> +<img src="images/i_046c.png" width="291" height="331" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 59.</div> +</div> + +<p><i>Switchboards</i> are made +containing from two or +three to hundreds of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_47" id="Page_47">[47]</a></span> +switches, and are used in telegraph and telephone work, +in electric light stations, etc., etc. (See Chapter on +Central Stations.) Fig. 60 shows a switch used for incandescent +lighting +currents.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 375px;"> +<img src="images/i_047a.jpg" width="375" height="360" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 60.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 551px;"> +<img src="images/i_047b.jpg" width="551" height="246" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 61.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_63"></a>63. Binding-Posts</b> +are used to +make connections +between two pieces +of apparatus, between +two or more +wires, between a +wire and any apparatus, +etc., etc. +They allow the +wires to be quickly +fastened or unfastened +to the apparatus. A large part of the apparatus +shown in this book has binding-posts attached. Fig. 61 +shows a few of the common forms used. (See "Apparatus +Book," Chapter V., for home-made binding-posts.)</p> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_48" id="Page_48">[48]</a></span></p> + + + + +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_VI"></a>CHAPTER VI.<br /> +<small>UNITS AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENTS.</small></h2> + + +<p><b><a id="par_64"></a>64. Electrical Units.</b> In order to measure electricity +for experimental or commercial purposes, standards or +units are just as necessary as the inch or foot for measuring +distances.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_65"></a>65. Potential; Electromotive Force.</b> If water in +a tall tank be allowed to squirt from two holes, one near +the bottom, the other near the top, it is evident that the +force of the water that comes from the hole at the bottom +will be the greater. The pressure at the bottom is greater +than that near the top, because the "head" is greater.</p> + +<p>When a spark of static electricity jumps a long distance, +we say that the charge has a high <i>potential</i>; that is, it +has a high electrical pressure. Potential, for electricity, +means the same as pressure, for water. The greater the +potential, or <i>electromotive force</i> (E.M.F.) of a cell, the +greater its power to push a current through wires. (See +"Study," § 296 to 305, with experiments.)</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_66"></a>66. Unit of E.M.F.; the Volt.</b>—In speaking of +water, we say that its pressure is so many pounds to the +square inch, or that it has a fall, or head, of so many +feet. We speak of a current as having so many volts; +for example, we say that a wire is carrying a 110-volt +current. The volt is the unit of E.M.F. An ordinary +gravity cell has an E.M.F. of about one volt. This +name was given in honor of Volta.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_49" id="Page_49">[49]</a></span></p> + +<p><b><a id="par_67"></a>67. Measurement of Electromotive Force.</b> There +are several ways by which the E.M.F. of a cell, for +example, can be +measured. It is +usually measured +<i>relatively</i>, by comparison +with the +E. M. F. of some +standard cell. (See +"Study," Exp. +140, for measuring +the E. M. F. of a +cell by comparison +with the two-fluid cell.)</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 386px;"> +<img src="images/i_049a.jpg" width="386" height="292" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 62.</div> +</div> + +<p><i>Voltmeters</i> are instruments by means of which E. M. F. +can be read on a printed scale. They are a variety of +galvanometer, and are made with coils of such high +resistance, compared with the resistance of a cell or +dynamo, that the E. M. F. +can be read direct. The +reason for this will be seen +by referring to Ohm's law +("Study," § 356); the +resistance is so great that +the strength of the current +depends entirely upon +the E. M. F.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 312px;"> +<img src="images/i_049b.jpg" width="312" height="297" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 63.</div> +</div> + +<p>Voltmeters measure +electrical pressure just as +steam gauges measure the pressure of steam. Fig. 62 +shows one form of voltmeter. Fig. 63 shows a voltmeter<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_50" id="Page_50">[50]</a></span> +with illuminated dial. An electrical bulb behind the +instrument furnishes light so that the readings can be +easily taken.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_68"></a>68. Electrical Resistance.</b> Did you ever ride down +hill on a hand-sled? How easily the sled glides over the +snow! What happens, though, when you strike a bare +place, or a place where some evil-minded person has +sprinkled ashes? Does the sled pass easily over bare +ground or ashes? Snow offers +very little <i>resistance</i> to the sled, +while ashes offer a great resistance.</p> + +<div class="figleft" style="width: 243px;"> +<img src="images/i_050.png" width="243" height="303" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 64.</div> +</div> + +<p>All substances do not allow the +electric current to pass through +them with the same ease. Even +the liquid in a cell tends to hold +the current back and offers <i>internal +resistance</i>. The various +wires and instruments connected +to a cell offer <i>external resistance</i>. +(See "Study," Chapter XVIII., for experiments, +etc.)</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_69"></a>69. Unit of Resistance.</b> <b>The Ohm</b> is the name given +to the unit of resistance. About 9 ft. 9 in. of No. 30 +copper wire, or 39 feet 1 in. of No. 24 copper wire, will +make a fairly accurate ohm.</p> + +<p><i>Resistance coils</i>, having carefully measured resistances, +are made for standards. (See "Apparatus Book," +Chapter XVII., for home-made resistance coils.) Fig. +64 shows a commercial form of a standard resistance coil. +The coil is inclosed in a case and has large wires leading<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_51" id="Page_51">[51]</a></span> +from its ends for connections. Fig. 65 gives an idea of +the way in which coils are wound and used with plugs to +build up <i>resistance boxes</i>, Fig. 66.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_70"></a>70. Laws of Resistance.</b> 1. The resistance of a +wire is directly proportional +to its length, provided its +cross-section, material, etc., +are uniform.</p> + +<p>2. The resistance of a wire +is inversely proportional to its +area of cross-section; or, in +other words, inversely proportional +to the square of its +diameter, other things being +equal.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 273px;"> +<img src="images/i_051a.png" width="273" height="255" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 65.</div> +</div> + +<p>3. The resistance of a wire depends upon its material, +as well as upon its length, size, etc.</p> + +<p>4. The resistance of a wire increases as its temperature +rises. (See "Study," Chapters XVIII. and XIX., for +experiments on +resistance, its +measurement, +etc.)</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 373px;"> +<img src="images/i_051b.png" width="373" height="237" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 66.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_71"></a>71. Current +Strength.</b> The +strength of a current +at the end of +a circuit depends +not only upon the +<i>electrical pressure</i>, or E. M. F., which drives the current, +but also upon the <i>resistance</i> which has to be overcome.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_52" id="Page_52">[52]</a></span> +The greater the resistance the weaker the current at the +end of its journey.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_72"></a>72. Unit of Current Strength; The Ampere.</b> A +current having an E. M. F. of <i>one volt</i>, pushing its way +through a resistance of <i>one ohm</i>, would have a unit of +strength, called <i>one ampere</i>. This current, one ampere +strong, would deposit, under proper conditions, .0003277 +gramme of copper in +<i>one second</i> from a solution +of copper sulphate.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_73"></a>73. Measurement +of Current Strength.</b> +A magnetic needle is +deflected when a current +passes around it, +as in instruments like +the galvanometer. The +<i>galvanoscope</i> merely indicates +the presence of +a current. <i>Galvanometers</i> +measure the +strength of a current, +and they are made in many forms, depending upon the +nature and strength of the currents to be measured. +Galvanometers are standardized, or calibrated, by special +measurements, or by comparison with some standard instrument, +so that when the deflection is a certain number +of degrees, the current passing through it is known to +be of a certain strength.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 348px;"> +<img src="images/i_052a.jpg" width="348" height="405" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 67.</div> +</div> + +<p>Fig. 67 shows an <i>astatic galvanometer</i>. Fig. 68 shows +a <i>tangent galvanometer</i>, in which the strength of the current<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_53" id="Page_53">[53]</a></span> +is proportional to the tangent of the angle of deflection. +Fig. 69 shows a <i>D'Arsonval galvanometer</i>, in which +a coil of wire is suspended between the +poles of a permanent horseshoe magnet. +The lines of force are concentrated +by the iron core of the coil. +The two thin suspending wires convey +the current to the coil. A ray of light +is reflected from the small mirror and +acts as a pointer as in other forms of +reflecting galvanometers.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 182px;"> +<img src="images/i_053a.png" width="182" height="259" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 68.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_74"></a>74. The Ammeter</b>, Fig. 70, is a +form of galvanometer in which the strength of a current, +in amperes, can be read. In these the strength of current +is proportional to the angular deflections. The coils are +made with a small resistance, +so that the current +will not be greatly reduced +in strength in passing +through them.</p> + + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 307px;"> +<img src="images/i_053.png" width="307" height="449" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 69.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_75"></a>75. Voltameters</b> +measure the strength of a +current by chemical means, +the quantity of metal deposited +or gas generated +being proportional to the +time that the current flows +and to its strength. In +the <i>water voltameter</i>, Fig. +71, the hydrogen and +oxygen produced in a<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_54" id="Page_54">[54]</a></span> +given time are +measured. (See +"Study," Chapter +XXI.)</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 379px;"> +<img src="images/i_054a.png" width="379" height="304" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 70.</div> +</div> + +<p>The <i>copper voltameter</i> +measures the +amount of copper +deposited in a given +time by the current. +Fig. 72 shows one +form. The copper +cathode is weighed +before and after the current flows. The weight of +copper deposited and the time taken are used to calculate +the current strength.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 551px;"> +<img src="images/i_054b.png" width="551" height="402" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 71.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_76"></a>76. Unit of Quantity</b>; <b>The Coulomb</b> is the quantity +of electricity given, in <i>one second</i>, by a current having a<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_55" id="Page_55">[55]</a></span> +strength of one +ampere. Time is +an important element +in considering +the work a current +can do.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 368px;"> +<img src="images/i_055a.jpg" width="368" height="295" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 72.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_77"></a>77. Electrical +Horse-power</b>; +<b>The Watt</b> is the +unit of electrical +power. A current +having the strength of one ampere, and an E. M. F. of +one volt has a unit of power. 746 watts make one electrical +horse-power. Watts = amperes × volts. Fig. 73 +shows a direct reading wattmeter based on the international +volt and ampere. They save taking simultaneous +ammeter and voltmeter readings, which are otherwise +necessary to +get the product +of volts and amperes, +and are also +used on alternating +current +measurements.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 391px;"> +<a href="images/i_055b-big.jpg"><img src="images/i_055b.jpg" width="391" height="353" alt="drawing" /></a> +<div class="caption">Fig. 73.</div> +</div> + +<p>There are also +forms of wattmeters, +Fig. 74, +in which the watts +are read from +dials like those on +an ordinary gas-meter, the records being permanent.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_56" id="Page_56">[56]</a></span></p> + +<p>Fig. 75 shows a voltmeter V, and ammeter A, so placed +in the circuit that readings can be taken. D represents +a dynamo. A is placed so that the whole current passes +through it, while V is placed +between the main wires to +measure the difference in +potential. The product of the +two readings in volts and +amperes gives the number of +watts.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 277px;"> +<img src="images/i_056a.jpg" width="277" height="260" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 74.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_78"></a>78. Chemical Meters</b> also +measure the quantity of current +that is used; for example, +one may be placed in the cellar +to measure the quantity of current used to light the +house.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 414px;"> +<img src="images/i_056b.png" width="414" height="160" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 75.</div> +</div> + +<p>Fig. 76 shows a chemical meter, a part of the current +passing through a jar containing zinc plates and a solution +of zinc sulphate. Metallic zinc is dissolved from +one plate and deposited upon the other. The increase in +weight shows the amount of chemical action which is +proportional to the ampere hours. Knowing the relation +between the quantity of current that can pass through +the solution to that which can pass through the meter by<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_57" id="Page_57">[57]</a></span> +another conductor, a calculation can be made which will +give the current used. A lamp is so arranged that it +automatically lights before the meter gets to the freezing-point; +this warms it up to the proper temperature, at +which point the light goes out again.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 469px;"> +<a href="images/i_057-big.jpg"><img src="images/i_057.jpg" width="469" height="303" alt="drawing" /></a> +<div class="caption">Fig. 76.</div> +</div> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_58" id="Page_58">[58]</a></span></p> + + + + +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_VII"></a>CHAPTER VII.<br /> +<small>CHEMICAL EFFECTS OF THE ELECTRIC CURRENT.</small></h2> + + +<p><b><a id="par_79"></a>79. Electrolysis.</b> It has been seen that in the voltaic +cell electricity is generated by chemical action. Sulphuric +acid acts upon zinc and dissolves it in the cell, +hydrogen is produced, etc. When this process is reversed, +that is, when the electric current is passed +through some solutions, they are decomposed, or broken +up into their constituents. This process is called <i>electrolysis</i>, +and the compound decomposed is the <i>electrolyte</i>. +(See "Study," § 369, etc., with experiments.)</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 533px;"> +<img src="images/i_058.jpg" width="533" height="393" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 77.</div> +</div> + +<p>Fig. 77 shows how water can be decomposed into its +two constituents, hydrogen and oxygen, there being +twice as much hydrogen formed as oxygen.</p> + +<p>Fig. 78 shows a glass jar in which are placed two metal<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_59" id="Page_59">[59]</a></span> +strips, A and C, these being connected with two cells. +In this jar may be placed various conducting solutions to +be tested. If, for example, we use a solution of copper +sulphate, its chemical formula being CuSO<sub>4</sub>, the current +will break it up into Cu (copper) and SO<sub>4</sub>. The Cu will +be deposited upon C as the current passes from A to C +through the solution. A is called the <i>anode</i>, and C the +<i>cathode</i>.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 374px;"> +<img src="images/i_059a.jpg" width="374" height="302" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 78.</div> +</div> + +<p>Fig. 79 shows another form of jar used to study the +decomposition of solutions by the electric +current.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 140px;"> +<img src="images/i_059b.jpg" width="140" height="183" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig 79.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_80"></a>80. Ions.</b> When a solution is decomposed +into parts by a current, the parts are +called the <i>Ions</i>. When copper sulphate +(Cu SO<sub>4</sub>) is used, the ions are Cu, which is +a metal, and SO<sub>4</sub>, called an acid radical. +When silver nitrate (Ag NO<sub>3</sub>) is used, Ag +and NO<sub>3</sub> are the ions. The metal part of the compound +goes to the cathode.</p> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_60" id="Page_60">[60]</a></span></p> + + + + +<h2>CHAPTER VIII.<br /> +<small>HOW ELECTROPLATING AND ELECTROTYPING ARE DONE.</small></h2> + + +<p><b><a id="par_81"></a>81. Electricity and Chemical Action.</b> We have +just seen, Chapter VII., that the electric current has the +power to decompose certain compounds when they are in +solution. By choosing the right solutions, then, we shall +be able to get copper, silver, and other metals set free by +electrolysis.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_82"></a>82. Electroplating</b> consists in coating substances +with metal with the aid of the electric current. If we +wish to electroplate a piece of metal with copper, for +example, we can use the arrangement shown in Fig. 78, +in which C is the cathode plate to be covered, and A is a +copper plate. The two are in a solution of copper sulphate, +and, as explained in § 79, the solution will be +decomposed. Copper will be deposited upon C, and the +SO<sub>4</sub> part of the solution will go to the anode A, which it +will attack and gradually dissolve. The SO<sub>4</sub>, acting upon +the copper anode, makes CuSO<sub>4</sub> again, and this keeps the +solution at a uniform strength. The amount of copper +dissolved from the copper anode equals, nearly, the +amount deposited upon the cathode. The metal is carried +in the direction of the current.</p> + +<p>If we wish to plate something with silver or gold, it +will be necessary to use a solution of silver or gold for +the electrolyte, a plate of metallic silver or gold being +used for the anode, as the case may be.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_61" id="Page_61">[61]</a></span></p> + +<p>Great care is used in cleaning substances to be plated, +all dirt and grease being carefully removed.</p> + +<p>Fig. 80 shows a plating bath in which several articles +can be plated at the same time by hanging them upon a +metal bar which really forms a part of the cathode. If, +for example, we wish to plate knives, spoons, etc., with +silver, they would be hung from the bar shown, each +being a part of the cathode. The vat would contain a +solution of silver, and from the other bar would be hung +a silver plate having a surface about equal to that of the +combined knives, etc.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 486px;"> +<img src="images/i_061.jpg" width="486" height="265" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 80.</div> +</div> + +<p>Most metals are coated with copper before they are +plated with silver or gold. When plating is done on a +large scale, a current from a dynamo is used. For +experimental purposes a Gravity cell will do very well. +(See "Study," § 374 to 380 with experiments.)</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_83"></a>83. Electrotyping.</b> It was observed by De La Rue +in 1836 that in the Daniell cell an even coating of copper +was deposited upon the copper plate. From this was +developed the process of electrotyping, which consists in<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_62" id="Page_62">[62]</a></span> +making a copy in metal of a wood-cut, page of type, etc. +A mould or impression of the type or coin is first +made in wax, or other suitable material. These moulds +are, of course, the reverse of the original, and as they do +not conduct electricity, have to be coated with graphite. +This thin coating lines the mould with conducting +material so that the current can get to every part of the +mould. These are then hung upon the cathode in a bath +of copper sulphate as described in § 82. The electric +current which passes through the vat deposits a thin +layer of metallic copper next to the graphite. When this +copper gets thick enough, the wax is melted away from +it, leaving a thin shell of copper, the side next to the +graphite being exactly alike in shape to the type, but +made of copper. These thin copper sheets are too thin +to stand the pressure necessary on printing presses, so +they are strengthened by backing them with soft metal +which fills every crevice, making solid plates about ¼ in. +thick. These plates or <i>electrotypes</i> are used to print +from, the original type being used to set up another page.</p> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_63" id="Page_63">[63]</a></span></p> + + + + +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_IX"></a>CHAPTER IX.<br /> +<small>THE STORAGE BATTERY, AND HOW IT WORKS.</small></h2> + + +<p><b><a id="par_84"></a>84. Polarization.</b> It has been stated that a simple +cell polarizes rapidly on account of hydrogen bubbles that +form upon the copper plate. They tend to send a current +in the opposite direction to that of the main current, +which is thereby weakened.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 356px;"> +<img src="images/i_063.jpg" width="356" height="243" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 81.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_85"></a>85. Electromotive Force of Polarization.</b> It has +been shown, Fig. 71, that water can be decomposed by +the electric current. +Hydrogen and +oxygen have a +strong attraction or +chemical affinity for +each other, or they +would not unite to +form water. This +attraction has to be +overcome before the +water can be decomposed. As soon as the decomposing +current ceases to flow, the gases formed try to rush together +again; in fact, if the water voltameter be disconnected +from the cells and connected with a galvanoscope, +the presence of a current will be shown. This voltameter +will give a current with an E. M. F. of nearly 1.5 +volts; so it is evident that we must have a current with a +higher voltage than this to decompose water. This<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_64" id="Page_64">[64]</a></span> +E. M. F., due to polarization, is called the E. M. F. of +polarization.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_86"></a>86. Secondary or Storage Batteries</b>, also called +<i>accumulators</i>, do not really store electricity. They must +be charged by a current before they can give out any +electricity. Chemical changes are produced in the storage +cells by the charging current just as they are in voltameters, +electroplating solutions, etc.; so it is potential +chemical energy that is really +stored. When the new products +are allowed to go back +to their original state, by +joining the electrodes of the +charged cell, a current is produced.</p> + +<p>Fig. 81 shows two lead +plates, A and B, immersed in +dilute sulphuric acid, and +connected with two ordinary +cells. A strong current will +pass through the liquid between +A and B at first, but it +will quickly become weaker, as chemical changes take +place in the liquid. This may be shown by a galvanometer +put in the circuit before beginning the experiment. +By disconnecting the wires from the cells and +joining them to the galvanometer, it will be shown that +a current comes from the lead plates. This arrangement +may be called a simple storage cell. Regular storage cells +are charged with the current from a dynamo. (See +"Study," Exp. 151.)</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 272px;"> +<img src="images/i_064.jpg" width="272" height="349" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 82.</div> +</div> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_65" id="Page_65">[65]</a></span></p> + +<p>The first storage cells were made of plain lead plates, +rolled up in such a way that they were close to each +other, but did not touch. These were placed in dilute +sulphuric acid. They were charged in alternate directions +several times, until the lead became properly acted +upon, at which time the cell would furnish a current.</p> + +<p>A great improvement was made in 1881, by Faure, who +coated the plates with red lead.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 507px;"> +<img src="images/i_065.jpg" width="507" height="346" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 83.</div> +</div> + +<p>The method now generally practiced is to cast a frame +of lead, with raised right-angled ribs on each side, thus +forming little depressed squares, or to punch a lead plate +full of holes, which squares or holes are then filled with +a pasty mixture of red oxide of lead in positive plates, +and with litharge in negatives. In a form called the +chloride battery, instead of cementing lead oxide paste +into or against a lead framing in order to obtain the +necessary active material, the latter is obtained by a +strictly chemical process.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_66" id="Page_66">[66]</a></span></p> + +<p>Fig. 82 shows a storage cell with plates, etc., contained +in a glass jar. Fig. 83 shows a cell of 41 plates, set up in +a lead-lined wood tank. Fig. 84 shows three cells joined +in series. Many storage cells are used in central electric +light stations to help the dynamos during the "rush" +hours at night. They are charged during the day when +the load on the dynamos is not heavy.</p> + +<p>Fig. 85 shows another form of storage cell containing +a number of plates.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 466px;"> +<img src="images/i_066.jpg" width="466" height="321" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 84.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_87"></a>87. The Uses of Storage Batteries</b> are almost +numberless. The current can be used for nearly everything +for which a constant current is adapted, the following +being some of its applications: Carriage propulsion; +electric launch propulsion; train lighting; yacht lighting; +carriage lighting; bicycle lighting; miners' lamps; dental, +medical, surgical, and laboratory work; phonographs; +kinetoscopes; automaton pianos; sewing-machine motors; +fan motors; telegraph; telephone; electric bell; electric<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_67" id="Page_67">[67]</a></span> +fire-alarm; heat regulating; railroad switch and signal +apparatus.</p> + +<p>By the installing of a storage plant many natural but +small sources of power may be utilized in furnishing light +and power; sources which otherwise are not available, +because not large enough to supply maximum demands. +The force of the tides, of small water powers from irrigating +ditches, and even of the wind, come under this +heading.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 306px;"> +<img src="images/i_067.jpg" width="306" height="364" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 85.</div> +</div> + +<p>As a regulator of pressure, in case of fluctuations in +the load, the value of a storage plant is inestimable. +These fluctuations of load are particularly noticeable in +electric railway plants, where the demand is constantly +rising and falling, sometimes jumping from almost nothing +to the maximum, and <i>vice versa</i>, in a few seconds. +If for no other reason than the prevention of severe +strain on the engines and generators, caused by these +fluctuations of demand, a storage plant will be valuable.</p> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_68" id="Page_68">[68]</a></span></p> + + + + +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_X"></a>CHAPTER X.<br /> +<small>HOW ELECTRICITY IS GENERATED BY HEAT.</small></h2> + + +<p><b><a id="par_88"></a>88. Thermoelectricity</b> is the name given to electricity +that is generated by heat. If a strip of iron, I, be connected +between two strips of copper, C C, these being +joined by a copper wire, C W, we shall have an arrangement +that will generate a current when heated at either +of the junctions between C and I. When it is heated +at A the current will +flow as shown by +arrows, from C to I. +If we heat at B, the +current will flow in +the opposite direction +through the metals, +although it will still +go from C to I as before. Such currents are called +<i>thermoelectric currents</i>.</p> + +<div class="figleft" style="width: 345px;"> +<img src="images/i_068.jpg" width="345" height="196" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 86.</div> +</div> + +<p>Different pairs of metals produce different results. +Antimony and bismuth are generally used, because the +greatest effect is produced by them. If the end of a strip +of bismuth be soldered to the end of a similar strip of +antimony, and the free ends be connected to a galvanometer +of low resistance, the presence of a current will be +shown when the point of contact becomes hotter than the +rest of the circuit. The current will flow from bismuth<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_69" id="Page_69">[69]</a></span> +to antimony across the joint. By cooling the juncture +below the temperature of the rest of the circuit, a current +will be produced in the opposite direction to the above. +The energy of the current is kept up by the heat absorbed, +just as it is kept up by chemical action in the voltaic +cell.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_89"></a>89. Peltier Effect.</b> If an electric current be passed +through pairs of metals, the parts at the junction become +slightly warmer or cooler than before, depending upon +the direction of the current. This action is really the +reverse of that in which currents are produced by heat.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 309px;"> +<img src="images/i_069.jpg" width="309" height="201" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 87.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_90"></a>90. Thermopiles.</b> As the E.M.F. of the current +produced by a single pair of metals is very small, several +pairs are usually joined in series, so that the different +currents will help each other by flowing in the same direction. +Such combinations are called thermoelectric piles, +or simply <i>thermopiles</i>.</p> + +<p>Fig. 87 shows such an arrangement, in which a large +number of elements are placed in a small space. The +junctures are so arranged that the alternate ones come +together at one side.</p> + +<p>Fig. 88 shows a thermopile connected with a galvanometer.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_70" id="Page_70">[70]</a></span> +The heat of a match, or the cold of a piece of ice, +will produce a current, even if held at some distance from +the thermopile. The galvanometer should be a short-coil +astatic one. (See "Study," Chapter XXIV., for +experiments and home-made thermopile.)</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 570px;"> +<img src="images/i_070.jpg" width="570" height="400" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 88.</div> +</div> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_71" id="Page_71">[71]</a></span></p> + + + + +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_XI"></a>CHAPTER XI.<br /> +<small>MAGNETIC EFFECTS OF THE ELECTRIC CURRENT.</small></h2> + + +<p><b><a id="par_91"></a>91. Electromagnetism</b> is the name given to magnetism +that is developed by electricity. We have seen that +if a magnetic needle be placed in the field of a magnet, its +N pole will point in the direction taken by the lines of +force as they pass from the N to the S pole of the magnet.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 398px;"> +<img src="images/i_071.jpg" width="398" height="294" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 89.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_92"></a>92. Lines of Force about a Wire.</b> When a current +passes through a wire, the magnetic needle placed over or +under it tends to take a position at right angles to the +wire. Fig. 89 shows such a wire and needle, and how +the needle is deflected; it twists right around from its N +and S position as soon as the current begins to flow. +This shows that the lines of force pass <i>around</i> the wire +and not in the direction of its length. The needle does +not swing entirely perpendicular to the wire, that is, to<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_72" id="Page_72">[72]</a></span> +the E and W line, because the earth is at the same time +pulling its N pole toward the N.</p> + +<p>Fig. 90 shows a bent wire through which a current +passes from C to Z. If you look along the wire from C +toward the points A and B, you will see that <i>under</i> the +wire the lines of force pass to the left. Looking along +the wire from Z toward D you will see that the lines of +force pass opposite to the above, as the current comes +<i>toward</i> you. This is learned by experiment. (See +"Study," Exp. 152, § 385, etc.)</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 269px;"> +<img src="images/i_072a.png" width="269" height="203" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 90.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 185px;"> +<img src="images/i_072b.png" width="185" height="94" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 91.</div> +</div> + +<p><i>Rule.</i> Hold the right hand with the thumb extended +(Fig. 89) and with the fingers pointing in the direction of +the current, the palm being toward the needle and on +the opposite side of the wire from the needle. The north-seeking +pole will then be deflected in the direction in +which the thumb points.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_93"></a>93. Current Detectors.</b> As there is a magnetic field +about a wire when a current passes through it, and as the +magnetic needle is affected, we have a means of detecting +the presence of a current. When the current is strong it +is simply necessary to let it pass once over or under a +needle; when it is weak, the wire must pass several +times above and below the needle, Fig. 91, to give the +needle motion. (See "Apparatus Book," Chapter XIII., +for home-made detectors.)</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_73" id="Page_73">[73]</a></span></p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 336px;"> +<img src="images/i_073a.png" width="336" height="209" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 92.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_94"></a>94. Astatic Needles and Detectors.</b> By arranging +two magnetized needles with their poles opposite each +other, Fig. 92, an <i>astatic needle</i> is formed. The pointing-power +is almost nothing, although their magnetic +fields are retained. This combination +is used to detect feeble +currents. In the ordinary detector, +the tendency of the needle +to point to the N and S has to be +overcome by the magnetic field +about the coil before the needle +can be moved; but in the <i>astatic detector</i> and <i>galvanoscope</i> +this pointing-power is done away with. Fig. 93 +shows a simple <i>astatic galvanoscope</i>. Fig. 67 shows an +astatic galvanometer for measuring weak currents.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 352px;"> +<img src="images/i_073b.png" width="352" height="437" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 93.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_95"></a>95. Polarity of Coils.</b> When a current of electricity +passes through a coil of wire, the +coil acts very much like a magnet, +although no iron enters into its +construction. The coil becomes +magnetized by the electric current, +lines of force pass from it +into the air, etc. Fig. 94 shows a +coil connected to copper and zinc +plates, so arranged with cork that +the whole can float in a dish of +dilute sulphuric acid. The current +passes as shown by the +arrows, and when the N pole of a magnet is brought +near the right-hand end, there is a repulsion, showing +that that end of the coil has a N pole.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_74" id="Page_74">[74]</a></span></p> + +<p><i>Rule.</i> When you face the right-hand end of the coil, +the current is seen to pass around it in an anti-clockwise +direction; this produces a N pole. When the current +passes in a clockwise direction a S pole is produced.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 228px;"> +<img src="images/i_074.png" width="228" height="333" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 94.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_96"></a>96. Electromagnets.</b> +A coil of wire has a stronger +field than a straight wire +carrying the same current, +because each turn adds its +field to the fields of the +other turns. By having the +central part of the coil +made of iron, or by having +the coil of insulated wire +wound upon an iron <i>core</i>, +the strength of the magnetic +field of the coil is +greatly increased.</p> + +<p>Lines of force do not +pass as readily through air +as through iron; in fact, +lines of force will go out of their way to go through +iron. With a coil of wire the lines of force pass from its +N pole through the air on all sides of the coil to its S +pole; they then pass through the inside of the coil and +through the air back to the N pole. When the resistance +to their passage through the coil is decreased by the +core, the magnetic field is greatly strengthened, and we +have an <i>electromagnet</i>.</p> + +<p>The coil of wire temporarily magnetizes the iron core; +it can permanently magnetize a piece of steel used as<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_75" id="Page_75">[75]</a></span> +a core. (See "Study," Chapter XXII., for experiments.)</p> + + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 520px;"> +<img src="images/i_075.png" width="520" height="389" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 95.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_97"></a>97. Forms of Electromagnets.</b> Fig. 95 shows a +<i>straight, or bar electromagnet</i>. Fig. 96 shows a simple +form of <i>horseshoe electromagnet</i>. As this form is not easily +wound, the coils are generally wound on two separate +cores which are then joined by a <i>yoke</i>. The yoke +merely takes the place of the curved part shown in Fig. +96. In Fig. 97 is shown the ordinary form of horseshoe +electromagnet used for all sorts of electrical instruments. +(See "Apparatus Book," Chapter IX., for home-made +electromagnets.)</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_98"></a>98. Yokes and Armatures.</b> In the horseshoe magnet +there are two poles to attract and two to induce. The +lines of force pass through the yoke on their way from +one core to the other, instead of going through the air.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_76" id="Page_76">[76]</a></span> +This reduces the resistance to them. If we had no yoke +we should simply have two straight electromagnets, and +the resistance to the lines of force would be so great that +the total strength would be much reduced. Yokes are +made of soft iron, as well as the cores and armature. The +<i>armature</i>, as with permanent horseshoe magnets, is +strongly drawn toward the poles. As soon as the current +ceases to flow, the attraction also ceases.</p> + + + +<div class="center"> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="drawings"> +<tr><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 192px;"> +<img src="images/i_076a.jpg" width="192" height="215" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 96</div> +</div></td><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 272px;"> +<img src="images/i_076b.jpg" width="272" height="177" alt="drawings" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 97.</div> +</div></td></tr> +</table></div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 263px;"> +<img src="images/i_076c.png" width="263" height="98" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 98.</div> +</div> + +<p>Beautiful magnetic figures can be made with horseshoe +magnets. Fig. 98 shows that the coils must be joined so +that the current can pass around the cores in opposite +directions to make unlike poles. (See "Study," Exp. +164 to 173.)</p> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_77" id="Page_77">[77]</a></span></p> + + + + +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_XII"></a>CHAPTER XII.<br /> +<small>HOW ELECTRICITY IS GENERATED BY INDUCTION.</small></h2> + + +<p><b><a id="par_99"></a>99. Electromagnetic Induction.</b> We have seen that +a magnet has the power to act through space and induce +another piece of iron or steel to become a magnet. A +charge of static electricity can induce a charge upon +another conductor. We have now to see how a <i>current</i> +of electricity in one conductor can induce a current in +another conductor, not in any way connected with the +first, and how a magnet and a coil can generate a current.</p> + + + +<div class="center"> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="drawings"> +<tr><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 362px;"> +<img src="images/i_077a.png" width="362" height="187" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 99.</div> +</div></td><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 109px;"> +<img src="images/i_077b.png" width="109" height="265" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 100.</div> +</div></td></tr> +</table></div> + + + + +<p><b><a id="par_100"></a>100. Current from Magnet and Coil.</b> If a bar magnet, +Fig. 99, be suddenly thrust into a hollow coil of +wire, a momentary current of electricity will be generated +in the coil. No current passes when the magnet and coil +are still; at least one of them must be in motion. Such a +current is said to be <i>induced</i>, and is an <i>inverse</i> one when<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_78" id="Page_78">[78]</a></span> +the magnet is inserted, and a <i>direct</i> one when the magnet +is withdrawn from the coil.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_101"></a>101. Induced Currents and Lines of Force.</b> Permanent +magnets are constantly sending out thousands of +lines of force. Fig. 100 shows a bar magnet entering a +coil of wire; the number of lines of force is increasing, +and the induced current passes in an anti-clockwise direction +when looking down into the coil along the lines of +force. This produces an indirect current. If an iron +core be used in the coil, the induced current will be +greatly strengthened.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 538px;"> +<img src="images/i_078.jpg" width="538" height="315" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 101.</div> +</div> + +<p>It takes force to move a magnet through the center of +a coil, and it is this work that is the source of the induced +current. We have, in this simple experiment, the key to +the action of the dynamo and other electrical machines.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_102"></a>102. Current from two Coils.</b> Fig. 101 shows two +coils of wire, the smaller being connected to a cell, the +larger to a galvanometer. By moving the small coil up<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_79" id="Page_79">[79]</a></span> +and down inside of the large one, induced currents are +generated, first in one direction and then in the opposite. +We have here two entirely separate circuits, in no way +connected. The <i>primary</i> current comes from the cell, +while the <i>secondary</i> current is an induced one. By placing +a core in the small coil of Fig. 101, the induced current +will be greatly strengthened.</p> + +<p>It is not necessary to have the two coils so that one or +both of them can move. They may be wound on the +same core, or otherwise arranged as in the induction coil. +(See "Study," Chapter XXV., for experiments on +induced currents.)</p> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_80" id="Page_80">[80]</a></span></p> + + + + +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_XIII"></a>CHAPTER XIII.<br /> +<small>HOW THE INDUCTION COIL WORKS.</small></h2> + + +<p><b><a id="par_103"></a>103. The Coils.</b> We saw, § 102, that an induced +current was generated when a current-carrying coil, Fig. +101, was thrust into another coil connected with a galvanometer. +The galvanometer was used merely to show the +presence of the current. The <i>primary coil</i> is the one +connected with the cell; the other one is called the <i>secondary +coil</i>.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 459px;"> +<img src="images/i_080.jpg" width="459" height="289" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 102.</div> +</div> + +<p>When a current suddenly begins to flow through a coil, +the effect upon a neighboring coil is the same as that produced +by suddenly bringing a magnet near it; and when +the current stops, the opposite effect is produced. It is +evident, then, that we can keep the small coil of Fig. 101 +with its core inside of the large coil, and generate induced +currents by merely making and breaking the primary +circuit.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_81" id="Page_81">[81]</a></span></p> + +<p>We may consider that when the primary circuit is +closed, the lines of force shoot out through the turns of +the secondary coil just as they do when a magnet or a +current-carrying coil is thrust into it. Upon opening the +circuit, the lines of force cease to exist; that is, we may +imagine them drawn in again.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_104"></a>104. Construction.</b> Fig. 102 shows one form of +home-made induction coil, given here merely to explain +the action and connections. Nearly all induction coils +have some form of automatic current interrupter, placed +in the primary circuit, to rapidly turn the current off +and on.</p> +<div class="figleft" style="width: 202px;"> +<img src="images/i_081.png" width="202" height="153" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 103.</div> +</div> +<p><i>Details of Figs. 102 and 103.</i> Wires 5 and 6 are the +ends of the primary coil, while +wires 7 and 8 are the terminals of +the secondary coil. The primary +coil is wound on a bolt which +serves as the core, and on this +coil is wound the secondary which +consists of many turns of fine wire. +The wires from a battery should be joined to binding-posts +W and X, and the handles, from which the shock is +felt, to Y and Z. Fig. 103 shows the details of the interrupter.</p> + + + +<p>If the current from a cell enters at W, it will pass +through the primary coil and out at X, after going +through 5, R, F, S I, B, E and C. The instant the +current passes, the bolt becomes magnetized; this attracts +A, which pulls B away from the end of S I, thus automatically +opening the circuit. B at once springs back to +its former position against SI, as A is no longer attracted;<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_82" id="Page_82">[82]</a></span> +the circuit being closed, the operation is rapidly +repeated.</p> + +<p>A <i>condenser</i> is usually connected to commercial forms. +It is placed under the wood-work and decreases sparking +at the interrupter. (See "Apparatus Book," Chapter +XI., for home-made induction coils.)</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 384px;"> +<img src="images/i_082.jpg" width="384" height="241" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 104.</div> +</div> + +<p>Fig. 104 shows one form of coil. The battery wires +are joined to the binding-posts at the left. The secondary +coil ends in two rods, and the spark jumps from one to +the other. The interrupter and a switch are shown at +the left.</p> + +<p>Fig. 105 shows a small coil for medical purposes. A +dry cell is placed under the coil and all is included in +a neat box. The handles form the terminals of the +secondary coil.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_105"></a>105. The Currents.</b> It should be noted that the +current from the cell does not get into the secondary coil. +The coils are thoroughly insulated from each other. The +secondary current is an induced one, its voltage depending +upon the relative number of turns of wire there are<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_83" id="Page_83">[83]</a></span> +in the two coils. (See Transformers.) The secondary +current is an alternating one; that is, it flows in one +direction for an instant and then immediately reverses its +direction. The rapidity of the alternations depends upon +the speed of the interrupter. Coils are made that give a +secondary current with an enormous voltage; so high, in +fact, that the spark will pass many inches, and otherwise +act like those produced by static electric machines.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 328px;"> +<img src="images/i_083.jpg" width="328" height="267" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 105.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_106"></a>106. Uses of Induction Coils.</b> Gas-jets can be +lighted at a distance with the spark from a coil, by extending +wires from the secondary coil to the jet. Powder +can be fired at a distance, and other things performed, +when a high voltage current is needed. Its use in medicine +has been noted. It is largely used in telephone work. +Of late, great use has been made of the secondary current +in experiments with vacuum-tubes, X-ray work, etc.</p> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_84" id="Page_84">[84]</a></span></p> + + + + +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_XIV"></a>CHAPTER XIV.<br /> +<small>THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, AND HOW IT SENDS +MESSAGES.</small></h2> + + +<p><b><a id="par_107"></a>107. The Complete Telegraph Line</b> consists of +several instruments, switches, etc., etc., but its essential +parts are: The <i>Line</i>, or wire, which connects the different +stations; the <i>Transmitter</i> or <i>Key</i>; the <i>Receiver</i> or +<i>Sounder</i>, and the <i>Battery</i> or <i>Dynamo</i>.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_108"></a>108. The Line</b> is made of strong copper, iron, or soft +steel wire. To keep the current in the line it is insulated, +generally upon poles, by glass insulators. For +very short lines two wires +can be used, the line wire +and the return; but for long +lines the earth is used as a +return, a wire from each +end being joined to large metal plates sunk in the earth.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 269px;"> +<img src="images/i_084.jpg" width="269" height="91" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 106.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_109"></a>109. Telegraph Keys</b> are merely instruments by +which the circuit can be conveniently and rapidly opened +or closed at the will of the operator. An ordinary push-button +may be used to turn the current off and on, but it +is not so convenient as a key.</p> + +<p>Fig. 106 shows a side view of a simple key which can +be put anywhere in the circuit, one end of the cut wire +being attached to X and the other to Y. By moving the +lever C up and down according to a previously arranged +set of signals, a current will be allowed to pass to a distant<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_85" id="Page_85">[85]</a></span> +station. As X and Y are insulated from each other, +the current can pass only when C presses against Y.</p> + +<p>Fig. 107 shows a regular key, with switch, which is +used to allow the current to pass through the instrument +when receiving a message.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 432px;"> +<img src="images/i_085a.jpg" width="432" height="167" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 107.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_110"></a>110. Telegraph Sounders</b> receive the current from +some distant station, and with its electromagnet produce +sounds that can be translated into messages.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 491px;"> +<img src="images/i_085b.jpg" width="491" height="119" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 108.</div> +</div> + +<p>Fig. 108 shows simply an electromagnet H, the coil +being connected in series with a key K and a cell D C. +The key and D C are shown by a top view. The lever +of K does not touch the other metal strap until it is +pressed down. A little above the core of H is held a +strip of iron, on armature I. As soon as the circuit is +closed at K, the current rushes through the circuit, and +the core attracts I making a distinct <i>click</i>. As soon as +K is raised, I springs away from the core, if it has been<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_86" id="Page_86">[86]</a></span> +properly held. In regular instruments a click is also +made when the armature springs back again.</p> + +<p>The time between the two clicks can be short or long, +to represent <i>dots</i> or <i>dashes</i>, +which, together with <i>spaces</i>, +represent letters. (For +Telegraph Alphabet and +complete directions for +home-made keys, sounders, +etc., see "Apparatus +Book," Chapter XIV.)</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 275px;"> +<img src="images/i_086a.jpg" width="275" height="225" alt="" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 109.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 501px;"> +<img src="images/i_086b.jpg" width="501" height="331" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 110.</div> +</div> + +<p>Fig. 109 shows a form of +home-made sounder. Fig. +110 shows one form of telegraph sounder. Over the poles +of the horseshoe electromagnet is an armature fixed to a +metal bar that can rock up and down. The instant the +current passes through the coils the armature comes +down until a stop-screw strikes firmly upon the metal +frame, making the down click. As soon as the distant<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_87" id="Page_87">[87]</a></span> +key is raised, the armature is firmly pulled back and +another click is made. The two clicks differ in sound, +and can be readily recognized by the operator.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_111"></a>111. Connections for Simple Line.</b> Fig. 111 shows +complete connections for a home-made telegraph line. +The capital letters are used for the right side, R, and +small letters for the left side, L. Gravity cells, B and b, +are used. The <i>sounders</i>, S and s, and the <i>keys</i>, K and k, +are shown by a top view. The broad black lines of S and +s represent the armatures which are directly over the +electromagnets. The keys have switches, E and e.</p> + +<p>The two stations, R and L, may be in the same room, +or in different houses. +The <i>return wire</i>, R W, +passes from the copper +of b to the zinc of B. +This is important, as the +cells must help each +other; that is, they are +in series. The <i>line wire</i>, +L W, passes from one +station to the other, and the return may be through the +wire, R W, or through the earth; but for short lines a +wire is best.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 323px;"> +<img src="images/i_087.jpg" width="323" height="206" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 111.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_112"></a>112. Operation of Simple Line.</b> Suppose two boys, +R (right) and L (left) have a line. Fig. 111 shows that +R's switch, E, is open, while e is closed. The entire +circuit, then, is broken at but one point. As soon as R +presses his key, the circuit is closed, and the current from +both cells rushes around from B, through K, S, L W, s, +k, b, R W, and back to B. This makes the armatures of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_88" id="Page_88">[88]</a></span> +S and s come down with a click at the same time. As +soon as the key is raised, the armatures lift and make +the up-click. As soon as R has finished, he closes his +switch E. As the armatures are then held down, L +knows that R has finished, so he opens his switch e, and +answers R. Both E and e are closed when the line is not +in use, so that either can open his switch at any time and +call up the other. Closed circuit cells must be used for +such lines. On very large lines dynamos are used to +furnish the current.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_113"></a>113. The Relay.</b> Owing to the large resistance of +long telegraph lines, the current is weak when it reaches +a distant station, and not strong enough to work an +ordinary sounder. To get around this, relays are used; +these are very delicate instruments that replace the +sounder in the line wire circuit. Their coils are usually +wound with many turns of fine wire, so that a feeble +current will move its nicely adjusted armature. The +relay armature merely acts as an automatic key to open +and close a local circuit which includes a battery and +sounder. The line current does not enter the sounder; it +passes back from the relay to the sending station through +the earth.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 564px;"> +<img src="images/i_088.jpg" width="564" height="95" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 112.</div> +</div> + +<p>Fig. 112 gives an idea of simple relay connections. +The key K, and cell D C, represent a distant sending +station. E is the electromagnet of the relay, and R A is<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_89" id="Page_89">[89]</a></span> +its armature. L W and R W represent the line and +return wires. R A will vibrate toward E every time K +is pressed, and close the local circuit, which includes a +local battery, L B, and a sounder. It is evident that as +soon as K is pressed the sounder will work with a good +strong click, as the local battery can be made as strong +as desired.</p> + +<p>Fig. 113 shows a regular instrument which opens and +closes the local circuit at the top of the armature.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 403px;"> +<img src="images/i_089.jpg" width="403" height="235" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 113.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_114"></a>114. Ink Writing Registers</b> are frequently used +instead of sounders. Fig. 114 shows a writing register +that starts itself promptly at the opening of the circuit, +and stops automatically as soon as the circuit returns to +its normal condition. A strip of narrow paper is slowly +pulled from the reel by the machine, a mark being made +upon it every time the armature of an inclosed electromagnet +is attracted. When the circuit is simply closed +for an instant, a short line, representing a <i>dot</i>, is made.</p> + +<p>Registers are built both single pen and double pen. +In the latter case, as the record of one wire is made with<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_90" id="Page_90">[90]</a></span> +a fine pen, and the other with a coarse pen, they can +always be identified. The record being blocked out upon +white tape in solid black color, in a series of clean-cut +dots and dashes, it can be read at a glance, and as it is +indelible, it may be read years afterward. Registers are +made for local circuits, for use in connection with relays, +or for direct use on main lines, as is usually desirable in +fire-alarm circuits.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 508px;"> +<img src="images/i_090.jpg" width="508" height="423" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 114.</div> +</div> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_91" id="Page_91">[91]</a></span></p> + + + + +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_XV"></a>CHAPTER XV.<br /> +<small>THE ELECTRIC BELL AND SOME OF ITS USES.</small></h2> + + +<p><b><a id="par_115"></a>115. Automatic Current Interrupters</b> are used on +most common bells, as well as on induction coils, etc. +(See § 104.) Fig. 115 +shows a simple form +of interrupter. The +wire 1, from a cell D +C, is joined to an iron +strip I a short distance +from its end. The +other wire from D C passes to one end of the electromagnet +coil H. The remaining end of H is placed in +contact with I as shown, completing the circuit. As soon +as the current passes, I is pulled down and away from +the upper wire 2, breaking the circuit. I, being held by +its left-hand end firmly in the hand, immediately springs +back to its former position, closing the circuit again. +This action is repeated, the rapidity of the vibrations +depending somewhat upon the position of the wires on I. +In regular instruments a platinum point is used where<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_92" id="Page_92">[92]</a></span> +the circuit is broken; this stands +the sparking when the armature +vibrates.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 346px;"> +<img src="images/i_091a.jpg" width="346" height="151" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 115.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 528px;"> +<img src="images/i_091b.jpg" width="528" height="143" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 116.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_116"></a>116. Electric Bells</b> may be +illustrated by referring to Fig. +116, which shows a circuit similar +to that described in § 115, +but which also contains a key +K, in the circuit. This allows +the circuit to be opened and +closed at a distance from the +vibrating armature. The circuit +must not be broken at two +places at the same time, so wires +should touch at the end of I before +pressing K. Upon pressing K the armature I will +vibrate rapidly. By placing a small bell near the end of +the vibrating armature, so +that it will be struck by I at +each vibration, we should +have a simple electric bell. +This form of electric bell is +called a <i>trembling</i> bell, on +account of its vibrating armature.</p> + + + +<div class="center"> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="drawings"> +<tr><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 248px;"> +<img src="images/i_092a.jpg" width="248" height="401" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 117.</div> +</div></td><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 286px;"> +<img src="images/i_092b.jpg" width="286" height="303" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 118.</div> +</div></td></tr> +</table></div> + + + + +<p>Fig. 117 shows a form of +trembling bell with cover +removed. Fig. 118 shows a +<i>single-stroke</i> bell, used for +fire-alarms and other signal work. In this the armature +is attracted but once each time the current passes. As<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_93" id="Page_93">[93]</a></span> +many taps of the bell can be +given as desired by pressing +the push-button. Fig. 119 +shows a gong for railway +crossings, signals, etc. Fig. +120 shows a circuit including +cell, push-button, and bell, +with extra wire for lengthening +the line.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 260px;"> +<img src="images/i_093a.jpg" width="260" height="399" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 119.</div> +</div> + +<p><i>Electro-Mechanical Gongs</i> are +used to give loud signals for +special purposes. The mechanical +device is started by +the electric current when the +armature of the electromagnet +is attracted. Springs, weights, etc., are used as the +power. Fig. 121 shows a small bell of this kind.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 218px;"> +<img src="images/i_093b.jpg" width="218" height="316" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 120.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_117"></a>117. Magneto Testing Bells</b>, +Fig. 122, are really small hand-power +dynamos. The armature is +made to revolve between the poles +of strong permanent magnets, and +it is so wound that it gives a current +with a large E. M. F., so that +it can ring through the large resistance +of a long line to test it.</p> + +<p><i>Magneto Signal Bells</i>, Fig. 123, +are used as generator and bell in +connection with telephones. The +generator, used to ring a bell at a +distant station, stands at the bottom of the box. The<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_94" id="Page_94">[94]</a></span> +bell is fastened to the lid, and receives current from a +distant bell.</p> + +<div class="center"> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="drawings"> +<tr><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 166px;"> +<img src="images/i_094a.jpg" width="166" height="329" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 121.</div> +</div></td><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 308px;"> +<img src="images/i_094b.jpg" width="308" height="315" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 122.</div> +</div></td></tr> +<tr><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 317px;"> +<img src="images/i_094c.jpg" width="317" height="325" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 123.</div> +</div></td><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 242px;"> +<img src="images/i_094d.jpg" width="242" height="293" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 124.</div> +</div></td></tr> +</table></div> + + +<p><b><a id="par_118"></a>118. Electric Buzzers</b> have the same general construction +as electric bells; in fact, you will have a buzzer +by removing the bell from an ordinary electric bell. +Buzzers are used in places where the loud sound of a bell +would be objectionable. Fig. 124 shows the usual form +of buzzers, the cover being removed.</p> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_95" id="Page_95">[95]</a></span></p> + + + + +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_XVI"></a>CHAPTER XVI.<br /> +<small>THE TELEPHONE, AND HOW IT TRANSMITS SPEECH.</small></h2> + + +<p><b><a id="par_119"></a>119. The Telephone</b> is an instrument for reproducing +sounds at a distance, and electricity is the agent by +which this is generally accomplished. The part spoken +to is called the <i>transmitter</i>, and the part which gives +sound out again is called the <i>receiver</i>. Sound itself does +not pass over the line. While the same apparatus can be +used for both transmitter and receiver, they are generally +different in construction to get the best results.</p> + +<div class="center"> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="drawings"> +<tr><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 108px;"> +<img src="images/i_095.jpg" width="108" height="195" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 125.</div> +</div> +</td><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 166px;"> +<img src="images/i_095b.jpg" width="166" height="120" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 126.</div> +</div></td></tr> +</table></div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 397px;"> +<img src="images/i_095c.jpg" width="397" height="182" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 127.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_120"></a>120. The Bell or Magneto-transmitter</b> generates +its own current, and is, strictly speaking, a dynamo that<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_96" id="Page_96">[96]</a></span> +is run by the voice. It depends upon induction for its +action.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 542px;"> +<img src="images/i_096a.jpg" width="542" height="133" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 128.</div> +</div> + + +<div class="figright" style="width: 202px;"> +<img src="images/i_096b.jpg" width="202" height="205" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 129.</div> +</div> + +<p>Fig. 125 shows a coil of wire, H, with soft iron core, +the ends of the wires being connected to a delicate galvanoscope. +If one pole of the magnet H M be suddenly +moved up and down near the core, an alternating current +will be generated in the coil, the circuit being completed +through the galvanoscope. As H M approaches the core +the current will flow in one direction, and as H M is +withdrawn it will pass in the opposite direction. The +combination makes a miniature alternating dynamo.</p> + + +<p>If we imagine the soft iron core of H, Fig. 125, taken +out, and one pole of H M, or preferably that of a bar +magnet stuck through the coil, a feeble current will also +be produced by moving the soft iron +back and forth near the magnet's pole. +This is really what is done in the +Bell transmitter, soft iron in the shape +of a thin disc (D, Fig. 126) being +made to vibrate by the voice immediately +in front of a coil having a permanent +magnet for a core. The disc, +or <i>diaphragm</i>, as it is called, is fixed +near, but it does not touch, the magnet. It is under a +constant strain, being attracted by the magnet, so its<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_97" id="Page_97">[97]</a></span> +slightest movement changes the strength of the magnetic +field, causing more or less lines of force to shoot through +the turns of the coil and induce a current. The coil consists +of many turns of fine, insulated wire. The current +generated is an alternating one, and although exceedingly +small can force its way through a long length of wire.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 538px;"> +<img src="images/i_097a.jpg" width="538" height="84" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 130.</div> +</div> + +<p>Fig. 127 shows a section of a regular transmitter, and +Fig. 128 a form of compound magnet frequently used in +the transmitter. +Fig. 129 shows +a transmitter +with cords which +contain flexible +wires.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 418px;"> +<img src="images/i_097b.jpg" width="418" height="354" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 131.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_121"></a>121. The Receiver</b>, +for short +lines, may have +the same construction +as the +Bell transmitter. +Fig. 130 shows +a diagram of two +Bell receivers, either being used as the transmitter and +the other as the receiver. As the alternating current +goes to the distant receiver, it flies through the coil +first in one direction and then in the other. This alternately<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_98" id="Page_98">[98]</a></span> +strengthens and weakens the magnetic field +near the diaphragm, causing it to vibrate back and forth +as the magnet pulls more or less. The receiver diaphragm +repeats the vibrations in the transmitter. +Nothing but the induced electric current passes over the +wires.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 538px;"> +<img src="images/i_098a.jpg" width="538" height="82" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 132.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_122"></a>122. The Microphone.</b> If a current of electricity be +allowed to pass through a circuit like that shown in Fig. +131, which includes a battery, a Bell receiver, and a +microphone, any slight sound near the microphone will +be greatly magnified in the receiver. The microphone +consists of pieces of carbon so fixed that they form loose +contacts. Any slight movement of the carbon causes the +resistance to the current to be greatly changed. The +rapidly varying resistance allows more or less current to +pass, the result being that this pulsating current causes +the diaphragm to vibrate. The diaphragm has a constantly +varying pull upon it when the carbons are in any +way disturbed by the voice, or by the ticking of a watch, +etc. This principle has been made use of in carbon +transmitters, which are made in a large variety of forms.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 537px;"> +<img src="images/i_098b.jpg" width="537" height="83" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 133.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_123"></a>123. The Carbon Transmitter</b> does not, in itself,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_99" id="Page_99">[99]</a></span> +generate a current like the magneto-transmitter; it merely +produces changes in the strength of a current that flows +through it and that comes from +some outside source. In Fig. +132, X and Y are two carbon +buttons, X being attached to +the diaphragm D. Button Y +presses gently against X, allowing +a little current to pass +through the circuit which includes +a battery, D C, and a receiver, +R. When D is caused to +vibrate by the voice, X is made +to press more or less against Y, +and this allows more or less +current to pass through the circuit. +This direct undulating +current changes the pull upon +the diaphragm of R, causing it to vibrate and reproduce +the original sounds spoken into the transmitter. In +regular lines, of course, a receiver and transmitter are +connected at each end, together with bells, etc., for +signaling.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 250px;"> +<img src="images/i_099.jpg" width="250" height="427" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 134.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_124"></a>124. Induction Coils in Telephone Work.</b> As the +resistance of long telephone lines is great, a high electrical +pressure, or E.M.F. is desired. While the current +from one or two cells is sufficient to work the transmitter +properly, and cause undulating currents in the short line, +it does not have power enough to force its way over a +long line.</p> + +<p>To get around this difficulty, an induction coil, Fig. 133,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_100" id="Page_100">[100]</a></span> +is used to transform the battery +current, that flows through the +carbon transmitter and primary +coil, into a current with a high +E. M. F. The battery current +in the primary coil is undulating, +but always passes in the +same direction, making the +magnetic field around the core +weaker and stronger. This +causes an alternating current +in the secondary coil and main +line. In Fig. 133 P and S represent +the primary and secondary +coils. P is joined in series +with a cell and carbon transmitter; +S is joined to the distant +receiver. One end of S can be +grounded, the current completing +the circuit through the earth +and into the receiver through another +wire entering the earth.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 251px;"> +<img src="images/i_100a.jpg" width="251" height="568" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 135.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_125"></a>125. Various forms</b> of +telephones are shown in Figs. +134, 135, 136. Fig. 134 +shows a form of desk telephone; +Fig. 135 shows a +common form of wall telephone; +Fig. 136 shows head-telephones +for switchboard +operators.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 272px;"> +<img src="images/i_100b.jpg" width="272" height="264" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 136.</div> +</div> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_101" id="Page_101">[101]</a></span></p> + + + + +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_XVII"></a>CHAPTER XVII.<br /> +<small>HOW ELECTRICITY IS GENERATED BY DYNAMOS.</small></h2> + + +<p><b><a id="par_126"></a>126. The Dynamo</b>, <i>Dynamo-Electric Machine</i> or <i>Generator</i>, +is a machine for converting mechanical energy into +an electric current, through electromagnetic induction. +The dynamo is a machine that will convert steam power, +for example, into an electric current. Strictly speaking, +a dynamo creates electrical pressure, or electromotive +force, and not electricity, just as a force-pump creates +water-pressure, and not water. They are generally run +by steam or water power.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 357px;"> +<img src="images/i_101a.jpg" width="357" height="184" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 137.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_127"></a>127. Induced Currents.</b> We have already spoken +about currents being induced by moving a coil of wire in +a magnetic field. We shall now see how this principle +is used in the dynamo which is a generator of induced +currents.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 102px;"> +<img src="images/i_101b.jpg" width="102" height="199" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 138.</div> +</div> + +<p>Fig. 137 shows how a current can be generated by a +bar magnet and a coil of wire. Fig. 138 shows how a +current can be generated by a horseshoe magnet and a +coil of wire having an iron core. The ends of the coil are<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_102" id="Page_102">[102]</a></span> +to be connected to an astatic galvanoscope; this forms a +closed circuit. The coil may be moved past the magnet, +or the magnet past the coil.</p> + + + +<div class="center"> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="drawings"> +<tr><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 182px;"> +<img src="images/i_102a.jpg" width="182" height="234" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 139.</div> +</div></td><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 141px;"> +<img src="images/i_102b.jpg" width="141" height="174" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 140.</div> +</div></td></tr> +<tr><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 169px;"> +<img src="images/i_102c.jpg" width="169" height="172" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 141.</div> +</div></td><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 169px;"> +<img src="images/i_102d.jpg" width="169" height="173" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 142.</div> +</div></td></tr> +</table></div> + +<p>Fig. 139 shows how a current can be generated by two +coils, H being connected to an astatic galvanoscope and +E to a battery. By suddenly bringing E toward H or +the core of E past that of H, a current is produced. We +have in this arrangement the main features of a dynamo. +We can reverse the operation, holding E in one position +and moving H rapidly toward it. In this case H would +represent the armature and E the field-magnet. When +H is moved toward E, the induced current in H flows in +one direction, and when H is suddenly withdrawn from<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_103" id="Page_103">[103]</a></span> +E the current is reversed in H. (See "Study," Chapter +XXV., for experiments.)</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 294px;"> +<img src="images/i_103a.jpg" width="294" height="364" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 143.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_128"></a>128. Induced Currents +by Rotary Motion.</b> The +motions of the coils in +straight lines are not suitable +for producing currents +strong enough for commercial +purposes. In order +to generate currents of +considerable strength and +pressure, the coils of wire +have to be pushed past +magnets, or electromagnets, +with great speed. In the +dynamo the coils are so wound that they can be given +a rapid rotary motion as they fly past strong electromagnets. +In this way the +coil can keep on passing +the same magnets, in the +same direction, as long as +force is applied to the shaft +that carries them.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 298px;"> +<img src="images/i_103b.jpg" width="298" height="364" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 144.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_129"></a>129. Field-Magnets; +Armature; Commutator.</b> +What we need then, +to produce an induced +current by a rotary motion, +is a strong magnetic field, +a rotating coil of wire +properly placed in the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_104" id="Page_104">[104]</a></span> +field, and some means of leading the current from the +machine.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 259px;"> +<img src="images/i_104a.jpg" width="259" height="303" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 145.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 351px;"> +<img src="images/i_104b.jpg" width="351" height="252" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 146.</div> +</div> + +<p>If a loop of wire, Fig. 140, be so arranged on bearings +at its ends that it can be made +to revolve, a current will flow +through it in one direction +during one-half of the revolution, +and in the opposite direction +during the other half, it +being insulated from all external +conductors. This +agrees with the experiments +suggested in § 127, when the +current generated in a coil +passed in one direction during +its motion <i>toward</i> the strongest part of the field, and +in the opposite direction when the coil passed <i>out</i> of +it. A coil must be cut by lines of force to generate a +current. A current +inside of the machine, +as in Fig. 140, would +be of no value; it must +be led out to external +conductors where it +can do work. Some +sort of sliding contact +is necessary to connect +a revolving conductor +with outside stationary ones. The magnet, called the <i>field-magnet</i>, +is merely to furnish lines of magnetic force. The +one turn of wire represents the simplest form of <i>armature</i>.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_105" id="Page_105">[105]</a></span></p> + +<p>Fig. 141 shows the ends of a coil joined to two rings, X, +Y, insulated from each other, and rotating with the coil. +The two stationary pieces of carbon, A, B, called <i>brushes</i>, +press against the rings, and to these are joined wires, +which complete the circuit, and which lead out where the +current can do work. The arrows show the direction of +the current during one-half of a revolution. The rings +form a <i>collector</i>, and this arrangement gives an <i>alternating +current</i>.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 390px;"> +<img src="images/i_105.jpg" width="390" height="352" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 147.</div> +</div> + +<p>In Fig. 142 the ends of the coil are joined to the two +halves of a cylinder. These halves, X and Y, are insulated +from each other, and from the axis. The current +flows from X onto the brush A, through some external +circuit, to do the work, and thence back through brush +B onto Y. By the time that Y gets around to A, the +direction of the current in the loop has reversed, so that +it passes toward Y, but it still enters the outside circuit<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_106" id="Page_106">[106]</a></span> +through A, because Y is then in contact with A. This +device is called a <i>commutator</i>, and it allows a constant or +<i>direct current</i> to leave the machine.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 434px;"> +<img src="images/i_106.jpg" width="434" height="359" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 148.</div> +</div> + +<p>In regular machines, the field-magnets are electromagnets, +the whole or a part of the current from the dynamo +passing around them on its way out, to excite them and +make a powerful field between the poles. To lessen the +resistance to the lines of force on their way from the N to +the S pole of the field-magnets, the armature coils are +wound on an iron core; this greatly increases the strength +of the field, as the lines of force have to jump across but +two small air-gaps. There are many loops of wire on +regular armatures, and many segments to the commutator, +carefully insulated from each other, each getting its +current from the coil attached to it.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_130"></a>130. Types of Dynamos.</b> While there is an almost +endless number of different makes and shapes of dynamos,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_107" id="Page_107">[107]</a></span> +they may be divided into two great types; the <i>continuous</i> +or <i>direct current</i>, and the <i>alternating current</i> dynamo. +Direct current machines give out a current which constantly +flows in one direction, and this is because a commutator +is used. Alternating currents come from collectors +or rings, as shown in Fig. 141; and as an alternating +current cannot be used to excite the fields, an outside +current from a small direct current machine must be +used. These are called exciters.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 339px;"> +<img src="images/i_107.jpg" width="339" height="246" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 149.</div> +</div> + +<p>In direct current machines enough residual magnetism +is left in the field to induce a slight current in the armature +when the machine is started. This immediately +adds strength to the field-magnets, which, in turn, induce +a stronger current in the armature.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_131"></a>131. Winding of Dynamos.</b> There are several ways +of winding dynamos, depending upon the special uses to +be made of the current.</p> + +<p>The <i>series wound</i> dynamo, Fig. 143, is so arranged that +the entire current passes around the field-magnet cores +on its way from the machine. In the <i>shunt wound</i> dynamo, +Fig. 144, a part, only, of the current from the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_108" id="Page_108">[108]</a></span> +machine is carried around the field-magnet cores through +many turns of fine wire. The <i>compound wound</i> dynamo +is really a combination of the two methods just given. +In <i>separately-excited</i> dynamos, the current from a separate +machine is used to excite the field-magnets.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_132"></a>132. Various Machines.</b> Fig. 145 shows a hand +power dynamo which produces a current for experimental +work. Fig. 146 shows a magneto-electrical generator +which produces a current for medical use. Figs. 147, +148 show forms of dynamos, and Fig. 149 shows how arc +lamps are connected in series to dynamos.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 210px;"> +<img src="images/i_108.jpg" width="210" height="216" alt="drawing" /> +</div> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_109" id="Page_109">[109]</a></span></p> + + + + +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_XVIII"></a>CHAPTER XVIII.<br /> +<small>HOW THE ELECTRIC CURRENT IS TRANSFORMED.</small></h2> + + +<p><b><a id="par_133"></a>133. Electric Current and Work.</b> The amount of +work a current can do depends upon two factors; the +strength (amperes), and the pressure, or E. M. F. (volts). +A current of 10 amperes with a pressure of 1,000 volts = +10 × 1,000 = 10,000 watts. This furnishes the same +amount of energy as a current of 50 amperes at 200 volts; +50 × 200 = 10,000 watts.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_134"></a>134. Transmission of Currents.</b> It is often necessary +to carry a current a long distance before it is used. +A current of 50 amperes would need a copper conductor +25 times as large (sectional area) as one to carry the 10 +ampere current mentioned in § 133. As copper conductors +are very expensive, electric light companies, etc., +generally try to carry the current on as small a wire as +possible. To do this, the voltage is kept high, and the +amperage low. Thus, as seen in § 133, the current of +1,000 volts and 10 amperes could be carried on a much +smaller wire than the other current of equal energy. A +current of 1,000 volts, however, is not adapted for lights, +etc., so it has to be changed to lower voltage by some +form of transformer before it can be used.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_135"></a>135. Transformers</b>, like induction coils, are instruments +for changing the E. M. F. and strength of currents. +There is very little loss of energy in well-made +transformers. They consist of two coils of wire on one<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_110" id="Page_110">[110]</a></span> +core; in fact, an induction coil may be considered a transformer, +but in this a direct current has to be interrupted. +If the secondary coil has 100 times as many turns of wire +as the primary, a current of 100 volts can be taken from +the secondary coil when the primary current is but 1 +volt; but the <i>strength</i> (amperes) of this new current will +be but one-hundredth that of the primary current.</p> + +<p>By using the coil of fine wire as the primary, we can +lower the voltage and increase the strength in the same +proportion.</p> + + +<div class="center"> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="drawings"> +<tr><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 176px;"> +<img src="images/i_110a.jpg" width="176" height="282" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 150.</div> +</div></td><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 316px;"> +<img src="images/i_110b.jpg" width="316" height="292" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 151.</div> +</div></td></tr> +</table></div> + + + + +<p>Fig. 150 shows about the simplest form of transformer +with a solid iron core, on which are wound two coils, the +one, P, being the primary, and the other, S, the secondary. +Fig. 151 shows the general appearance of one make of +transformer. The operation of this apparatus, as already +mentioned, is to reduce the high pressure alternating +current sent out over the conductors from the dynamo, +to a potential at which it can be employed with convenience +and safety, for illumination and other purposes.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_111" id="Page_111">[111]</a></span> +They consist of two or more coils of wire most carefully +insulated from one another. A core or magnetic circuit +of soft iron, composed of very thin punchings, is then +formed around these coils, the purpose of the iron core +being to reduce the magnetic resistance and increase the +inductive effect. One set of these coils is connected with +the primary or high-pressure wires, while the other set, +which are called the secondary coils, is connected to the +house or low-pressure wires, or wherever the current is +required for use. The rapidly alternating current impulses +in the primary or high-pressure wires induce secondary +currents similar in form but opposite in direction +in the secondary coils. These current impulses are of a +much lower pressure, depending upon the ratio of the +number of turns of wire in the respective coils, it being +customary to wind transformers in such a manner as to +reduce from 1,000 or 2,000-volt primaries to 50 or 100-volt +secondaries, at which voltage the secondary current is +perfectly harmless.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 373px;"> +<img src="images/i_111.jpg" width="373" height="249" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 152.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_136"></a>136. Motor-Dynamos.</b> Fig. 152. These consist<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_112" id="Page_112">[112]</a></span> +essentially of two belt-type machines on a common base, +direct coupled together, one machine acting as a motor to +receive current at a certain voltage, and the other acting +as a dynamo to give out the current usually at a different +voltage. As they transform current from one voltage to +another, motor-dynamos are sometimes called Double +Field Direct Current Transformers. The larger sizes +have three bearings, one bearing being between the two +machines, while the smaller sizes have but two bearings, +the two armatures being fastened to a common +spider.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 379px;"> +<img src="images/i_112.jpg" width="379" height="293" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 153.</div> +</div> + +<p><i>Applications.</i> The uses to which motor-dynamos are +put are very various. They are extensively used in the +larger sizes as "Boosters," for giving the necessary extra +force on long electric supply circuits to carry the current +to the end with the same pressure as that which reaches +the ends of the shorter circuits from the station.</p> + +<p>Motor-dynamos have the advantage over dynamotors, +described later, of having the secondary voltage easily<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_113" id="Page_113">[113]</a></span> +and economically varied over wide ranges by means of a +regulator in the dynamo field.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_137"></a>137. Dynamotors.</b> Fig. 153. In Dynamotors the +motor and dynamo armatures are combined in one, thus +requiring a single field only. The primary armature +winding, which operates as a motor to drive the machine, +and the secondary or dynamo winding, which operates as +a generator to produce a new current, are upon the same +armature core, so that the armature reaction of one winding +neutralizes that of the other. They therefore have +no tendency to spark, and do not require shifting of the +brushes with varying load. Having but one field and +two bearings, they are also more efficient than motor-dynamos.</p> + +<p><i>Applications.</i> They have largely displaced batteries for +telegraph work. The size shown, occupying a space of +about 8-inch cube, and having an output of 40 watts, will +displace about 800 gravity cells, occupying a space of +about 10 feet cube. The cost of maintenance of such a +battery per year, exclusive of rent, is about $800, whereas +the 1-6 dynamotor can be operated at an annual expense +of $150.</p> + +<p>Dynamotors are largely used by telephone companies +for charging storage batteries, and for transforming from +direct to alternating current, for ringing telephone bells. +Electro-cautery, electroplating, and electric heating also +give use to dynamotors.</p> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_114" id="Page_114">[114]</a></span></p> + + + + +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_XIX"></a>CHAPTER XIX.<br /> +<small>HOW ELECTRIC CURRENTS ARE DISTRIBUTED FOR +USE.</small></h2> + + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 371px;"> +<img src="images/i_114a.jpg" width="371" height="152" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 154.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 222px;"> +<img src="images/i_114b.jpg" width="222" height="131" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 155.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 525px;"> +<img src="images/i_114c.jpg" width="525" height="199" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 156.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_138"></a>138. Conductors and Insulators.</b> To carry the +powerful current from the generating station to distant +places where it is to give heat, power, or light, or even +to carry the small current of a single cell from one +room to another, <i>conductors</i> must be used. To keep the +current from passing into the earth before it reaches its +destination <i>insulators</i> must be used. The form of conductors +and insulators used will depend upon the current and +many other conditions. It should be remembered that +the current has to be carried to the lamp or motor,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_115" id="Page_115">[115]</a></span> +through which it passes, and then back again to the +dynamo, to form a complete circuit. A break anywhere +in the circuit stops the current. Insulators are as important +as conductors.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 543px;"> +<a href="images/i_115a-big.jpg"><img src="images/i_115a.jpg" width="543" height="404" alt="drawing" /></a> +<div class="caption">Fig. 157.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 340px;"> +<img src="images/i_115b.jpg" width="340" height="159" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 158.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_139"></a>139. Mains, Service Wires, etc.</b> From the switchboard +the current flows out through the streets in large +conductors, or <i>mains</i>, +the supply being kept +up by the dynamos, +just as water-pressure +is kept up by the constant +working of +pumps. Branches, +called <i>service wires</i>, are +led off from the mains to supply houses or factories, one +wire leading the current into the house from one main,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_116" id="Page_116">[116]</a></span> +and a similar one leading it out of the house again to the +other main.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 331px;"> +<img src="images/i_116a.jpg" width="331" height="201" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 159.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 418px;"> +<img src="images/i_116b.jpg" width="418" height="254" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 160.</div> +</div> + +<p>In large buildings, pairs of wires, called <i>risers</i>, branch +out from the service +wires and carry the current +up through the +building. These have +still other branches—<i>floor +mains</i>, <i>etc.</i>, that +pass through halls, etc., +smaller branches finally +reaching the lamps. The +sizes of all of these wires depend upon how much current +has to pass through them. The mains in large cities are +usually placed underground. In some places they are +carried on poles.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 433px;"> +<img src="images/i_116c.jpg" width="433" height="99" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 161.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_140"></a>140. Electric Conduits</b> are underground passages for<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_117" id="Page_117">[117]</a></span> +electric wires, cables, etc. There are several ways of insulating +the conductors. Sometimes they are placed in +earthenware or iron +tubes, or in wood +that has been treated +to make it water-proof. +At short distances +are placed +man-holes, where the +different lengths are joined, and where branches are +attached.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 368px;"> +<img src="images/i_117a.jpg" width="368" height="160" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 162.</div> +</div> + +<p>Fig. 154 shows creosoted +wooden pipes; Fig. +155 shows another form of +wooden pipe. Fig. 156 +shows a coupling-box used +to join Edison tubes. The +three wires, used in the +three-wire system, are insulated +from each other, +the whole being surrounded +by an iron pipe +of convenient length for +handling. Fig. 157 +shows sections of man-holes +and various devices +used in conduit work.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 309px;"> +<img src="images/i_117b.jpg" width="309" height="505" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 163.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_141"></a>141. Miscellaneous +Appliances.</b> When the +current enters a house +for incandescent lighting purposes, for example, quite a<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_118" id="Page_118">[118]</a></span> +number of things are necessary. To measure the current +a meter is usually placed in the cellar. In new +houses the insulated conductors are usually run through +some sort of tube which +acts as a double protection, +all being hidden +from view. Fig. 158 +shows a short length of +iron tube with a lining +of insulating material. +Wires are often run +through tubes made of +rubber and various +other insulating materials.</p> + +<p>Where the current is to be put into houses after the +plastering has been done, the wires are usually run +through <i>mouldings</i> or supported by <i>cleats</i>. Fig. 159 +shows a cross-section of moulding. The insulated wires +are placed in the slots, which are then covered.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 339px;"> +<img src="images/i_118a.jpg" width="339" height="225" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 164.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 226px;"> +<img src="images/i_118b.jpg" width="226" height="222" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 165.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 348px;"> +<img src="images/i_118c.jpg" width="348" height="95" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 166.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 352px;"> +<img src="images/i_118d.jpg" width="352" height="112" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 167.</div> +</div> + +<p>Fig. 160 shows a form of porcelain cleat. These are +fastened to ceilings or walls, and firmly hold the insulated +wires in place. Fig. 161 shows a wood cleat. Fig. 162<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_119" id="Page_119">[119]</a></span> +shows small porcelain <i>insulators</i>. These may be screwed +to walls, etc., the wire being then fastened to them. Fig. +163 shows how telegraph wires are supported and +insulated. Fig. 164 shows how wires may be carried by +tree and insulated from +them.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 388px;"> +<img src="images/i_119a.jpg" width="388" height="297" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 168.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 286px;"> +<img src="images/i_119b.jpg" width="286" height="156" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 169.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 475px;"> +<img src="images/i_119c.jpg" width="475" height="86" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 170.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_142"></a>142. Safety Devices.</b> +We have seen that when +too large a current passes +through a wire, the wire +becomes heated and may +even be melted. Buildings +are wired to use certain currents, and if from any cause +much more current than the regular amount should +suddenly pass through the service wires into the house,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_120" id="Page_120">[120]</a></span> +the various smaller wires would become overheated, and +perhaps melt or start a fire. An accidental short circuit, +for example, would so reduce resistance that too much +current would suddenly rush through the wires. There +are several devices by which the over-heating of wires +is obviated.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 507px;"> +<img src="images/i_120.jpg" width="507" height="309" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Figs. 171 to 175.</div> +</div> + +<p>Fig. 165 shows a <i>safety fuse</i>, or <i>safety cut-out</i>, which +consists of a short length of easily fusible wire, called +<i>fuse wire</i>, placed in the circuit and supported by a porcelain +block. These wires are tested, different sizes being +used for different currents. As soon as there is any tendency +toward over-heating, the fuse <i>blows</i>; that is, it +promptly melts and opens the circuit before any damage +can be done to the regular conductors. Fig. 166 shows +a cross-section of a <i>fuse plug</i> that can be screwed into an +ordinary socket. The fuse wire is shown black.</p> + +<p>Fig. 167 shows a <i>fuse link</i>. These are also of fusible +material, and so made that they can be firmly held under +screw-heads. For heavy currents <i>fuse ribbons</i> are used,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_121" id="Page_121">[121]</a></span> +or several wires or links may be used side by side. Fig. +168 shows a <i>fusible rosette</i>. Fig. 169 shows two fuse +wires fixed between screw-heads, the current passing +through them in opposite directions, +both sides of the circuit being included. +Fig. 170 shows various +forms of cut-outs.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 185px;"> +<img src="images/i_121a.jpg" width="185" height="181" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 176.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_143"></a>143. Wires and Cables</b> are made +in many sizes. Figs. 171 to 175 show +various ways of making small conductors. +They are made very flexible, +for some purposes, by twisting many small copper wires +together, the whole being then covered with insulating +material.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 274px;"> +<img src="images/i_121b.jpg" width="274" height="270" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 177.</div> +</div> + +<p>Figs. 176, 177, show sections of submarine cables. +Such cables consist of copper conductors insulated with +pure gutta-percha. These are then surrounded by hempen +yarn or other elastic material, +and around the whole are +placed galvanized iron armor +wires for protection. Each +core, or conductor, contains a +conductor consisting of a +single copper wire or a strand +of three or more twisted +copper wires.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_144"></a>144. Lamp Circuits.</b> As +has been noted before, in +order to have the electric current do its work, we must +have a complete circuit. The current must be brought +back to the dynamo, much of it, of course, having been<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_122" id="Page_122">[122]</a></span> +used to produce light, heat, power, etc. For lighting +purposes this is accomplished in two principal ways.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 420px;"> +<img src="images/i_122a.jpg" width="420" height="153" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 178.</div> +</div> + +<p>Fig. 178 shows a number of lamps so arranged, "in +series," that the same current passes through them all, +one after the other. The total resistance of the circuit +is large, as all of the lamp resistances are added together.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 421px;"> +<img src="images/i_122b.jpg" width="421" height="160" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 179.</div> +</div> + +<p>Fig. 179 shows lamps arranged side by side, or "in +parallel," between the two main wires. The current +divides, a part going through each lamp that operates. +The total resistance of the circuit is not as large as in +the series arrangement, as the current has many small +paths in going from one main wire to the other. Fig. 179 +also shows the ordinary <i>two-wire system</i> for incandescent +lighting, the two main wires having usually a difference +of potential equal to 50 or 110 volts. These comparatively +small pressures require fairly large conductors.</p> + +<p><i>The Three-Wire System</i>, Fig. 180, uses the current<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_123" id="Page_123">[123]</a></span> +from two dynamos, arranged with three main wires. +While the total voltage is 220, one of the wires being +neutral, 110 volts can be had for ordinary lamps. This +voltage saves in the cost of conductors.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 397px;"> +<img src="images/i_123a.jpg" width="397" height="183" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 180.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 458px;"> +<img src="images/i_123b.jpg" width="458" height="255" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 181.</div> +</div> + +<p><i>The Alternating System</i>, Fig. 181, uses transformers. +The high potential of the current allows small main wires, +from which branches can be run to the primary coil of +the transformer. The secondary coil sends out an induced +current of 50 or 110 volts, while that in the primary +may be 1,000 to 10,000 volts.</p> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_124" id="Page_124">[124]</a></span></p> + + + + +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_XX"></a>CHAPTER XX.<br /> +<small>HOW HEAT IS PRODUCED BY THE ELECTRIC CURRENT.</small></h2> + + +<p><b><a id="par_145"></a>145. Resistance and Heat.</b> We have seen that all +wires and conductors offer resistance to the electric current. +The smaller the wire the greater its resistance. +Whenever resistance is offered to the current, heat is produced. +By proper appliances, the heat of resistance can +be used to advantage for many commercial enterprises. +Dynamos are used to +generate the current +for heating and lighting +purposes.</p> + +<div class="figleft" style="width: 321px;"> +<img src="images/i_124.jpg" width="321" height="219" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 182.</div> +</div> + +<p>Fig. 182 shows how +the current from two +strong cells can be +used to heat a short +length of very fine +platinum or German-silver wire. The copper conductors +attached to the cells do not offer very much resistance.</p> + +<p>It will be seen from the above that in all electrical work +the sizes of the wires used have to be such that they do +not overheat. The coils of dynamos, motors, transformers, +ampere-meters, etc., etc., become somewhat heated +by the currents passing through them, great care being +taken that they are properly designed and ventilated so +that they will not burn out.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 462px;"> +<img src="images/i_125a.jpg" width="462" height="442" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 183.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 241px;"> +<img src="images/i_125b.jpg" width="241" height="359" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 184.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_146"></a>146. Electric Welding.</b> Fig. 183 shows one form of +electric welding machine. The principle involved in<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_125" id="Page_125">[125]</a></span> +the art of electric welding is that of causing currents of +electricity to pass through the abutting ends of the pieces +of metal which are to be welded, +thereby generating heat at the +point of contact, which also becomes +the point of greatest resistance, +while at the same time +mechanical pressure is applied to +force the parts together. As +the current heats the metal at +the junction to the welding +temperature, the pressure follows +up the softening surface until a +complete union or weld is +effected; and, as the heat is first<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_126" id="Page_126">[126]</a></span> +developed in the interior of the parts to be welded, the +interior of the joint is as efficiently united as the visible +exterior. With such a method and apparatus, it is +found possible to accomplish not only the common kinds +of welding of iron and steel, but also of metals which +have heretofore resisted attempts at welding, and have +had to be brazed or soldered.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 555px;"> +<img src="images/i_126.jpg" width="555" height="582" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Figs. 185 to 189.</div> +</div> + +<p>The introduction of the electric transformer enables +enormous currents to be so applied to the weld as to spend +their energy just at the point where heating is required.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_127" id="Page_127">[127]</a></span> +They need, therefore, only to be applied for a few seconds, +and the operation is completed before the heat generated +at the weld has had time to escape by conduction to any +other part.</p> + +<p>Although the quantity of the current so employed in +the pieces to be welded is enormous, the potential at +which it is applied is extremely low, not much exceeding +that of the batteries of cells used for ringing electric bells +in houses.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 299px;"> +<img src="images/i_127.jpg" width="299" height="231" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 190.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_147"></a>147. Miscellaneous Applications.</b> Magneto Blasting +Machines are now in very common use for blasting +rocks, etc. Fig. 184 shows one, it being really a small +hand dynamo, occupying less than one-half a cubic foot +of space. The armature is made to revolve rapidly +between the poles of the field-magnet by means of a handle +that works up and down. The current is carried by +wires from the binding-posts to fuses. The heat generated +by resistance in the fuse ignites the powder or other +explosive.</p> + +<p><i>Electric soldering irons</i>, <i>flat-irons</i>, <i>teakettles</i>, <i>griddles</i>,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_128" id="Page_128">[128]</a></span> +<i>broilers</i>, <i>glue pots</i>, <i>chafing-dishes</i>, <i>stoves</i>, etc., etc., are now +made. Figs. 185 to 189 show some of these applications. +The coils for producing the resistance are inclosed in the +apparatus.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 320px;"> +<img src="images/i_128.jpg" width="320" height="227" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 191.</div> +</div> + +<p>Fig. 190 shows a complete electric kitchen. Any kettle +or part of the outfit can be made hot by simply turning +a switch. Fig. 191 shows an electric heater placed +under a car seat. Many large industries that make use +of the heating effects of the current are now being +carried on.</p> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_129" id="Page_129">[129]</a></span></p> + + + + +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_XXI"></a>CHAPTER XXI.<br /> +<small>HOW LIGHT IS PRODUCED BY THE INCANDESCENT +LAMP.</small></h2> + + +<div class="figleft" style="width: 277px;"> +<img src="images/i_129a.jpg" width="277" height="628" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 192.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 169px;"> +<img src="images/i_129b.jpg" width="169" height="270" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 193.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_148"></a>148. Incandescence.</b> We have just seen that the +electric current produces heat +when it flows through a conductor +that offers considerable +resistance to it. As soon as +this was discovered men began +to experiment to find whether +a practical light could also be +produced. It was found that +a wire could be kept hot by +constantly passing a current +through it, and that the light +given out from it became +whiter and whiter as the wire became hotter. The wire +was said to be <i>incandescent</i>, or glowing with heat. As<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_130" id="Page_130">[130]</a></span> +metal wires are good conductors of electricity, they had +to be made extremely fine to offer enough resistance; +too fine, in fact, to be properly handled.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_149"></a>149. The Incandescent Lamp.</b> Many substances +were experimented upon to find a proper material out of +which could be made a <i>filament</i> that would +give the proper resistance and at the same +time be strong and lasting. It was found +that hair-like pieces of carbon offered the +proper resistance to the current. When +heated in the air, however, carbon burns; so +it became necessary to +place the carbon filaments +in a globe from +which all the air had +been pumped before +passing the current through them. This proved to be a +success.</p> + +<div class="center"> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="lightbulbs"> +<tr><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 125px;"> +<img src="images/i_130a.jpg" width="125" height="559" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 194.</div> +</div> +</td><td align="left" valign='bottom'><div class="figcenter" style="width: 107px;"> +<img src="images/i_130b.jpg" width="107" height="352" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 195.</div> +</div></td><td align="left" valign='bottom'><div class="figcenter" style="width: 146px;"> +<img src="images/i_130c.jpg" width="146" height="176" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 196.</div> +</div></td></tr> +</table></div> + +<p>Fig. 192 shows the ordinary form of lamp. The <i>carbon +filament</i> is attached, by carbon paste, to short platinum +wires that are sealed in the glass, their lower ends being +connected to short copper wires that are joined to the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_131" id="Page_131">[131]</a></span> +terminals of the lamp. When the lamp is screwed into +its socket, the current can pass up one side of the filament +and down the other. The filaments used have been +made of every form of carbonized vegetable matter. +Bamboo has been largely used, fine strips being cut by +dies and then heated in air-tight boxes containing fine +carbon until they were thoroughly carbonized. This +baking of the bamboo produces a tough fiber of carbon. +Various forms of thread have been carbonized and used. +Filaments are now made by pressing finely pulverized +carbon, with a binding material, through small dies. The +filaments are made of such sizes and lengths that will +adapt them to the particular current with which they are +to be used. The longer the filament, the greater its +resistance, and the greater the voltage necessary to push +the current through it.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 463px;"> +<img src="images/i_131a.jpg" width="463" height="125" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 197.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 342px;"> +<img src="images/i_131b.jpg" width="342" height="86" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 198.</div> +</div> + +<p>After the filaments are properly attached, the air is +pumped from the bulb or globe. This is done with some +form of mercury pump, and the air is so thoroughly removed +from the bulb that about one-millionth only of the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_132" id="Page_132">[132]</a></span> +original air remains. Before sealing off the lamp, a current +is passed through the filament to drive out absorbed +air and gases, and these are carried +away by the pump. By proper treatment +the filaments have a uniform +resistance throughout, and glow uniformly +when the current passes.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 490px;"> +<img src="images/i_132a.jpg" width="490" height="288" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 199.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 188px;"> +<img src="images/i_132b.jpg" width="188" height="527" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 200.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_150"></a>150. Candle-Power.</b> A lamp is +said to have 4, 8, 16 or more candle-power. +A 16-candle-power lamp, for +example, means one that will give as +much light as sixteen standard +candles. A standard sperm candle +burns two grains a minute. The +candle-power of a lamp can be increased +by forcing a strong current +through it, but this shortens its life.</p> + +<p><i>The Current</i> used for incandescent +lamps has to be strong enough to +force its way through the filament and +produce a heat sufficient to give a<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_133" id="Page_133">[133]</a></span> +good light. The usual current has 50 or 110 volts, +although small lamps are made that can be run by two +or three cells. If the voltage of the current is less than +that for which the lamp was made, the light will be dim. +The filament can be instantly burned +out by passing a current of too high +pressure through it.</p> + +<p>Even with the proper current, +lamps soon begin to deteriorate, as +small particles of carbon leave the +filament and cling to the glass. +This is due to the evaporation, +and it makes the filament smaller, and a higher pressure +is then needed to force the current through the increased +resistance; besides this, the darkened bulb does not properly +let the light out. The current may be direct or +alternating.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 182px;"> +<img src="images/i_133a.jpg" width="182" height="194" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 201.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 529px;"> +<img src="images/i_133b.jpg" width="529" height="192" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 202.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_151"></a>151. The Uses</b> to which incandescent lamps are put +are almost numberless. Fig. 193 shows a decorative +lamp. Fancy lamps are made in all colors. Fig. 194 +shows a conic candle lamp, to imitate a candle. What +corresponds to the body of the candle (see figure B to C)<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_134" id="Page_134">[134]</a></span> +is a delicately tinted opal glass tube surmounted (see +figure A to B) by a finely proportioned conic lamp with +frosted globe. C to D in the figure represents +the regular base, and thus the relative +proportions of the parts are shown. Fig. +195 shows another form of candelabra lamp. Fig. 196 +shows small dental lamps. Fig. 197 shows a small lamp +with mirror for use in the throat. +Fig. 198 shows lamp with half +shade attached, used for library +tables. Fig. 199 shows an +electric pendant for several +lamps, with shade. Fig. 200 +shows a lamp guard. Fig. 201 +shows a lamp socket, into which +the lamp is screwed. Fig. 202 +shows incandescent bulbs joined +in parallel to the + and - mains. +Fig. 203 shows how the lamp +cord can be adjusted to desired +length. Fig. 204 shows a lamp with reflector placed on +a desk. Fig. 205 shows a form of shade and reflector.</p> + + +<div class="center"> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="drawings"> +<tr><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 128px;"> +<img src="images/i_134a.jpg" width="128" height="321" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 203</div> +</div></td><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 378px;"> +<img src="images/i_134b.jpg" width="378" height="217" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 204.</div> +</div></td></tr> +</table></div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 246px;"> +<img src="images/i_134c.jpg" width="246" height="357" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 205.</div> +</div> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_135" id="Page_135">[135]</a></span></p> + + + + +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_XXII"></a>CHAPTER XXII.<br /> +<small>HOW LIGHT IS PRODUCED BY THE ARC LAMP.</small></h2> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 292px;"> +<img src="images/i_135.jpg" width="292" height="571" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 206.</div> +</div> +<p><b><a id="par_152"></a>152. The Electric Arc.</b> When a strong current +passes from one carbon rod to another across an air-space, +an <i>electric arc</i> is produced. +When the ends of +two carbon rods touch, a +current can pass from one +to the other, but the imperfect +contact causes resistance +enough to heat the +ends red-hot. If the rods +be separated slightly, the +current will continue to +flow, as the intensely heated +air and flying particles of +carbon reduce the resistance +of the air-space.</p> + +<p>Fig. 206 shows two carbon +rods which are joined +to the two terminals of a +dynamo. The upper, or +positive, carbon gradually +wears away and becomes +slightly hollow. The +heated <i>crater</i>, as it is called, is the hottest part. The +negative carbon becomes pointed. The arc will pass in +a vacuum, and even under water.</p> + + + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_136" id="Page_136">[136]</a></span></p> + +<p>As the electric arc is extremely hot, metals are easily +vaporized in it; in fact, even the carbon rods themselves +slowly melt and vaporize. This extreme heat is used for +many industrial purposes.</p> + +<p>"The phenomenon of the electric arc was first noticed by +Humphrey Davy in 1800, and its explanation +appears to be the following: +Before contact the difference of potential +between the points is insufficient +to permit a spark to leap across even +1/10000 of an inch of air-space, but when +the carbons are made to touch, a current is established. +On separating the carbons, the momentary extra current +due to self-induction of the circuit, which possesses a high +electromotive force, can leap the short distance, and in +doing so volatilizes a small quantity of carbon between<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_137" id="Page_137">[137]</a></span> +the points. Carbon vapor, being a partial conductor, +allows the current to continue to flow across the gap, +provided it be not too wide; but as +the carbon vapor has a very high resistance +it becomes intensely heated +by the passage of the current, and the +carbon points also grow hot. Since, +however, solid matter is a better +radiator than gaseous matter, the +carbon points emit far more light +than the arc itself, though they are +not so hot. It is observed, also, that +particles of carbon are torn away +from the + electrode, which becomes +hollowed out to a cup-shape, and +some of these are deposited on the - electrode."</p> + + + +<div class="center"> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="drawings"> +<tr><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 180px;"> +<img src="images/i_136a.jpg" width="180" height="592" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 207.</div> +</div></td><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 349px;"> +<img src="images/i_136b.jpg" width="349" height="405" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 208.</div> +</div></td></tr> +</table></div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 184px;"> +<img src="images/i_137a.jpg" width="184" height="321" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 209.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_153"></a>153. Arc Lamps.</b> As the carbons gradually wear +away, some device is necessary to keep their ends the +right distance apart. If they +are too near, the arc is very +small; and if too far apart, +the current can not pass and +the light goes out. The +positive carbon gives the more +intense light and wears away +about twice as fast as the - +carbon, so it is placed above +the - carbon, to throw the +light downwards.</p> + + +<div class="center"> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="drawings"> +<tr><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 130px;"> +<img src="images/i_137b.jpg" width="130" height="248" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 210.</div> +</div> +</td><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 140px;"> +<img src="images/i_137c.jpg" width="140" height="254" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 211.</div> +</div></td></tr> +</table></div> + + + +<p>Arc lamps contain some device by which the proper +distance between the carbons can be kept. Most of them<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_138" id="Page_138">[138]</a></span> +grip the upper carbon and pull +it far enough above the lower +one to establish the arc. As +soon as the distance between +them gets too great again, the +grip on the upper carbon is +loosened, allowing the carbon to +drop until it comes in contact +with the lower one, thus starting +the current again. These +motions are accomplished by +electromagnets. Fig. 207 shows +a form of arc lamp with <i>single carbons</i> that will burn +from 7 to 9 hours.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 248px;"> +<img src="images/i_138a.jpg" width="248" height="314" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 212.</div> +</div> + +<div class="center"> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="drawings"> +<tr><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 151px;"> +<img src="images/i_138b.jpg" width="151" height="486" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 213.</div> +</div> +</td><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 332px;"> +<img src="images/i_138c.jpg" width="332" height="466" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 214.</div> +</div></td></tr> +</table></div> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_139" id="Page_139">[139]</a></span></p> + +<p>Fig. 208 shows the mechanism by which the carbons +are regulated. Fig. 209 shows a form of <i>double carbon</i>, +or <i>all-night</i> lamp, one set of carbons being first used, the +other set being automatically switched in at the proper +time.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 591px;"> +<img src="images/i_139.jpg" width="591" height="492" alt="drawing ship with a searchlight " /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 215.</div> +</div> + +<p>Figs. 210, 211 show forms of <i>short arc lamps</i>, for use +under low ceilings, so common in basements, etc.</p> + +<p>Fig. 212 shows a <i>hand-feed focussing</i> type of <i>arc lamp</i>. +In regular street lamps, the upper carbon only is fed by +mechanism, as it burns away about twice as fast as the +lower one, thus bringing the arc lower and lower. When<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_140" id="Page_140">[140]</a></span> +it is desired to keep the arc at the focus of a reflector, +both carbons must be fed.</p> + +<p>Fig. 213 shows a <i>theatre arc lamp</i>, used to throw a +strong beam of light from the balcony to the stage.</p> + +<p>Fig. 214 shows the arc lamp used as a search-light. +The reflector throws a powerful beam of light that can be +seen for miles; in fact, the light is used for signalling at +night. Fig. 215 shows how search-lights are used at +night on war-vessels.</p> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_141" id="Page_141">[141]</a></span></p> + + + + +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_XXIII"></a>CHAPTER XXIII.<br /> +<small>X-RAYS, AND HOW THE BONES OF THE HUMAN BODY +ARE PHOTOGRAPHED.</small></h2> + + +<div class="figleft" style="width: 95px;"> +<img src="images/i_141a.jpg" width="95" height="353" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 216.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 129px;"> +<img src="images/i_141b.jpg" width="129" height="399" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 217.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_154"></a>154. Disruptive Discharges.</b> We have seen, in the +study of induction coils, that a spark can jump several +inches between the terminals of the secondary coil. The +attraction between the two oppositely charged terminals +gets so great that it overcomes the resistance of the air-space +between them, a brilliant spark passes, and they are +discharged. This sudden discharge is said to be <i>disruptive</i>, +and it is accompanied by a flash of light and a loud +report. The <i>path</i> of the discharge may be nearly straight,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_142" id="Page_142">[142]</a></span> +or crooked, depending upon the nature of the material in +the gap between the terminals.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 431px;"> +<img src="images/i_142a.jpg" width="431" height="356" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 218.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 284px;"> +<img src="images/i_142b.jpg" width="284" height="173" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 219.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_155"></a>155. Effect of Air Pressure on Spark.</b> The disruptive +spark takes place in air at ordinary pressures. +The nature of the spark is greatly changed when the pressure +of the air decreases. Fig. 216 shows an air-tight glass +tube so arranged that the +air can be slowly removed +with an air-pump. The +upper rod shown can be +raised or lowered to increase +the distance between +it and the lower rod, these +acting as the terminals of +an induction coil. Before exhausting any air, the spark +will jump a small distance between the rods and act as +in open air. As soon as a small amount of air is removed,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_143" id="Page_143">[143]</a></span> +a change takes place. The spark is not so intense +and has no definite path, there being a general +glow throughout the tube. As the air pressure becomes +still less, the glow becomes brighter, until the entire tube +is full of purple light that is able to pass the entire +length of it; that is, the discharge takes place better in +rarefied air than it does in ordinary air.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_156"></a>156. Vacuum-Tubes.</b> As electricity passes through +rarefied gases much easier than +through ordinary air, regular +tubes, called <i>vacuum-tubes</i>, are +made for such study. Fig. 217 shows a plain tube of +this kind, platinum terminals being fused in the glass +for connections. These tubes are often made in complicated +forms, Fig. 218, with colored glass, and are +called <i>Geissler tubes</i>. They are often made in such a +way that the electrodes are in the shape of discs, etc., +and are called <i>Crookes tubes</i>, Fig. 219. A slight amount +of gas is left in the tubes.</p> + +<div class="center"> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="drawings"> +<tr><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 264px;"> +<img src="images/i_143a.jpg" width="264" height="388" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 220.</div> +</div></td><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 261px;"> +<img src="images/i_143b.jpg" width="261" height="290" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 220-A.</div> +</div></td></tr> +</table></div> + +<p><b><a id="par_157"></a>157. Cathode Rays.</b> The <i>cathode</i> is the electrode of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_144" id="Page_144">[144]</a></span> +a vacuum-tube by which the current leaves the tube, and +it has been known for some time that some kind of influence +passes in straight lines from this point. Shadows, +Fig. 219, are cast by such rays, a screen being placed in +their path.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_158"></a>158. X-Rays.</b> Professor Roentgen of Würzburg discovered +that when the cathode rays are allowed to fall +upon a solid body, the solid body gives out still other rays +which differ somewhat from the original cathode rays. +They can penetrate, more or less, through many bodies that +are usually considered opaque. The hand, for example, +may be used as a negative for producing a photograph of +the bones, as the rays do not pass equally well through +flesh and bone.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 527px;"> +<img src="images/i_144.jpg" width="527" height="485" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 221.</div> +</div> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_145" id="Page_145">[145]</a></span></p> + +<p>Fig. 220 shows a Crookes tube fitted with a metal plate, +so that the cathode rays coming from C will strike it. +The X-rays are given out from P. These rays are +invisible and are even given out where the cathode rays +strike the glass. Some chemical compounds are made +luminous by these rays; so screens are made and coated +with them in order that the shadows produced by the +X-rays can be seen by the eye. Professor Roentgen +named these the X-rays. Fig. 220-A shows a <i>fluoroscope</i> +that contains a screen covered with proper chemicals.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 454px;"> +<img src="images/i_145a.jpg" width="454" height="247" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 222.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 480px;"> +<img src="images/i_145b.jpg" width="480" height="239" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 223.</div> +</div> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_146" id="Page_146">[146]</a></span></p> + +<p><b><a id="par_159"></a>159. X-Ray Photographs.</b> Bone does not allow the +X-rays to pass through it as readily as flesh, so if the +hand be placed over a sensitized photographic plate, Fig. +221, and proper connections be made with the induction +coil, etc., the hand acts as a photographic negative. +Upon developing the plate, as in ordinary photography, a +picture or shadow of the bones will be seen. Fig. 222 +shows the arrangement of battery, induction coil, focus +tube, etc., for examining the bones of the human body.</p> + +<p>Fig. 223 shows the bones of a fish. Such photographs +have been very valuable in discovering the location of +bullets, needles, etc., that have become imbedded in the +flesh, as well as in locating breaks in the bones.</p> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_147" id="Page_147">[147]</a></span></p> + + + + +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_XXIV"></a>CHAPTER XXIV.<br /> +<small>THE ELECTRIC MOTOR, AND HOW IT DOES WORK.</small></h2> + + +<p><b><a id="par_160"></a>160. Currents and Motion.</b> We have seen, Chapter +XII., that when coils of wire are rapidly moved across a +strong magnetic field, a current of electricity is generated. +We have now to deal with the opposite of this; that is, +we are to study how <i>motion</i> can be produced by allowing +a current of electricity to pass through the armature of a +machine.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 479px;"> +<img src="images/i_147a.jpg" width="479" height="183" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 224.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 530px;"> +<img src="images/i_147b.jpg" width="530" height="284" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 225.</div> +</div> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_148" id="Page_148">[148]</a></span></p> + +<p>Fig. 224 shows, by diagram, a coil H, suspended so +that it can move easily, its ends being joined to a current +reverser, and this, in turn, to a dry cell D C. A +magnet, H M, will attract the core of H when no current +passes. When the current is allowed to pass first in one +direction and then in the opposite direction, by using the +reverser, the core of H will jump back and forth from one +pole of H M to the other. There are many ways by +which motion can be produced by the current, but to +have it practical, the motion must be a rotary one. (See +"Study," Chapter XXVI., for numerous experiments.)</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 479px;"> +<img src="images/i_148.jpg" width="479" height="435" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 226.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_161"></a>161. The Electric Motor</b> is a machine for transforming +electric energy into mechanical power. The construction +of motors is very similar to that of dynamos. They +have field-magnets, armature coils, commutator, etc.; in<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_149" id="Page_149">[149]</a></span> +fact, the armature of an ordinary direct current dynamo +will revolve if a current be passed through it, entering by +one brush and leaving by the other. There are many +little differences of construction, for mechanical and electrical +reasons, but we may say that the general construction +of dynamos and motors is the same.</p> + +<p>Fig. 225 shows a coil of wire, the ends of which are +connected to copper and zinc plates. These plates are +floated in dilute sulphuric acid, and form a simple cell +which sends a current through the wire, as shown by the +arrows.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 481px;"> +<a href="images/i_149-big.jpg"><img src="images/i_149.jpg" width="481" height="360" alt="drawing" /></a> +<div class="caption">Fig. 227.</div> +</div> + +<p>We have seen that a current-carrying wire has a magnetic +field and acts like a magnet; so it will be easily seen +that if a magnet be held near the wire it will be either +attracted or repelled, the motion depending upon the +poles that come near each other. As shown in the figure, +the N pole of the magnet repels the field of the wire,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_150" id="Page_150">[150]</a></span> +causing it to revolve. We see that this action is just the +reverse to that in galvanometers, where the coil is fixed, +and the magnet, or magnetic needle, is allowed to move. +As soon as the part of the +wire, marked A in Fig. +225, gets a little distance +from the pole, the opposite +side of the wire, B, begins +to be attracted by it, the +attraction getting stronger +and stronger, until it gets +opposite the N pole. If +the N pole were still held +in place, B would vibrate +back and forth a few times, and finally come to rest +near the pole. If, however, as soon as B gets opposite +N the S pole of the magnet be quickly turned toward +B, the coil will be repelled and the rotary motion will +continue.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 311px;"> +<img src="images/i_150.jpg" width="311" height="262" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 228.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 428px;"> +<img src="images/i_150b.jpg" width="428" height="294" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Figs. 229 to 231.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 296px;"> +<img src="images/i_151a.jpg" width="296" height="217" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 232.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 310px;"> +<a href="images/i_151b-big.jpg"><img src="images/i_151b.jpg" width="310" height="330" alt="drawing" /></a> +<div class="caption">Fig. 233.</div> +</div> + +<p>Let us now see how this helps to explain electric motors.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_151" id="Page_151">[151]</a></span> +We may consider the wire of Fig. 225 as one coil +of an armature, and the plates, C and Z, as the halves of +a commutator. In this arrangement, it must be noted, +the current always flows through the armature coil in the +same direction, the rotation +being kept up by reversing +the poles of the field-magnet. +In ordinary simple +motors the current is reversed +in the armature +coils, the field-magnets remaining +in one position +without changing the poles. +This produces the same effect as the above. The +current is reversed automatically as the brushes allow +the current to enter first one commutator bar and then +the opposite one as the armature revolves. The regular<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_152" id="Page_152">[152]</a></span> +armatures have many coils and many commutator bars, +as will be seen by examining the illustrations shown.</p> + +<p>The ordinary galvanometer may be considered a form +of motor. By properly opening +and closing the circuit, the rotary +motion of the needle can be kept +up as long as current is supplied. +Even an electric bell or telegraph +sounder may be considered a +motor, giving motion straight forward +and back.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_162"></a>162. The Uses of Motors</b> are +many. It would be impossible to +mention all the things that are +done with the power from motors. +A few illustrations will give an +idea of the way motors are attached +to machines.</p> + +<p>Fig. 226 shows one form of +motor, the parts being shown in +Fig. 227.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 221px;"> +<img src="images/i_152.jpg" width="221" height="662" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 234.</div> +</div> + +<p>Fig. 228 shows a fan motor run +by a battery. They are generally +run by the current from the street. +Figs. 229-231 show other forms of +fan motors. Fig. 232 shows an +electric hat polisher. A church +organ bellows is shown in Fig. 233, so arranged that it +can be pumped by an electric motor. Fig. 234 shows a +motor direct connected to a drill press.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_163"></a>163. Starting Boxes.</b> If too much current were<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_153" id="Page_153">[153]</a></span> +suddenly allowed to pass into the armature of a motor, +the coils would be over-heated, and perhaps destroyed, +before it attained its full speed. A rapidly revolving +armature will take more current, without being overheated, +than one not in motion. A motor at full speed +acts like a dynamo, and generates a current which tends +to flow from the machine in a direction opposite to that +which produces the motion. It is evident, then, that +when the armature is at rest, all the current turned on +passes through it without meeting with this opposing +current.</p> + + + +<div class="center"> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="drawings"> +<tr><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 278px;"> +<img src="images/i_153a.jpg" width="278" height="279" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 235.</div> +</div></td><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 210px;"> +<img src="images/i_153b.jpg" width="210" height="217" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 236.</div> +</div> +</td></tr> +</table></div> + +<p>Fig. 235 shows a starting, stopping, and regulating +box, inside of which are a number of German-silver resistance +coils properly connected to contact-points at the +top. By turning the knob, the field of the motor is immediately +charged first through resistance, then direct, +and then the current is put on the armature gradually +through a series of coils, the amount of current depending +upon the distance the switch is turned. Fig. 236 +shows a cross section of the same.</p> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_154" id="Page_154">[154]</a></span></p> + + + + +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_XXV"></a>CHAPTER XXV.<br /> +<small>ELECTRIC CARS, BOATS, AND AUTOMOBILES.</small></h2> + + +<p><b><a id="par_164"></a>164. Electric Cars</b>, as well as boats, automobiles, etc., +etc., are moved by the power that comes from electric +motors, these receiving current from the dynamos placed +at some "central station." We have already seen how +the motor can do many kinds of work. By properly +gearing it to the car wheels, motion can be given to them +which will move the car.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 582px;"> +<img src="images/i_154.jpg" width="582" height="242" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 237.</div> +</div> + +<p>Fig. 237 shows two dynamos which will be supposed to +be at a power house and which send out a current to +propel cars. From the figure it will be seen that the +wires over the cars, called trolley-wires, are connected to +the positive (+) terminals of the dynamos, and that the +negative (-) terminals are connected to the tracks. In +case a wire were allowed to join the trolley-wire and +track, we should have a short circuit, and current would +not only rush back to the dynamo without doing useful<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_155" id="Page_155">[155]</a></span> +work, but it would probably injure the machines. When +some of the current is allowed to pass through a car, +motion is produced in the motors, as has been explained. +As the number of cars increases, more current passes back +to the dynamos, which must +do more work to furnish +such current.</p> + +<p><i>Trolley-poles</i>, fastened to +the top of the cars and +which end in grooved +wheels, called <i>trolley-wheels</i>, +are pressed by springs +against the trolley-wires. +The current passes down +these through switches to +<i>controllers</i> at each end of +the car, one set being used +at a time.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 289px;"> +<img src="images/i_155a.jpg" width="289" height="593" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 238.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 298px;"> +<a href="images/i_155-big.jpg"><img src="images/i_155.jpg" width="298" height="156" alt="drawing" /></a> +<div class="caption">Fig. 239.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_165"></a>165. The Controllers</b>, as the name suggests, control +the speed of the car by allowing more or less current to +pass through the motors. The motors, resistance coils +and controllers are so connected with each other that +the amount of current used can be regulated.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_156" id="Page_156">[156]</a></span></p> + + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 477px;"> +<img src="images/i_156a.jpg" width="477" height="246" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 240.</div> +</div> + +<p>When the motorman turns the handle of the controller +to the first notch, the current passes through all of the +resistance wires placed under the car, then through one +motor after the other. The motors being joined in +series by the proper connections at the controller, the +greatest resistance is offered to the current and the car +runs at the slowest speed at this first notch. As more +resistance is cut out by turning the handle to other +notches, the car increases +its speed; but +as the resistance wires +become heated and the +heat passes into the +air, there is a loss of +energy. It is not +economical to run a +car at such a speed +that energy is wasted +as heat. As soon as +the resistance is all cut out, the current simply passes +through the motors joined in series. This gives a fairly<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_157" id="Page_157">[157]</a></span> +slow speed and one that is economical because all the +current tends to produce motion.</p> + +<p>By allowing the current to pass through the motors +joined in parallel, that is, by allowing each to take a part +of the current, the resistance is greatly reduced, and a +higher speed attained. This is not instantly done, however, +as too much strain would be put upon the motors. +As soon as the next notch is reached, the motors are +joined in parallel and the resistance also thrown in again. +By turning the handle still more, resistance is gradually +cut out, and the highest speed produced when the current +passes only through the motors in parallel.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 345px;"> +<img src="images/i_156b.jpg" width="345" height="280" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 241.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 167px;"> +<img src="images/i_157a.jpg" width="167" height="183" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 242.</div> +</div> + +<p>Fig. 238 represents a controller, by diagram, showing +the relative positions of the controller cylinder, reversing +and cut-out cylinders, arrangements for +blowing out the short electric arcs +formed, etc. A ratchet and pawl is provided, +which indicates positively the running +notches, at the same time permitting +the cylinder to move with ease. Fig. +239 shows a top view of the controller.</p> + +<div class="figleft" style="width: 213px;"> +<img src="images/i_157b.jpg" width="213" height="181" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 243.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_166"></a>166. Overhead and Underground Systems.</b> When +wires for furnishing current are placed over the tracks, as<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_158" id="Page_158">[158]</a></span> +in Fig. 237, we have the overhead system. In cities the +underground system is largely used. The location of the +conducting wires beneath the surface of the street removes +all danger to the public, and protects them from all interference, +leaving the street free from poles and wires.</p> + +<p>Fig. 240 shows a cross-section of an underground conduit. +The rails, R R, are supported by cast-iron yokes, A, +placed five feet apart, and thoroughly imbedded in concrete. +The conduit has sewer connections every 100 feet. +Conducting bars, C C, are placed on each side of the conduit, +and these are divided into sections of about 500 +feet. Insulators, D D, are placed every 15 feet. They +are attached to, and directly under, the slot-rails, the +stem passing through the conductor bar.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 140px;"> +<img src="images/i_157c.jpg" width="140" height="140" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 244.</div> +</div> + +<p>Figs. 240 and 241 show the plow E. The contact +plates are carried on coiled springs to allow a free motion. +Two guide-wheels, F F, are attached to the leg of the plow. +The conducting wires are carried up through the leg of +the plow.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_167"></a>167. Appliances.</b> A large number of articles are +needed in the construction of electric railroads. A few, +only, can be shown that are used for the overhead system. +Fig. 242 shows a pole insulator. Fig. 243 shows a feeder-wire +insulator. Fig. 244 shows a line suspension. Fig. +245 shows a form of right-angle cross which allows the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_159" id="Page_159">[159]</a></span> +trolley-wheels of crossing lines to pass. Fig. 246 shows +a switch. In winter a part of the current is allowed to +pass through electric heaters placed under the seats of +electric cars.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 296px;"> +<img src="images/i_158.jpg" width="296" height="98" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 245.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_168"></a>168. Electric Boats</b> are run by the current from +storage batteries which are usually placed under the +seats. An electric motor large enough to run a small +boat takes up very little room and is generally placed +under the floor. This leaves the entire boat for the use +of passengers. The motor is connected to the shaft that +turns the screw. Fig. 247 shows one design.</p> +<div class="figleft" style="width: 227px;"> +<img src="images/i_159a.jpg" width="227" height="289" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 246.</div> +</div> +<p><b><a id="par_169"></a>169. Electric Automobiles</b> represent the highest type +of electrical and mechanical construction. The <i>running-gear</i> +is usually made of the best cold-drawn seamless +steel tubing, to get the greatest strength from a given +weight of material. The wheels are made in a variety +of styles, but nearly all have ball bearings and pneumatic +tires. In the lightest styles the wheels have wire spokes.</p> + +<p>The <i>electric motors</i>, supported by the running-gear, are<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_160" id="Page_160">[160]</a></span> +geared to the rear wheels. The motors are made as +nearly dust-proof as possible.</p> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 533px;"> +<img src="images/i_160.jpg" width="533" height="264" alt="drawing long boat" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 247.</div> +</div> + +<p><i>Storage batteries</i> are put in a convenient place, depending +upon the design of the carriage, and from these the +motors receive the current. These can be charged from +the ordinary 110-volt lighting circuits or from private +dynamos. The proper plugs and attachments are usually +furnished by the various makers for connecting the +batteries with the street current, which is shut off when +the batteries are full by an automatic switch.</p> + +<p><i>Controllers</i> are used, as on electric cars, the lever for +starting, stopping, etc., being usually placed on the left-hand +side of the seat. The <i>steering</i> is done by a lever +that moves the front wheels. Strong brakes, and the +ability to quickly reverse the motors, allow electric carriages +to be stopped suddenly in case of accidents.</p> + +<p>Electric automobiles are largely used in cities, or where +the current can be easily had. The batteries must be +re-charged after they have run the motors for a certain +time which depends upon the speed and road, as well as<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_161" id="Page_161">[161]</a></span> +upon the construction. Where carriages are to be run +almost constantly, as is the case with those used for general +passenger service in cities, duplicate batteries are necessary, +so that one or two sets can be charged while another +is in use. Fig. 248 shows one form of electric vehicle, +the storage batteries being placed under and back of the +seat.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 531px;"> +<img src="images/i_161.jpg" width="531" height="425" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 248.</div> +</div> +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_162" id="Page_162">[162]</a></span></p> + + + + +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_XXVI"></a>CHAPTER XXVI.<br /> +<small>A WORD ABOUT CENTRAL STATIONS.</small></h2> + +<div class="figleft" style="width: 143px;"> +<img src="images/i_162.jpg" width="143" height="505" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 249.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_170"></a>170. Central Stations</b>, as the word implies, are places +where, for example, electricity is generated for the incandescent +or arc lights used in a certain neighborhood; +where telephone or telegraph messages +are sent to be resent to some other station; +where operators are kept to switch different +lines together, so that those on +one line can talk to those on another, +etc., etc. There are many kinds of central +stations, each requiring a large +amount of special apparatus to carry on +the work. Fig. 249 gives a hint in +regard to the way car lines get their +power from a central power station. +As a large part of the apparatus required +in ordinary central stations has already +been described, it is not necessary to go +into the details of such stations.</p> + + +<p>In lighting stations, for example, we +have three principal kinds of apparatus. +Boilers produce the steam that runs the +steam engines, and these run the dynamos +that give the current. Besides these there are many +other things needed. The electrical energy that goes over +the wires to furnish light, heat, and power, really comes +indirectly from the coal that is used to boil water and<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_163" id="Page_163">[163]</a></span> +convert it into steam. The various parts of the central +station merely aid in this transformation of energy.</p> + +<p>The dynamos are connected to the engines by belts, or<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_164" id="Page_164">[164]</a></span> +they are direct connected. Figs. 250, 251, show dynamos +connected to engines without belts.</p> + +<p>The current from the dynamos is led to large switchboards +which contain switches, voltmeters, ammeters, +lightning arresters, and various other apparatus for the +proper control and measurement of the current. From +the switchboard it is allowed to pass through the various +street mains, from which it is finally led to lamps, motors, +etc.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 519px;"> +<img src="images/i_163a.jpg" width="519" height="413" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 250.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 529px;"> +<img src="images/i_163b.jpg" width="529" height="328" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 251.</div> +</div> + +<p>Water-power is frequently used to drive the dynamos +instead of steam engines. The water turns some form of +water-wheel which is connected to the dynamos. At +Niagara Falls, for example, immense quantities of current +are generated for light, heat, power, and industrial purposes.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 125px;"> +<img src="images/i_164.jpg" width="125" height="150" alt="decoration" /> +</div> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_165" id="Page_165">[165]</a></span></p> + + + + +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_XXVII"></a>CHAPTER XXVII.<br /> +<small>MISCELLANEOUS USES OF ELECTRICITY.</small></h2> + + +<p><b><a id="par_171"></a>171. The Many Uses</b> to which the electric current is +put are almost numberless. New uses are being found +for it every day. Some of the common applications are +given below.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_172"></a>172. Automatic Electric Program Clocks</b>, Fig. +252, are largely used in all sorts of establishments, schools, +etc., for ringing bells at certain stated periods. The +lower dial shown has many contact-points that can be +inserted to correspond to given times. As this revolves, +the circuits are closed, one after the other, and it may be +so set that bells will be rung in different parts of the +house every five minutes, if desired.</p> + + + +<div class="center"> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="drawings"> +<tr><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 141px;"> +<img src="images/i_165a.jpg" width="141" height="339" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 252.</div> +</div></td><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 287px;"> +<a href="images/i_165b-big.jpg"><img src="images/i_165.jpg" width="287" height="287" alt="drawing" /></a> +<div class="caption">Fig. 253.</div> +</div></td></tr> +</table></div> + + + + +<p><b><a id="par_173"></a>173. Call Boxes</b> are used to send in calls of various<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_166" id="Page_166">[166]</a></span> +kinds to central stations. Fig. 253 shows one form. The +number of different calls provided includes messenger, carrier, +coupé, express wagon, doctor, laborer, police, fire, +together with three more, which may be made special to +suit the convenience of the individual customer. The +instruments are provided with apparatus for receiving a +return signal, the object of which is to notify the subscriber +that his call has been received and is having +attention.</p> + +<div class="center"> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="drawings"> +<tr><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 226px;"> +<a href="images/i_166a-big.jpg"><img src="images/i_166a.jpg" width="226" height="356" alt="drawing" /></a> +<div class="caption">Fig. 254.</div> +</div> +</td><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 230px;"> +<img src="images/i_166b.jpg" width="230" height="304" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 255.</div> +</div></td></tr> +</table></div> + +<p>Fig. 254 shows another form of call box, the handle +being moved around to the call desired. As it springs +back to the original position, an interrupted current +passes through the box to the central station, causing a +bell to tap a certain number of times, giving the call and +location of the box.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_174"></a>174. Electric Gas-Lighters.</b> Fig. 255 shows a +<i>ratchet burner</i>. The first pull of the chain turns on the +gas through a four-way gas-cock, governed by a ratchet-wheel<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_167" id="Page_167">[167]</a></span> +and pawl. The issuing gas is lighted by a wipe-spark +at the tip of the burner. Alternate pulls shut off +the gas. As the lever brings the attached wire A, in contact +with the wire B, a bright spark passes, which ignites +the gas, the burner being joined with a battery and induction +or spark coil.</p> + +<p><i>Automatic burners</i> are used when it is desired to light +gas at a distance from the push-button. Fig. 256 shows +one form. Two electromagnets are shown, one being +generally joined to a white push-button for turning on +the gas and lighting it, the other being joined to a black +button which turns off the gas when it is pressed. The +armatures of the magnets work the gas-valve. Sparks +ignite the gas, as explained above.</p> + + +<div class="center"> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="drawings"> +<tr><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 219px;"> +<img src="images/i_167a.jpg" width="219" height="323" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 256.</div> +</div></td><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 273px;"> +<img src="images/i_167b.jpg" width="273" height="359" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 257.</div> +</div></td></tr> +</table></div> + + + + +<p><b><a id="par_175"></a>175. Door Openers.</b> Fig. 257 shows one form. +They contain electromagnets so arranged that when the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_168" id="Page_168">[168]</a></span> +armature is attracted by the pushing of a button anywhere +in the building, the door can be pushed open.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_176"></a>176. Dental Outfits.</b> Fig. 258 shows a motor +arranged to run dental apparatus. The motor can be +connected to an ordinary incandescent +light socket. In case the current +gives out, the drills, etc., can +be run by foot power.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 214px;"> +<img src="images/i_168a.jpg" width="214" height="653" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 258.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_177"></a>177. Annunciators</b> of various +kinds are used in hotels, factories, +etc., to indicate a certain room +when a bell rings at the office. +The bell indicates that some one +has called, and the annunciator +shows the location of the call by +displaying the number of the room +or its location. Fig. 259 shows a +small annunciator. They contain +electromagnets which are connected to push-buttons +located in the building, and which bring the numbers +into place as soon as the current passes through them.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 237px;"> +<img src="images/i_168.jpg" width="237" height="224" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 259.</div> +</div> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_169" id="Page_169">[169]</a></span></p> + + + + +<h2>INDEX.</h2> + + +<p>Numbers refer to paragraphs. See <a href="#TABLE_OF_CONTENTS">Table of Contents</a> for the +titles of the various chapters.</p> + +<div> +Action of magnets upon each other, <a href="#par_32">32</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Adjuster, for lamp cords, <a href="#par_151">151</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Air pressure, effect of spark upon, <a href="#par_155">155</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Aluminum-leaf, for electroscopes, <a href="#par_5">5</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Alternating current, <a href="#par_129">129</a>, <a href="#par_130">130</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">system of wiring for, <a href="#par_144">144</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Amalgamation of zincs, <a href="#par_47">47</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Amber, electrification upon, <a href="#par_3">3</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Ammeter, the, <a href="#par_74">74</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">how placed in circuit, <a href="#par_77">77</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Ampere, the, <a href="#par_72">72</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Annunciators, <a href="#par_177">177</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Anode, <a href="#par_79">79</a>, <a href="#par_82">82</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Apparatus for electrical measurements, <a href="#CHAPTER_VI">Chap. VI</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Appliances, for distribution of currents, <a href="#par_141">141</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">for electric railways, <a href="#par_167">167</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">for heating by electricity, <a href="#par_147">147</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Arc, the electric, <a href="#par_152">152</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Arc lamp, the, <a href="#par_153">153</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">how light is produced by, <a href="#CHAPTER_XXII">Chap. XXI</a>I.;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">double carbon, <a href="#par_153">153</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">hand-feed focussing, <a href="#par_153">153</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">for search-lights, <a href="#par_153">153</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">short, for basements, <a href="#par_153">153</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">single carbon, <a href="#par_153">153</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">for theater use, <a href="#par_153">153</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Armature, of dynamo, <a href="#par_127">127</a>, <a href="#par_129">129</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">of electromagnets, <a href="#par_98">98</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">of horseshoe magnet, <a href="#par_26">26</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">of motors, <a href="#par_161">161</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">uses of, <a href="#par_39">39</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Artificial magnets, <a href="#par_25">25</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Astatic, detectors, <a href="#par_94">94</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">galvanometer, <a href="#par_73">73</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">needles, <a href="#par_94">94</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Aurora borealis, <a href="#par_23">23</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Automatic, current interrupters, <a href="#par_104">104</a>, <a href="#par_115">115</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">gas lighters, <a href="#par_174">174</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">program clocks, <a href="#par_172">172</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Automobiles, <a href="#par_169">169</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">controllers for, <a href="#par_169">169</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">motors for, <a href="#par_169">169</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">steering of, <a href="#par_169">169</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">storage batteries for, <a href="#par_169">169</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +<br /> +Bamboo filaments, <a href="#par_149">149</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Bar magnets, <a href="#par_27">27</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">magnetic figures of, <a href="#par_38">38</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Batteries, large plunge, <a href="#par_54">54</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">plunge, <a href="#par_53">53</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">secondary, <a href="#par_86">86</a>;</span><br /> +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_170" id="Page_170">[170]</a></span><span style="margin-left: 1em;">storage, and how they work, <a href="#CHAPTER_IX">Chap. IX</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Bell, the electric, and some of its uses, <a href="#CHAPTER_XV">Chap. XV</a>.;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">electric, <a href="#par_116">116</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">magneto testing, <a href="#par_117">117</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">trembling, etc., <a href="#par_116">116</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Bell transmitter, <a href="#par_120">120</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Belts, electricity generated by friction upon, <a href="#par_1">1</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Benjamin Franklin, <a href="#par_18">18</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Bichromate of potash cells, <a href="#par_51">51</a>, etc.<br /> +<br /> +Binding-posts, <a href="#CHAPTER_V">Chap. V</a>.;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">common forms of, <a href="#par_63">63</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Blasting, by electricity, <a href="#par_147">147</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">electric machines for, <a href="#par_147">147</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Bluestone cell, <a href="#par_56">56</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Boats, electric, <a href="#par_168">168</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Boilers, use of in central stations, <a href="#par_170">170</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Bones, photographed by x-rays, <a href="#CHAPTER_XXIII">Chap. XXIII</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Boosters, <a href="#par_136">136</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Brushes, <a href="#par_129">129</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Bunsen cells, <a href="#par_56">56</a><i>a</i>.<br /> +<br /> +Burner, automatic, <a href="#par_174">174</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">for gas-lights, <a href="#par_174">174</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">ratchet, <a href="#par_174">174</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Buzzers, electric, <a href="#par_118">118</a>.<br /> +<br /> +<br /> +Cables and wires, <a href="#par_143">143</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Call boxes, electric, <a href="#par_173">173</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Carbon, in arc lamps, <a href="#par_152">152</a>, <a href="#par_153">153</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">filament, <a href="#par_149">149</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">transmitter, <a href="#par_123">123</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Carpet, electricity generated upon, <a href="#par_1">1</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Cars, electric, <a href="#par_164">164</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">controllers for, <a href="#par_165">165</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">heating by electricity, <a href="#par_167">167</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">overhead system for, <a href="#par_166">166</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">underground system for, <a href="#par_166">166</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Cat, electricity generated upon, <a href="#par_1">1</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Cathode, definition of, <a href="#par_79">79</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">rays, <a href="#par_157">157</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Cells, Bunsen, <a href="#par_56">56</a><i>a</i>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">bichromate of potash, <a href="#par_51">51</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">closed circuit, <a href="#par_50">50</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">dry, <a href="#par_58">58</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Edison-Lelande, <a href="#par_59">59</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">electricity generated by, <a href="#CHAPTER_III">Chap. III</a>.;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Fuller, <a href="#par_55">55</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Gonda, <a href="#par_57">57</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">gravity, <a href="#par_56">56</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Grenet, <a href="#par_52">52</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Leclanché, <a href="#par_57">57</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">open circuit, <a href="#par_50">50</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">plates and poles of, <a href="#par_45">45</a><i>a</i>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">polarization of, <a href="#par_48">48</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">simple, <a href="#par_45">45</a>, <a href="#par_49">49</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">single-fluid, <a href="#par_49">49</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">two-fluid, <a href="#par_49">49</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">various voltaic, <a href="#CHAPTER_IV">Chap. I</a>V.</span><br /> +<br /> +Central stations, <a href="#par_170">170</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">a word about, <a href="#CHAPTER_XXVI">Chap. XXVI</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Chain lightning, <a href="#par_19">19</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Chafing-dishes, electrical, <a href="#par_147">147</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Charging condensers, <a href="#par_15">15</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Chemical action, and electricity, <a href="#par_81">81</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Chemical effects of electric current, <a href="#CHAPTER_VII">Chap. VII</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Chemical meters, <a href="#par_78">78</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Church organs, pumped by motors, <a href="#par_162">162</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Circuits, electric, <a href="#par_50">50</a>;<br /> +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_171" id="Page_171">[171]</a></span><span style="margin-left: 1em;">for lamps, <a href="#par_144">144</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Cleats, porcelain, <a href="#par_141">141</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">wooden, <a href="#par_141">141</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Clocks, automatic electric, <a href="#par_172">172</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Closed circuit cells, <a href="#par_50">50</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Coils, induction, and how they work, <a href="#CHAPTER_XIII">Chap. XIII</a>.;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">induction, construction of, <a href="#par_104">104</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">method of joining, <a href="#par_98">98</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">primary and secondary, <a href="#par_103">103</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">resistance, <a href="#par_69">69</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">rotation of, <a href="#par_95">95</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">of transformers, <a href="#par_135">135</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Collectors on dynamos, <a href="#par_129">129</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Commutators, <a href="#par_129">129</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Compasses, magnetic, <a href="#par_31">31</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Compound, magnets, <a href="#par_28">28</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">wound dynamo, <a href="#par_131">131</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Condensation of static electricity, <a href="#par_15">15</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Condensers, <a href="#par_15">15</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">for induction coils, <a href="#par_104">104</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Conductors, and insulators, <a href="#par_4">4</a>, <a href="#par_138">138</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Conduits, electric, <a href="#par_140">140</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Connections, electrical, <a href="#par_60">60</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">for telegraph lines, <a href="#par_111">111</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Controllers, for automobiles, <a href="#par_169">169</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">for electric cars, <a href="#par_165">165</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Copper sulphate, effects of current on, <a href="#par_82">82</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">formula of, <a href="#par_79">79</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Copper voltameters, <a href="#par_75">75</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Cords, adjustable for lamps, <a href="#par_151">151</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Coulomb, the, <a href="#par_76">76</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Crater of hot carbons, <a href="#par_152">152</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Crookes tubes, <a href="#par_156">156</a>, <a href="#par_158">158</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Current, detectors, <a href="#par_93">93</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">direction of in cell, <a href="#par_46">46</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">from magnet and coil, <a href="#par_100">100</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">from two coils, <a href="#par_102">102</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">induced, <a href="#par_127">127</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">of induction coils, <a href="#par_105">105</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">interrupters, automatic, <a href="#par_104">104</a>, <a href="#par_115">115</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">local, <a href="#par_47">47</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">primary and secondary, <a href="#par_102">102</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">transformation of, <a href="#CHAPTER_XVIII">Chap. XVIII</a>.;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">transmission of, <a href="#par_134">134</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Currents, and motion, <a href="#par_160">160</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">how distributed for use, <a href="#CHAPTER_XIX">Chap. XIX</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Current strength, <a href="#par_71">71</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">measurement of, <a href="#par_73">73</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">unit of, <a href="#par_72">72</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Cylinder electric machines, <a href="#par_9">9</a>.<br /> +<br /> +<br /> +Daniell cell, <a href="#par_56">56</a>.<br /> +<br /> +D'Arsonval galvanometer, <a href="#par_73">73</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Declination, <a href="#par_41">41</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Decorative incandescent lamps, <a href="#par_151">151</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Dental, lamps, <a href="#par_151">151</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">outfits, <a href="#par_176">176</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Detectors, astatic, <a href="#par_94">94</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">current, <a href="#par_93">93</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Diamagnetic bodies, <a href="#par_29">29</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Diaphragm for telephones, <a href="#par_120">120</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Dip, of magnetic needle, <a href="#par_42">42</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Direct current, <a href="#par_129">129</a>, <a href="#par_130">130</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Direction of current in cell, <a href="#par_46">46</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Discharging condensers, <a href="#par_15">15</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Disruptive discharges, <a href="#par_154">154</a>.<br /> +<br /> +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_172" id="Page_172">[172]</a></span>Distribution of currents for use, <a href="#CHAPTER_XIX">Chap. XIX</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Door opener, electric, <a href="#par_175">175</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Dots and dashes, <a href="#par_110">110</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Drill press, run by motor, <a href="#par_162">162</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Dry cells, <a href="#par_58">58</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Dynamo, the, <a href="#par_126">126</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">alternating current, <a href="#par_130">130</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">commutator of, <a href="#par_129">129</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">compound wound, <a href="#par_131">131</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">direct current, <a href="#par_130">130</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">lamps connected to, <a href="#par_132">132</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">series wound, <a href="#par_131">131</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">shunt wound, <a href="#par_131">131</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">used as motor, <a href="#par_161">161</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">use of in central stations, <a href="#par_170">170</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">used with water power, <a href="#par_170">170</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Dynamos, electricity generated by, <a href="#CHAPTER_XVII">Chap. XVII</a>.;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">types of, <a href="#par_130">130</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">various machines, <a href="#par_132">132</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">winding of, <a href="#par_131">131</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Dynamotors, <a href="#par_137">137</a>.<br /> +<br /> +<br /> +Earth, inductive influence of, <a href="#par_43">43</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">lines of force about, <a href="#par_40">40</a>, <a href="#par_42">42</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Ebonite, electricity by friction upon, <a href="#par_3">3</a>, <a href="#par_4">4</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Edison-Lelande cells, <a href="#par_59">59</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Electric, automobiles, <a href="#par_169">169</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">bell, and some of its uses, <a href="#CHAPTER_XV">Chap. XV</a>.;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">boats, <a href="#par_168">168</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">buzzers, <a href="#par_118">118</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">cars, <a href="#par_164">164</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">conduits, <a href="#par_140">140</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">fans, <a href="#par_162">162</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">flat-irons, <a href="#par_146">146</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">gas lighters, <a href="#par_174">174</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">griddles, <a href="#par_147">147</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">kitchen, <a href="#par_147">147</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">lights, arc, <a href="#CHAPTER_XXII">Chap. XXII</a>.;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">lights, incandescent, <a href="#CHAPTER_XXII">Chap. XXI</a>.;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">machines, static, <a href="#par_7">7</a> to 13;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">machines, uses of, <a href="#par_14">14</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">motor, the, <a href="#par_161">161</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">motor, and how it does work, <a href="#CHAPTER_XXIV">Chap. XXIV</a>.;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">soldering irons, <a href="#par_146">146</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">telegraph, and how it sends messages, <a href="#CHAPTER_XIV">Chap. XIV</a>.;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">telephone, and how it transmits speech, <a href="#CHAPTER_XVI">Chap. XVI</a>.;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">welding, <a href="#par_146">146</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Electric current, and work, <a href="#par_133">133</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">and chemical action, <a href="#par_81">81</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">chemical effects of, <a href="#CHAPTER_VII">Chap. VII</a>.;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">how distributed for use, <a href="#CHAPTER_XIX">Chap. XIX</a>.;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">magnetic effects of, <a href="#CHAPTER_XI">Chap. XI</a>.;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">how transformed, <a href="#CHAPTER_XVIII">Chap. XVIII</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Electrical, connections, <a href="#par_60">60</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">horse-power, <a href="#par_77">77</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">measurements, <a href="#CHAPTER_VI">Chap. VI</a>.;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">resistance, <a href="#par_68">68</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">resistance, unit of, <a href="#par_69">69</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">units, <a href="#CHAPTER_VI">Chap. VI</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Electricity, about frictional, <a href="#CHAPTER_I">Chap. I</a>.;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">and chemical action, <a href="#par_81">81</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">atmospheric, <a href="#par_18">18</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">heat produced by, <a href="#CHAPTER_XX">Chap. XX</a>.;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">history of, <a href="#par_3">3</a>;</span><br /> +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_173" id="Page_173">[173]</a></span><span style="margin-left: 1em;">how generated upon cat, <a href="#par_1">1</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">how generated by dynamos, <a href="#CHAPTER_XVII">Chap. XVII</a>.;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">how generated by heat, <a href="#CHAPTER_X">Chap. X</a>.;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">how generated by induction, <a href="#CHAPTER_XII">Chap. XII</a>.;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">how generated by voltaic cell, <a href="#CHAPTER_III">Chap. III</a>.;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">origin of name, <a href="#par_2">2</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Electrification, kinds of, <a href="#par_6">6</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">laws of, <a href="#par_7">7</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Electrolysis, <a href="#par_79">79</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Electrolyte, <a href="#par_79">79</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Electromagnetic induction, <a href="#par_99">99</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Electromagnetism, <a href="#par_91">91</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Electromagnets, <a href="#par_96">96</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">forms of, <a href="#par_97">97</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Electro-mechanical gong, <a href="#par_116">116</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Electromotive force, defined, <a href="#par_65">65</a>, <a href="#par_71">71</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">measurement of, <a href="#par_67">67</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">of polarization, <a href="#par_85">85</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">of static electricity, <a href="#par_17">17</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">unit of, <a href="#par_66">66</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Electrophorus, the, <a href="#par_8">8</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Electroplating, <a href="#par_82">82</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Electroscopes, <a href="#par_5">5</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Electrotyping, <a href="#par_83">83</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Experiments, early, with currents, <a href="#par_44">44</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">some simple, <a href="#par_1">1</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +External resistance, <a href="#par_68">68</a>.<br /> +<br /> +<br /> +Fan motors, <a href="#par_162">162</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Field, magnetic, <a href="#par_37">37</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Field-magnets, <a href="#par_129">129</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Figures, magnetic, <a href="#par_38">38</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Filaments, carbon, <a href="#par_149">149</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">bamboo, etc., <a href="#par_149">149</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Fire, St. Elmo's, <a href="#par_22">22</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Flat-irons, electric, <a href="#par_147">147</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Floor mains, <a href="#par_139">139</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Fluoroscope, <a href="#par_158">158</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Force, and induced currents, <a href="#par_101">101</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">lines of magnetic, <a href="#par_38">38</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">lines of about a wire, <a href="#par_92">92</a>, <a href="#par_96">96</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">lines of about a magnet, <a href="#par_37">37</a>, <a href="#par_38">38</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Frictional electricity, about, <a href="#CHAPTER_I">Chap. I</a>.;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">location of charge of, <a href="#par_4">4</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">sparks from, <a href="#par_4">4</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Fuller cell, the, <a href="#par_55">55</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Fuse, link, <a href="#par_142">142</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">plug, <a href="#par_142">142</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">ribbons, <a href="#par_142">142</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">wire, <a href="#par_142">142</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Fusible rosettes, <a href="#par_142">142</a>.<br /> +<br /> +<br /> +Galvani, early experiments of, <a href="#par_44">44</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Galvanometers, <a href="#par_73">73</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">astatic, <a href="#par_73">73</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">considered as motor, <a href="#par_161">161</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">D'Arsonval, <a href="#par_73">73</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">tangent, <a href="#par_73">73</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Galvanoscope, <a href="#par_73">73</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">astatic, <a href="#par_94">94</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Gas lighters, electric, <a href="#par_174">174</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Geissler tubes, <a href="#par_156">156</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Generators, electric, <a href="#par_126">126</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Glass, electricity generated upon, <a href="#par_4">4</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Glue pots, electric, <a href="#par_147">147</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Gold-leaf, for electroscopes, <a href="#par_5">5</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Gold plating, <a href="#par_82">82</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Gonda cell, <a href="#par_57">57</a>.<br /> +<br /> +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_174" id="Page_174">[174]</a></span>Gong, electro-mechanical, <a href="#par_116">116</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Gravity cell, the, <a href="#par_56">56</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">replaced by dynamotors, <a href="#par_137">137</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Grenet cell, <a href="#par_52">52</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Griddles, electric, <a href="#par_147">147</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Guard, for lamps, <a href="#par_151">151</a>.<br /> +<br /> +<br /> +Heat, how generated by electricity, <a href="#CHAPTER_X">Chap. X</a>.;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">and magnetism, <a href="#par_35">35</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">and resistance, <a href="#par_145">145</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Heat lightning, <a href="#par_19">19</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Heaters, for cars, <a href="#par_167">167</a>.<br /> +<br /> +History of electricity, <a href="#par_3">3</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Horse-power, electrical, <a href="#par_77">77</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Horseshoe, permanent magnets, <a href="#par_26">26</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">electromagnets, <a href="#par_97">97</a>, <a href="#par_98">98</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Human body, bones of, photographed by x-rays, <a href="#CHAPTER_XXIII">Chap. XXIII</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Hydrogen, action of in cell, <a href="#par_48">48</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">attraction of for oxygen, <a href="#par_85">85</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Incandescence, <a href="#par_148">148</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Incandescent lamp, <a href="#par_149">149</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">candle-power of, <a href="#par_150">150</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">current for, <a href="#par_150">150</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">light produced by, <a href="#CHAPTER_XXI">Chap. XXI</a>.;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">construction of, <a href="#par_149">149</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">uses of, <a href="#par_151">151</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Inclination of magnetic needle, <a href="#par_42">42</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Indicating push-button, <a href="#par_61">61</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Induced currents, <a href="#par_127">127</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">and lines of force, <a href="#par_101">101</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">by rotary motion, <a href="#par_128">128</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">of induction coils, <a href="#par_105">105</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">of transformers, <a href="#par_135">135</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Induced magnetism, <a href="#par_36">36</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Induction, electricity generated by, <a href="#CHAPTER_XII">Chap. XII</a>.;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1.5em;">electromagnetic, <a href="#par_99">99</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Induction coils, condensers for, <a href="#par_104">104</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">construction of, <a href="#par_104">104</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">currents of, <a href="#par_105">105</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">how they work, <a href="#CHAPTER_XIII">Chap. XIII</a>.;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">in telephone work, <a href="#par_124">124</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">uses of, <a href="#par_106">106</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Inductive influence of earth, <a href="#par_43">43</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Influence machines for medical purposes, <a href="#par_13">13</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Ink writing registers, <a href="#par_114">114</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Insulating tubing, <a href="#par_141">141</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Insulators, <a href="#par_141">141</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">and conductors, <a href="#par_4">4</a>, <a href="#par_138">138</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">feeder-wire, <a href="#par_167">167</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">for poles, <a href="#par_167">167</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">porcelain, <a href="#par_141">141</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Internal resistance, <a href="#par_68">68</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Interrupters, automatic current, <a href="#par_104">104</a>, <a href="#par_115">115</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Ions, <a href="#par_80">80</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Iron, electricity upon, by friction, <a href="#par_4">4</a>.<br /> +<br /> +<br /> +Jar, Leyden, <a href="#par_15">15</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Jarring magnets, effects of, <a href="#par_33">33</a>.<br /> +<br /> +<br /> +Keeper of magnets, <a href="#par_26">26</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Keys, telegraph, <a href="#par_109">109</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Kinds of electrification, <a href="#par_6">6</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Kitchen, electric, <a href="#par_147">147</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Knife switch, <a href="#par_62">62</a>.<br /> +<br /> +<br /> +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_175" id="Page_175">[175]</a></span>Lamp, incandescent, candle-power of, <a href="#par_150">150</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">cord, adjustable, <a href="#par_151">151</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">current for, <a href="#par_150">150</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">dental, <a href="#par_151">151</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">for desks, <a href="#par_151">151</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">for throat, <a href="#par_151">151</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">guard for, <a href="#par_151">151</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">incandescent, <a href="#par_149">149</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">socket, <a href="#par_151">151</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">with half shade, <a href="#par_151">151</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Lamp, the arc, <a href="#par_153">153</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">how light is produced by, <a href="#CHAPTER_XXII">Chap. XXII</a>.;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">double carbon, <a href="#par_153">153</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">hand-feed focussing, <a href="#par_153">153</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">for search-lights, <a href="#par_153">153</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">single carbon, <a href="#par_153">153</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">short, for basements, <a href="#par_153">153</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">for theater use, <a href="#par_153">153</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Lamp circuits, alternating system, <a href="#par_144">144</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Lamps, in parallel, <a href="#par_144">144</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">lamps in series, <a href="#par_144">144</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">three-wire system, <a href="#par_144">144</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">two-wire system, <a href="#par_144">144</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Laws, of electrification, <a href="#par_7">7</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">of magnetic attraction, <a href="#par_32">32</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">of resistance, <a href="#par_70">70</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Leaf electroscopes, <a href="#par_5">5</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Leclanché cell, <a href="#par_57">57</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Leyden, battery, <a href="#par_16">16</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">jar, <a href="#par_15">15</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Light, how produced by arc lamp, <a href="#CHAPTER_XXII">Chap. XXII</a>.;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">how produced by incandescent lamp, <a href="#CHAPTER_XXI">Chap. XXI</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Lightning, <a href="#par_19">19</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">rods, <a href="#par_21">21</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Line, telegraph, <a href="#CHAPTER_XIV">Chap. XIV</a>.;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">connections for, <a href="#par_111">111</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">operation of, <a href="#par_112">112</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Line suspension, for trolley-wires, <a href="#par_167">167</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Line wire, <a href="#par_111">111</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Lines of force, conductors of, <a href="#par_39">39</a>, <a href="#par_96">96</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">about the earth, <a href="#par_40">40</a>, <a href="#par_42">42</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">and induced currents, <a href="#par_101">101</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">about a magnet, <a href="#par_38">38</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">about a wire, <a href="#par_92">92</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Local currents, <a href="#par_47">47</a>.<br /> +<br /> +<br /> +Magnetic, bodies, <a href="#par_29">29</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">declination, <a href="#par_41">41</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">effects of electric current, <a href="#CHAPTER_XI">Chap. XI</a>.;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">field, <a href="#par_37">37</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">figure of one bar magnet, <a href="#par_38">38</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">figure of two bar magnets, <a href="#par_38">38</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">figure of horseshoe magnet, <a href="#par_38">38</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">needle, dip of, <a href="#par_42">42</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">needles and compasses, <a href="#par_31">31</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Magnetism, and heat, <a href="#par_35">35</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">induced, <a href="#par_36">36</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">laws of, <a href="#par_32">32</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">residual, <a href="#par_34">34</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">retentivity, <a href="#par_34">34</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">temporary, <a href="#par_36">36</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">terrestrial, <a href="#par_40">40</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">theory of, <a href="#par_33">33</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Magneto, signal bells, <a href="#par_117">117</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">testing bells, <a href="#par_117">117</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">transmitter, <a href="#par_120">120</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Magnets, action upon each other, <a href="#par_32">32</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">artificial, <a href="#par_25">25</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">bar, <a href="#par_27">27</a>;</span><br /> +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_176" id="Page_176">[176]</a></span><span style="margin-left: 1em;">compound, <a href="#par_28">28</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">effects of jarring, <a href="#par_33">33</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">electro, <a href="#par_96">96</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">electro, forms of, <a href="#par_97">97</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">horseshoe, <a href="#par_26">26</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">and magnetism, about, <a href="#CHAPTER_II">Chap. II</a>.;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">making of, <a href="#par_30">30</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">natural, <a href="#par_24">24</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Mains, electric, <a href="#par_139">139</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Man-holes, in conduits, <a href="#par_140">140</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Measurements, electric, <a href="#CHAPTER_VI">Chap. VI</a>.;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">of current strength, <a href="#par_73">73</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">of E.M.F., <a href="#par_67">67</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Meters, chemical, <a href="#par_78">78</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">permanent record, <a href="#par_77">77</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Microphone, the, <a href="#par_122">122</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Motion and currents, <a href="#par_160">160</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Motor, acting like dynamo, <a href="#par_163">163</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">armature of, <a href="#par_161">161</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">controlling speed of, <a href="#par_165">165</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">electric, <a href="#par_161">161</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">electric, and how it does work, <a href="#CHAPTER_XXIV">Chap. XXIV</a>.;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">fans, <a href="#par_162">162</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">for automobiles, <a href="#par_169">169</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">for boats, <a href="#par_168">168</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">for pumping bellows, <a href="#par_162">162</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">for running drill press, <a href="#par_162">162</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">parts of, <a href="#par_162">162</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">starting boxes for, <a href="#par_163">163</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">uses of, <a href="#par_162">162</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Motor-dynamos, <a href="#par_136">136</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Mouldings, for wires, <a href="#par_141">141</a>.<br /> +<br /> +<br /> +Name, electricity, origin of, <a href="#par_2">2</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Natural magnets, <a href="#par_24">24</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Needles, astatic, <a href="#par_94">94</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">dipping, <a href="#par_42">42</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">magnetic, <a href="#par_31">31</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Negative electrification, <a href="#par_5">5</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Non-conductors, <a href="#par_4">4</a>.<br /> +<br /> +North pole, magnetic of earth, <a href="#par_40">40</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">of magnets, <a href="#par_26">26</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Northern lights, <a href="#par_23">23</a>.<br /> +<br /> +<br /> +Ohm, the, <a href="#par_69">69</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Open circuit cells, <a href="#par_50">50</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Openers, for doors, <a href="#par_175">175</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Outfits, dental, <a href="#par_175">175</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Overhead trolley system, <a href="#par_166">166</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Oxygen, attraction for hydrogen, <a href="#par_85">85</a>.<br /> +<br /> +<br /> +Parallel arrangement of lamps, <a href="#par_144">144</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Peltier effect, <a href="#par_89">89</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Pendant, electric, <a href="#par_151">151</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Pith-ball electroscope, <a href="#par_5">5</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Plate electrical machine, <a href="#par_10">10</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Plates of cells, <a href="#par_45">45</a><i>a</i>.<br /> +<br /> +Plunge batteries, <a href="#par_53">53</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">large, <a href="#par_54">54</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Polarity of coils, <a href="#par_95">95</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Polarization, <a href="#par_84">84</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">electromotive force of, <a href="#par_85">85</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">of cells, <a href="#par_48">48</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Pole-changing switch, <a href="#par_62">62</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Poles, of cells, <a href="#par_45">45</a><i>a</i>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">of horseshoe magnet, <a href="#par_26">26</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Positive electrification, <a href="#par_6">6</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Potential, defined, <a href="#par_65">65</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Push-buttons, <a href="#CHAPTER_V">Chap. V</a>.;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">indicating, <a href="#par_61">61</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">modifications of, <a href="#par_61">61</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">table clamp, <a href="#par_61">61</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +<br /> +Quantity of electricity, <a href="#par_76">76</a>;<br /> +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_177" id="Page_177">[177]</a></span><span style="margin-left: 1em;">unit of, <a href="#par_76">76</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Rays, cathode, <a href="#par_157">157</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">x-rays, <a href="#par_158">158</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Receiver, telephone, <a href="#par_121">121</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Reflectors, for lamps, <a href="#par_151">151</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Registers, ink writing, <a href="#par_114">114</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Relay, the, <a href="#par_113">113</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Residual magnetism, <a href="#par_34">34</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Resistance, coils and boxes, <a href="#par_69">69</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">electrical, <a href="#par_68">68</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">external, <a href="#par_68">68</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">and heat, <a href="#par_145">145</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">internal, <a href="#par_68">68</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">laws of, <a href="#par_70">70</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">unit of, <a href="#par_69">69</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Retentivity, <a href="#par_34">34</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Risers, in buildings, <a href="#par_139">139</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Rods, lightning, <a href="#par_21">21</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Roentgen, Prof., <a href="#par_158">158</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Rosette, fusible, <a href="#par_142">142</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Running-gear, of automobiles, <a href="#par_169">169</a>.<br /> +<br /> +<br /> +Safety, devices, <a href="#par_142">142</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">fuse, <a href="#par_142">142</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">fuse link, <a href="#par_142">142</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">fuse plug, <a href="#par_142">142</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">fuse ribbon, <a href="#par_142">142</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">fuse wire, <a href="#par_142">142</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Search-lights, <a href="#par_153">153</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">signals sent by, <a href="#par_153">153</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Secondary batteries, <a href="#par_86">86</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">uses of, <a href="#par_87">87</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Series arrangement of lamps, <a href="#par_144">144</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Series wound dynamo, <a href="#par_131">131</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Service wires, <a href="#par_139">139</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Shunt-wound dynamo, <a href="#par_131">131</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Signal bells, magneto, <a href="#par_117">117</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Simple cell, the, <a href="#par_45">45</a>, <a href="#par_49">49</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Single-fluid cells, <a href="#par_49">49</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Single-point switch, <a href="#par_62">62</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Single-stroke bell, <a href="#par_116">116</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Socket, for incandescent lamps, <a href="#par_151">151</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Soldering irons, electric, <a href="#par_147">147</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Sounders, telegraph, <a href="#par_110">110</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">home-made, <a href="#par_110">110</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Spark, effect of air pressure on, <a href="#par_155">155</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Sparks, from cells, <a href="#par_17">17</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">from frictional electricity, <a href="#par_4">4</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +St. Elmo's fire, <a href="#par_22">22</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Starting boxes, for motors, <a href="#par_163">163</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Static electric machines, <a href="#par_8">8</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Static electricity, condensation of, <a href="#par_15">15</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">electromotive force of, <a href="#par_17">17</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">to test presence of, <a href="#par_5">5</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">uses of, <a href="#par_14">14</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Steam engines, in central stations, <a href="#par_170">170</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Steel, inductive influence of earth upon, <a href="#par_43">43</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">retentivity of, <a href="#par_26">26</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Storage batteries, the, and how they work, <a href="#CHAPTER_IX">Chap. IX</a>.;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">for automobiles, <a href="#par_169">169</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">for boats, <a href="#par_168">168</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">for natural sources of power, <a href="#par_87">87</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Stoves, electric, <a href="#par_147">147</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Strength of current, <a href="#par_71">71</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">measurement of, <a href="#par_73">73</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">unit of, <a href="#par_72">72</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Switchboards, <a href="#par_62">62</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Switches, <a href="#CHAPTER_V">Chap. V</a>.;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">knife, <a href="#par_62">62</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">pole-changing, <a href="#par_62">62</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">single point, <a href="#par_62">62</a>;</span><br /> +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_178" id="Page_178">[178]</a></span><span style="margin-left: 1em;">for trolley lines, <a href="#par_167">167</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Table clamp-push, <a href="#par_61">61</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Tangent galvanometer, <a href="#par_73">73</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Teakettles, electric, <a href="#par_147">147</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Telegraph, electric, and how it sends messages, <a href="#CHAPTER_XIV">Chap. XIV</a>.;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">ink writing registers, <a href="#par_114">114</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">keys, <a href="#par_109">109</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">relay, <a href="#par_113">113</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">sounders, <a href="#par_110">110</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Telegraph line, <a href="#par_107">107</a>, <a href="#par_108">108</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">operation of, <a href="#par_112">112</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">simple connections of, <a href="#par_111">111</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Telephone, the, and how it transmits speech, <a href="#CHAPTER_XVI">Chap. XVI</a>.;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">receiver, <a href="#par_121">121</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">transmitter, <a href="#par_120">120</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">use of induction coil with, <a href="#par_124">124</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">various forms of, <a href="#par_125">125</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Temporary magnetism, <a href="#par_36">36</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Terrestrial magnetism, <a href="#par_40">40</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Theory of magnetism, <a href="#par_33">33</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Thermoelectricity, <a href="#par_88">88</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Thermopiles, <a href="#par_90">90</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Three-wire system, <a href="#par_144">144</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Throat, lamp for, <a href="#par_151">151</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Thunder, <a href="#par_20">20</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Toepler-Holtz machines, <a href="#par_11">11</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Transformers, <a href="#par_135">135</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Transforming electric current, <a href="#CHAPTER_XVIII">Chap. XVIII</a>.;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">for electric welding, <a href="#par_146">146</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Transmission of currents, <a href="#par_134">134</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Transmitter, Bell, <a href="#par_120">120</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">carbon, <a href="#par_123">123</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Trembling bell, <a href="#par_116">116</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Trolley-wires, <a href="#par_164">164</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">-poles, <a href="#par_164">164</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">-wheels, <a href="#par_164">164</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Tubes, Crookes, <a href="#par_156">156</a>, <a href="#par_158">158</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Geissler, <a href="#par_156">156</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">vacuum, <a href="#par_156">156</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Two-fluid cells, <a href="#par_49">49</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Two-wire system, <a href="#par_144">144</a>.<br /> +<br /> +<br /> +Underground trolley system 166;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">conduits for, <a href="#par_166">166</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Unit, of current strength, <a href="#par_72">72</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">of electromotive force, <a href="#par_66">66</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">of quantity, <a href="#par_76">76</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">of resistance, <a href="#par_69">69</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Units, electrical, <a href="#CHAPTER_VI">Chap. VI</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Uses, of armatures, <a href="#par_39">39</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">of electricity, miscellaneous, <a href="#CHAPTER_XXVII">Chap. XXVII</a>.;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">of induction coils, <a href="#par_106">106</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">of motors, <a href="#par_162">162</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">of storage batteries, <a href="#par_87">87</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +<br /> +Vacuum-tubes, <a href="#par_156">156</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Variation, angle of, <a href="#par_41">41</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Volt, the, <a href="#par_66">66</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Volta, <a href="#par_66">66</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">early experiments of, <a href="#par_44">44</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Voltaic cell, electricity generated by, <a href="#CHAPTER_III">Chap. III</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Voltaic pile, <a href="#par_44">44</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Voltameters, <a href="#par_75">75</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">copper, <a href="#par_75">75</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">water, <a href="#par_75">75</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Voltmeters, <a href="#par_67">67</a>, <a href="#par_77">77</a>.<br /> +<br /> +<br /> +Water, decomposition of, <a href="#par_79">79</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">power, source of energy, <a href="#par_170">170</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">voltameters, <a href="#par_73">73</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Watt, the, <a href="#par_77">77</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Wattmeters, <a href="#par_77">77</a>.<br /> +<br /> +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_179" id="Page_179">[179]</a></span>Welding, electric, <a href="#par_146">146</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Wimshurst electric machine, <a href="#par_12">12</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Wires and cables, <a href="#par_143">143</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Wiring, for alternating system, <a href="#par_144">144</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">three-wire system, <a href="#par_144">144</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">two-wire system, <a href="#par_144">144</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Work, and electric current, <a href="#par_133">133</a>.<br /> +<br /> +<br /> +X-ray photographs, <a href="#par_159">159</a>.<br /> +<br /> +X-rays, <a href="#par_156">156</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">and how the bones of the human body are photographed, <a href="#CHAPTER_XXIII">Chap. XXIII</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +<br /> +Yokes, <a href="#par_97">97</a>, <a href="#par_98">98</a>.<br /> +<br /> +<br /> +Zincs, amalgamation of, <a href="#par_47">47</a>.<br /> +</div> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_180" id="Page_180">[180]</a></span></p> + + + + +<div class='adtitle2'>THINGS A BOY SHOULD KNOW<br /> +ABOUT ELECTRICITY.</div> + + +<div class='center'><br /><b>By THOMAS M. ST. JOHN, Met. E.</b><br /> +<br /> + +The book contains 180 pages, and 260 illustrations; it measures<br /> +5 x 7½ in., and is bound in cloth.<br /> +<br /> +<b>PRICE, POST-PAID, $1.00.</b><br /> +</div> + +<blockquote> + +<p><b>CONTENTS:</b> <i>Chapter</i> I. About Frictional Electricity.—II. About Magnets +and Magnetism.—III. How Electricity is Generated by the Voltaic Cell.—IV. +Various Voltaic Cells.—V. About Push-Buttons, Switches and Binding-Posts.—VI. +Units and Apparatus for Electrical Measurements.—VII. Chemical Effects +of the Electric Current.—VIII. How Electroplating and Electrotyping are +Done.—IX. The Storage Battery and How it Works.—X. How Electricity is +Generated by Heat.—XI. Magnetic Effects of the Electric Current.—XII. How +Electricity is Generated by Induction.—XIII. How the Induction Coil Works.—XIV. +The Electric Telegraph, and How it Sends Messages.—XV. The Electric +Bell and Some of its Uses.—XVI. The Telephone, and How it Transmits Speech.—XVII. +How Electricity is Generated by Dynamos.—XVIII. How the Electric +Current is Transformed.—XIX. How Electric Currents are Distributed for +Use.—XX. How Heat is Produced by the Electric Current.—XXI. How Light +is Produced by the Incandescent Lamp.—XXII. How Light is Produced by the +Arc Lamp.—XXIII. X-Rays, and How the Bones of the Human Body are Photographed.—XXIV. +The Electric Motor and How it Does Work.—XXV. Electric +Cars, Boats and Automobiles.—XXVI. 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Complete +directions are given for making 152 different pieces of Apparatus +for the practical use of students, teachers, and others who wish +to experiment.</p></blockquote> + +<div class='center'> +<b><big>PRICE, POST-PAID, $1.00.</big></b><br /> +</div> + +<p>The shocking coils, telegraph instruments, batteries, electromagnets, +motors, etc., etc., are so simple in construction that any +boy of average ability can make them; in fact, the illustrations +have been made directly from apparatus constructed by young boys.</p> + +<p>The author has been working along this line for several years, and +he has been able, <i>with the help of boys</i>, to devise a complete line of +simple electrical apparatus.</p> + + +<blockquote> + +<p><b><i>THE APPARATUS IS SIMPLE because the designs and +methods of construction have been worked out practically +in the school-room, absolutely no machine-work +being required.</i></b></p> + +<p><b><i>THE APPARATUS IS PRACTICAL because it has been +designed for real use in the experimental study of +elementary electricity.</i></b></p> + +<p><b><i>THE APPARATUS IS CHEAP because most of the parts +can be made of old tin cans and cracker boxes, bolts, +screws, wires and wood.</i></b></p></blockquote> + + +<div class='center'> +<b>Address, THOMAS M. ST. JOHN,</b><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 6em;"><b>407 West 51st Street,</b></span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 15em;"><b>New York.</b></span><br /> +</div> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_182" id="Page_182">[182]</a></span></p> + + + + +<div class='adtitle2'>How Two Boys Made Their Own<br /> +Electrical Apparatus.</div> + + +<p><b>CONTENTS:</b> <i>Chapter</i> I. Cells and Batteries.—II. Battery Fluids and Solutions.—III. +Miscellaneous Apparatus and Methods of Construction.—IV. +Switches and Cut-Outs.—V. Binding-Posts and Connectors.—VI. Permanent +Magnets,—VII. Magnetic Needles and Compasses.—VIII. Yokes and Armatures.—IX. +Electro-Magnets.—X. Wire-Winding Apparatus.—XI. Induction +Coils and Their Attachments.—XII. Contact Breakers and Current Interrupters.—XIII. +Current Detectors and Galvanometers.—XIV. Telegraph Keys +and Sounders.—XV. Electric Bells and Buzzers.—XVI. Commutators and Current +Reversers.—XVII. Resistance Coils.—XVIII. Apparatus for Static Electricity.—XIX. +Electric Motors.—XX. Odds and Ends.—XXI. Tools and Materials.</p> + +<p>"The author of this book is a teacher and wirier of great ingenuity, +and we imagine that the effect of such a book as this falling into juvenile +hands must be highly stimulating and beneficial. It is full of explicit +details and instructions in regard to a great variety of apparatus, and the +materials required are all within the compass of very modest pocket-money. +Moreover, it is systematic and entirely without rhetorical frills, +so that the student can go right along without being diverted from good +helpful work that will lead him to build useful apparatus and make him +understand what he is about. The drawings are plain and excellent. We +heartily commend the book."—<i>Electrical Engineer.</i></p> + + +<p>"Those who visited the electrical exhibition last May cannot have +failed to notice on the south gallery a very interesting exhibit, consisting, +as it did, of electrical apparatus made by boys. The various devices there +shown, comprising electro-magnets, telegraph keys and sounders, resistance +coils, etc., were turned out by boys following the instructions given +in the book with the above title, which is unquestionably one of the most +practical little works yet written that treat of similar subjects, for with +but a limited amount of mechanical knowledge, and by closely following +the instructions given, almost any electrical device may be made at very +small expense. That such a book fills a long-felt want may be inferred +from the number of inquiries we are constantly receiving from persons +desiring to make their own induction coils and other apparatus."—<i>Electricity.</i></p> + + +<p>"At the electrical show in New York last May one of the most interesting +exhibits was that of simple electrical apparatus made by the boys +in one of the private schools in the city. This apparatus, made by boys of +thirteen to fifteen years of age, was from designs by the author of this +clever little book, and it was remarkable to see what an ingenious use had +been made of old tin tomato-cans, cracker-boxes, bolts, screws, wire, and +wood. With these simple materials telegraph instruments, coils, buzzers, +current detectors, motors, switches, armatures, and an almost endless +variety of apparatus were made, In this book Mr. St. John has given +directions in simple language for making and using these devices, and has +illustrated these directions with admirable diagrams and cuts. The little +volume is unique, and will prove exceedingly helpful to those of our +young readers who are fortunate enough to possess themselves of a copy. +For schools where a course of elementary science is taught, no better text-book +in the first-steps in electricity is obtainable."—<i>The Great Round +World.</i></p> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_183" id="Page_183">[183]</a></span></p> + + + + +<div class='adtitle2'>Exhibit of Experimental Electrical Apparatus</div> +<div class='center'><b>AT THE ELECTRICAL SHOW, MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, NEW YORK.</b></div> + + +<p>While only 40 pieces of simple apparatus were shown in this exhibit, it gave visitors something of an idea +of what young boys can do if given proper designs.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 328px;"> +<a href="images/i_183-big.jpg"><img src="images/i_183.jpg" width="328" height="119" alt="Photograph" /></a> +<div class="caption">"HOW TWO BOYS MADE THEIR OWN ELECTRICAL APPARATUS"<br />Gives Proper Designs—Designs for over 150 Things.</div> +</div> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_184" id="Page_184">[184]</a></span></p> + + + + +<div class='adtitle3'><span class="u">Fun With Photography</span></div> +<div class='center'><b>BOOK AND COMPLETE OUTFIT.</b></div> + + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 592px;"> +<img src="images/i_184.jpg" width="592" height="231" alt="photograph" /> +</div> + +<p><b>PHOTOGRAPHY is now an educational amusement, and to +many it is the most fascinating of all amusements. The magic of +sunshine, the wonders of nature, and the beauties of art are tools +in the hand of the amateur photographer.</b></p> + +<p><b>A great many things can be done with this outfit, and it will give +an insight into this most popular pastime.</b></p> + + +<blockquote> + +<p><b>THE OUTFIT</b> contains everything necessary for making ordinary prints—together +with other articles to be used in various ways. The following things +are included: One Illustrated Book of Instructions, called "Fun With Photography;" +1 Package of Sensitized Paper; 1 Printing Frame, including Glass, +Back, and Spring; 1 Set of Masks for Printing Frame; 1 Set of Patterns for +Fancy Shapes; 1 Book of Negatives (Patent Pending) Ready for Use; 6 Sheets +of Blank Negative Paper; 1 Alphabet Sheet; 1 Package of Card Mounts; 1 +Package of Folding Mounts; 1 Package of "Fixo."</p> + +<p><b>CONTENTS OF BOOK:</b>—<b>Chapter I. Introduction.</b>—Photography.—Magic +Sunshine.—The Outfit.—<b>II. General Instructions.</b>—The Sensitized Paper.—How +the Effects are Produced.—Negatives.—Prints.—Printing Frames.—Our +Printing Frame.—Putting Negatives in Printing Frame.—Printing.—Developing.—Fixing.—Drying.—Trimming.—Fancy +Shapes.—Mounting.—<b>III. Negatives +and How to Make Them.</b>—The Paper.—Making Transparent Paper.—Making +the Negatives.—Printed Negatives.—Perforated Negatives.—Negatives +Made from Magazine Pictures.—Ground Glass Negatives.—<b>IV. Nature Photography.</b>—Aids +to Nature Study.—Ferns and Leaves.—Photographing Leaves.—Perforating +Leaves.—Drying Leaves, Ferns, etc., for Negatives.—Flowers.—<b>V. +Miscellaneous Photographs.</b>—Magnetic Photographs.—Combination Pictures.—Initial +Pictures.—Name Plates.—Christmas, Easter and Birthday Cards.</p></blockquote> + +<div class='center'> +<b><i>The Book and Complete Outfit will be sent, by mail or<br /> +express, Charges Prepaid, upon receipt of 65 Cents, by</i></b><br /> +<br /> +<b>THOMAS M. ST. JOHN, 407 W. 51st St., New York.</b><br /> +</div> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_185" id="Page_185">[185]</a></span></p> + + + + +<div class='adtitle3'><span class="u">Fun With Magnetism.</span></div> +<div class='center'><b>BOOK AND COMPLETE OUTFIT FOR SIXTY-ONE<br /> +EXPERIMENTS IN MAGNETISM. . .</b></div> + + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 419px;"> +<a href="images/i_185-big.jpg"><img src="images/i_185.jpg" width="419" height="235" alt="drawing" /></a> +</div> + +<p>Children like to do experiments; and in this way, better than in +any other, <i>a practical knowledge of the elements of magnetism</i> may be +obtained.</p> + +<p>These experiments, although arranged to <i>amuse</i> boys and girls, +have been found to be very <i>useful in the class-room</i> to supplement +the ordinary exercises given in text-books of science.</p> + +<p>To secure the <i>best possible quality of apparatus</i>, the horseshoe +magnets were made at Sheffield, England, especially for these sets. +They are new and strong. Other parts of the apparatus have also +been selected and made with great care, to adapt them particularly +to these experiments.—<i>From the author's preface.</i></p> + + +<blockquote> + +<p><b>CONTENTS.</b>—Experiments With Horseshoe Magnet.—Experiments +With Magnetized Needles.—Experiments With Needles, Corks, Wires, Nails, +etc.—Experiments With Bar Magnets.—Experiments With Floating Magnets.—Miscellaneous +Experiments.—Miscellaneous Illustrations showing what very +small children can do with the Apparatus.—Diagrams showing how Magnetized +Needles may be used by little children to make hundreds of pretty designs +upon paper.</p> + + +<p><b>AMUSING EXPERIMENTS.</b>—Something for Nervous People to +Try.—The Jersey Mosquito.—The Stampede.—The Runaway.—The Dog-fight.—The +Whirligig.—The Naval Battle.—A String of Fish.—A Magnetic Gun.—A +Top Upsidedown.—A Magnetic Windmill.—A Compass Upsidedown.—The +Magnetic Acrobat.—The Busy Ant-hill.—The Magnetic Bridge.—The Merry-go-Round.—The +Tight-rope Walker.—A Magnetic Motor Using Attractions and +Repulsions.</p></blockquote> + +<div class='center'> +<b><i>The Book and Complete Outfit will be sent, Post-paid,<br /> +upon receipt of 35 Cents, by</i></b><br /> +<br /> +<b>THOMAS M. ST. JOHN, 407 W. 51st St., New York.</b><br /> +</div> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_186" id="Page_186">[186]</a></span></p> + + + + +<div class='adtitle3'><span class="u">FUN WITH SHADOWS</span></div> +<div class='center'><b>BOOK AND COMPLETE OUTFIT FOR SHADOW PICTURES,<br /> +PANTOMIMES, ENTERTAINMENTS, Etc., Etc.</b></div> + + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 584px;"> +<img src="images/i_186.jpg" width="584" height="185" alt="keystone cops outline" /> +</div> + +<p><b>Shadow Making</b> has been a very popular amusement +for several centuries. There is a great deal of <i>fun</i> +and instruction in it, and its long life is due to the fact +that it has always been a source of keen delight to grown +people as well as to children.</p> + +<p>In getting material together for this little book, the +author has been greatly aided by English, French and +American authors, some of whom are professional shadowists. +It has been the author's special effort to get the +subject and apparatus into a practical, cheap form for +boys and girls.</p> + + +<blockquote> + +<p><b>THE OUTFIT</b> contains everything necessary for all ordinary shadow +pictures, shadow entertainments, shadow plays, etc. The following articles +are included:</p> + +<p>One book of Instructions called "Fun with Shadows"; 1 Shadow Screen; +2 Sheets of Tracing Paper; 1 Coil of Wire for Movable Figures; 1 Cardboard +Frame for Circular Screen; 1 Cardboard House for Stage Scenery; 1 Jointed +Wire Fish-pole and Line; 2 Bent Wire Scenery Holders; 4 Clamps for Screen; +1 Wire Figure Support; 1 Wire for Oar; 2 Spring Wire Table Clamps; 1 Wire +Candlestick Holder; 5 Cardboard Plates containing the following printed figures +that should be cut out with shears: 12 Character Hats; 1 Boat; 1 Oar-blade; 1 +Fish; 1 Candlestick; 1 Cardboard Plate containing printed parts for making +movable figures.</p> + +<p><b>CONTENTS OF BOOK:</b> One Hundred Illustrations and Diagrams, including +Ten Full-page Book Plates, together with Six Full-page Plates on Cardboard.</p> + +<p><i>Chapter</i> I. Introduction.—II. General Instructions.—III. Hand Shadows of +Animals.—IV. Hand Shadows of Heads, Character Faces, etc.—V. Moving +Shadow Figures and How to Make Them.—VI. Shadow Pantomimes.—VII. +Miscellaneous Shadows.</p></blockquote> + +<div class='center'> +<i>The Book and Complete Outfit will be sent, <b>POST-PAID</b>,<br /> +upon receipt of 35 cents, by</i><br /> +<br /> +<b>THOMAS M. ST. JOHN, 407 West 51st St., New York City.</b><br /> +</div> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_187" id="Page_187">[187]</a></span></p> + + + + +<div class='adtitle3'><span class="u">Fun With Electricity.</span></div> +<div class='center'><b>BOOK AND COMPLETE OUTFIT FOR SIXTY<br /> +EXPERIMENTS IN ELECTRICITY. . . .</b></div> + + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 376px;"> +<a href="images/i_187-big.jpg"><img src="images/i_187.jpg" width="376" height="258" alt="drawing" /></a> +</div> + +<p>Enough of the principles of electricity are brought out to make +the book instructive as well as amusing. The experiments are +systematically arranged, and make a fascinating science course. No +chemicals, no danger.</p> + +<p>The book is conversational and not at all "schooly," Harry and +Ned being two boys who perform the experiments and talk over the +results as they go along.</p> + +<p>"The book reads like a story."—"An appropriate present for a +boy or girl."—"Intelligent parents will appreciate 'Fun With Electricity.'"—"Very +complete, because it contains both book and +apparatus."—"There is no end to the fun which a boy or girl can +have with this fascinating amusement."</p> + + +<blockquote> + +<p><b>THERE IS FUN IN THESE EXPERIMENTS.</b>—Chain Lightning.—An +Electric Whirligig.—The Baby Thunderstorm.—A Race with Electricity.—An +Electric Frog Pond.—An Electric Ding-Dong.—The Magic Finger.—Daddy +Long-Legs.—Jumping Sally.—An Electric Kite.—Very Shocking.—Condensed +Lightning.—An Electric Fly-Trap.—The Merry Pendulum.—An +Electric Ferry-Boat.—A Funny Piece of Paper.—A Joke on the Family Cat.—Electricity +Plays Leap-Frog.—Lightning Goes Over a Bridge.—Electricity +Carries a Lantern.—And <i><b>40 Others</b></i>.</p> + +<p>The <b><i>OUTFIT</i></b> contains 20 different articles. The <b><i>BOOK OF INSTRUCTION</i></b> +measures 5 x 7½ inches, and has 38 illustrations, 55 pages, good paper +and clear type.</p></blockquote> + +<div class='center'> +<b><i>The Book, and Complete Outfit will be sent, by mail or<br /> +express, Charges Prepaid, upon receipt of 65 Cents, by</i></b><br /> +<br /> +<b>THOMAS M. ST. JOHN, 407 W. 51st St., New York.</b><br /> +</div> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_188" id="Page_188">[188]</a></span></p> + + + + +<div class='adtitle3'><span class="u">Fun With Puzzles.</span></div> +<div class='center'><b>BOOK, KEY, AND COMPLETE OUTFIT FOR<br /> +FOUR HUNDRED PUZZLES. . .</b></div> + + +<p>The BOOK measures 5 × 7½ inches. It is well printed, nicely +bound, and contains 15 chapters, 80 pages, and 128 illustrations. +The KEY is illustrated. It is bound with the book, and contains +the solution of every puzzle. The COMPLETE OUTFIT +is placed in a neat box with the book. It consists of numbers, +counters, figures, pictures, etc., for doing the puzzles.</p> + +<blockquote> + +<p><b>CONTENTS:</b> <i>Chapter</i> (1) Secret Writing. (2) Magic Triangles, Squares, +Rectangles, Hexagons, Crosses, Circles, etc. (3) Dropped Letter and Dropped +Word Puzzles. (4) Mixed Proverbs, Prose and Rhyme. (5) Word Diamonds, +Squares, Triangles, and Rhomboids. (6) Numerical Enigmas. (7) Jumbled +Writing and Magic Proverbs. (8) Dissected Puzzles. (9) Hidden and Concealed +Words. (10) Divided Cakes, Pies, Gardens, Farms, etc. (11) Bicycle and Boat +Puzzles. (12) Various Word and Letter Puzzles. (13) Puzzles with Counters. +(14) Combination Puzzles. (15) Mazes and Labyrinths.</p></blockquote> + +<p>"Fun With Puzzles" is a book that every boy and girl should +have. It is amusing, instructive,—educational. It is just the thing +to wake up boys and girls and make them think. They like it, +because it is real fun. This sort of educational play should be given +in every school-room and in every home.</p> + +<p>"Fun With Puzzles" will puzzle your friends, as well as yourself; +it contains some real brain-splitters. Over 300 new and original +puzzles are given, besides many that are hundreds of years old.</p> + +<p><b>Secret Writing.</b> Among the many things that "F. W. P." contains, +is the key to <i>secret writing</i>. It shows you a very simple way +to write letters to your friends, and it is simply impossible for others +to read what you have written, unless they know the secret. This, +alone is a valuable thing for any boy or girl who wants to have +some fun.</p> + +<div class='center'> +<b><i>The Book, Key, and Complete Outfit will be sent, postpaid,<br /> +upon receipt of 35 cents, by</i></b><br /> +<br /> +<b>THOMAS M. ST. JOHN, 407 West 51st St., New York City.</b><br /> +</div> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_189" id="Page_189">[189]</a></span></p> + + + + +<div class='adtitle3'><span class="u">Fun With Soap-Bubbles.</span></div> +<div class='center'><b>BOOK AND COMPLETE OUTFIT FOR FANCY<br /> +BUBBLES AND FILMS. . . .</b></div> + + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 379px;"> +<a href="images/i_189-big.jpg"><img src="images/i_189.jpg" width="379" height="280" alt="drawing" /></a> +</div> + +<p><b>THE OUTFIT</b> contains everything necessary for thousands of beautiful +bubbles and films. All highly colored articles have been carefully avoided, as +cheap paints and dyes are positively dangerous in children's mouths. The +outfit contains the following articles:</p> + +<p>One Book of Instructions, called "Fun With Soap-Bubbles," 1 Metal Base for +Bubble Stand, 1 Wooden Rod for Bubble Stand, 3 Large Wire Rings for +Bubble Stand, 1 Small Wire Ring, 3 Straws, 1 Package of Prepared Soap, 1 +Bubble Pipe, 1 Water-proof Bubble Horn. The complete outfit is placed in +a neat box with the book. (Extra Horns, Soap, etc., furnished at slight cost.)</p> + +<blockquote> + +<p><b>CONTENTS OF BOOK.</b>—Twenty-one Illustrations.—Introduction.—The +Colors of Soap-bubbles.—The Outfit.—Soap Mixture.—Useful Hints.—Bubbles +Blown With Pipes.—Bubbles Blown With Straws.—Bubbles Blown With +the Horn.—Floating Bubbles.—Baby Bubbles.—Smoke Bubbles.—Bombshell +Bubbles.—Dancing Bubbles.—Bubble Games.—Supported Bubbles.—Bubble +Cluster.—Suspended Bubbles.—Bubble Lamp Chimney.—Bubble Lenses.—Bubble +Basket.—Bubble Bellows.—To Draw a Bubble Through a Ring.—Bubble +Acorn.—Bubble Bottle.—A Bubble Within a Bubble.—Another +Way.—Bubble Shade.—Bubble Hammock.—Wrestling Bubbles.—A Smoking +Bubble.—Soap Films.—The Tennis Racket Film.—Fish-net Film.—Pan-shaped +Film.—Bow and Arrow Film.—Bubble Dome.—Double Bubble Dome.—Pyramid +Bubbles.—Turtle-back Bubbles.—Soap-bubbles and Frictional Electricity.</p></blockquote> + +<div class='center'>————————<br /></div> +<p>"There is nothing more beautiful than the airy-fairy soap-bubble with its +everchanging colors."</p> + +<div class='center'>————————<br /> +<i>THE BEST POSSIBLE AMUSEMENT FOR OLD<br /> +AND YOUNG.</i><br /> +————————<br /> +<i>The Book and Complete Outfit will be sent, <b>POST-PAID</b>,<br /> +upon receipt of 35 cents, by</i><br /> +<br /> +<b>THOMAS M. ST. JOHN, 407 West 51st St., New York City.</b><br /> +</div> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_190" id="Page_190">[190]</a></span></p> + + + + +<div class='adtitle2'>The Study of Elementary Electricity and<br /> +Magnetism by Experiment.</div> + + +<div class='center'><br /> +<b>By THOMAS M. ST. JOHN, Met. E.</b><br /> +<br /> +The book contains 220 pages and 168 illustrations;<br /> +it measures 5 × 7½ in. and is bound in green cloth.<br /> +<br /> +<b>PRICE, POST-PAID, $1.25.</b><br /> +</div> + +<p>This book is designed as a text-book for amateurs, +students, and others who wish to take up a systematic +course of elementary electrical experiments at home or in +school. Full directions are given for . . . . . . .</p> + +<div class='center'> +<b><big><i>Two Hundred Simple Experiments.</i></big></b><br /> +</div> +<p>The experiments are discussed by the author, after the +student has been led to form his own opinion about the +results obtained and the points learned.</p> + +<p>In selecting the apparatus for the experiments in this +book, the author has kept constantly in mind the fact +that the average student will not buy the expensive +pieces usually described in text-books.</p> + +<blockquote> + +<p>The two hundred experiments given can be performed with +simple apparatus; in fact, the student should make at least a part +of his own apparatus, and for the benefit of those who wish to do +this, the author has given, throughout the work, explanations +that will aid in the construction of certain pieces especially +adapted to these experiments. For those who have the author's +"How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus," constant +references have been made to it as the "Apparatus Book," +as this contains full details for making almost all kinds of simple +apparatus needed in "The Study of Elementary Electricity and +Magnetism by Experiment."</p></blockquote> + +<p><b><i>If you wish to take up a systematic course of +experiments—experiments that may be performed +with simple, inexpensive apparatus,—this +book will serve as a valuable guide.</i></b></p> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_191" id="Page_191">[191]</a></span></p> + + + + +<div class='adtitle2'>Condensed List of Apparatus</div> +<div class='center'><b>FOR</b></div> + +<div class='adtitle2'>"The Study of Elementary Electricity<br /> +and Magnetism by Experiment."</div> + +<div class='center'>————————<br /></div> + +<p><i>Number</i> 1. Steel Needles; package of twenty-five.—2. Flat +Cork.—3. Candle.—4-15. Annealed Iron Wires; assorted lengths.—16. +Horseshoe Magnet; best quality; English.—17. Iron Filings.—18. +Parts for Compass.—19, 20. Wire Nails; soft steel.—21, +22. Spring Steel; for bar magnets.—23. Iron Ring.—24. +Sifter; for iron filings.—25. Spring Steel; for flexible magnet.—26, +27. Ebonite Sheets; with special surface.—28. Ebonite Rod.—29. +Ebonite Rod; short.—30. Flannel Cloth.—31. Tissue Paper.—32. +Cotton Thread.—33. Silk Thread.—34. Support Base.—35. +Support Rod.—36. Support Wire.—37. Wire Swing.—38. +Sheet of Glass.—39. Hairpin.—40. Circular Conductor.—41. +Circular Conductor.—42. Electrophorus Cover.—43. Insulating +Table.—44. Insulated Copper Wire.—45. Rubber Band.—46. +Bent Wire Clamps.—47. Cylindrical Conductor.—48. Discharger; +for condenser.—49. Aluminum-Leaf.—50. Wires.</p> + +<p>51. Dry Cell.—52. Mercury.—53. Insulated Copper Wire; for +connections.—54. Spring Connectors; two dozen.—55. Parts for +Key.—56. Metal Connecting Plates.—57. Parts for Current +Reverser.—58. Parts for Galvanoscope.—59. Parts for Astatic +Galvanoscope.—60-63. Zinc Strips.—64. Carbon Rod.—65, 66. +Glass Tumblers.—67, 68. Copper Strips.—69. Galvanized Iron +Nail.—70, 71. Wooden Cross-Pieces.—72. Brass Screws; one +dozen.—73. Porous Cup.—74. Zinc Rod.—75. Copper Plate.—76. +Iron Strip.—77, 78. Lead Strips.—79. Parts for Resistance +Coil.—80. Parts for Wheatstone's Bridge.—81. German-Silver +Wire; Size No. 30.—82. German-Silver Wire; No. 28.—83—85. +Plate Binding-Posts.—86. Copper Sulphate.—87. Copper Burs; +one dozen.—88. Combination Rule.—89. Coil of Wire; on spool +for electromagnet.—90. Coil of Wire; on spool for electromagnet.—91. +Carbon Rod.—92, 93. Soft Iron Cores with Screws.—94. +Combined Base and Yoke.—95. Combination Connecting Plates.—96. +Long Iron Core.—97. Round Bar Magnet, 5 × 3/8 in.—98. +Thin Electromagnet.—99. Degree-Card; for galvanoscope.—100. +Scale for Bridge.—101, 102. Soft Iron Cores with Heads.—103, +104. Flat Bar Magnets; these are 6 × ½ × ¼ in.; highly polished +steel; poles marked.—105. Compass.</p> + +<div class='center'> +<b><i>Illustrated Price Catalogue upon Application.</i></b><br /> +</div> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_192" id="Page_192">[192]</a></span></p> + + + + +<div class='adtitle2'><span class="u">Electrical Apparatus For Sale</span><br /> +<small>A COMPLETE ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC<br /> +CABINET FOR STUDENTS, SCHOOLS AND<br /> +AMATEURS. SIX EXTRAORDINARY OFFERS</small></div> + + +<p><b>This Cabinet of Electrical Experiments</b> contains three main +parts: (<i>A</i>) Apparatus; (<i>B</i>) Text-Book; (<i>C</i>) Apparatus List.</p> + +<p>(<i>A</i>) <b>The Apparatus</b> furnished consists of one hundred and five +pieces. Over three hundred separate articles are used in making +up this set. Most of it is ready for use when received. Seven +pieces, however, are not assembled; but the parts can be readily +finished and put together. (Sold, also, <i>all</i> pieces assembled.)</p> + +<p>(<i>B</i>) <b>The Text-Book</b>—called "The Study of Elementary Electricity +and Magnetism by Experiment"—gives full directions for +two hundred experiments. (See table of contents, etc.) Price, +post-paid, $1.25.</p> + +<p>(<i>C</i>) <b>The Apparatus List</b> is an illustrated book devoted entirely +to this special set of apparatus. Not given with first offer.</p> + +<blockquote> + +<p><i>THE APPARATUS IS SIMPLE because the designs and +methods of construction have been worked out with +great care.</i></p> + +<p><i>THE APPARATUS IS PRACTICAL because it has been +designed for real use in "The Study of Elementary +Electricity and Magnetism by Experiment."</i></p> + +<p><i>THE APPARATUS IS CHEAP because the various parts +are so designed that they can be turned out in quantity +by machinery.</i></p></blockquote> + + + +<div class="center"> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="pricing table"> +<tr><td align="left"><b>1st Offer:</b> Pieces 1 to 50</td><td align="right">$1.00</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left"><b>2d Offer:</b> Pieces 51 to 105, with part (<i>C</i>)</td><td align="right">3.50</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left"><b>3d Offer:</b> Pieces 1 to 105, with part (<i>C</i>)</td><td align="right">4.00</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left"><b>4th Offer:</b> Complete Cabinet, parts (<i>A</i>), (<i>B</i>), (<i>C</i>)</td><td align="right">5.00</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left"><b>5th Offer:</b> Apparatus only, all pieces assembled</td><td align="right">4.60</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left"><b>6th Offer:</b> Complete Cabinet, all pieces assembled</td><td align="right">5.60</td></tr> +</table></div> + +<div class='center'>————————<br /> +<b><i>Express charges must be paid by you. Estimates given.</i></b><br /> +————————<br /></div> + +<p>A "Special Catalogue," pertaining to the above, with complete +price-list, will be mailed upon application.</p> + +<div class='center'> +<b>THOMAS M. ST. JOHN, 407 West 51st St., New York City</b><br /> +</div> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_193" id="Page_193">[193]</a></span></p> + + + + +<div class='adtitle3'><span class="u">Fun With Telegraphy</span></div> +<div class='center'><b><big>BOOK AND COMPLETE OUTFIT.</big></b></div> + + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 190px;"> +<img src="images/i_193.jpg" width="190" height="83" alt="drawing boy working on telegraph with wire to house next door" /> +</div> + +<p><b>TELEGRAPHY</b> is of the greatest importance to all civilized nations, and +upon it depend some of the world's most important enterprises. Every boy +and girl can make practical use of telegraphy in one way or another, and the +time it takes to learn it will be well spent.</p> + + +<p><b>THE OUTFIT.</b>—Mr. St. John has worked for a number of years to produce a +telegraph outfit that would be simple, cheap, and practical for those who wish +to make a study of telegraphy. After making and experimenting with nearly +one hundred models, many of which were good, he has at last perfected an +instrument so simple, original, and effective that it is now being made in large +quantities.</p> + +<p>The sounders are so designed that they will work properly with any dry cell +of ordinary strength, and this is a great advantage for practice lines. Dry +batteries are cheap and clean, and there are no dangers from acids.</p> + +<p>The outfit consists of the following articles, placed in a neat box: One Book +of Instruction, called "Fun With Telegraphy"; one Telegraph "Key"; one +Telegraph "Sounder"; Insulated Copper Wires for connections. The "key" +and "sounder" are mounted, with proper "binding-posts," upon a base of +peculiar construction, which aids in giving a large volume of sound.</p> + + +<p><b>CONTENTS OF BOOK.</b>—Telegraphy.—The Outfit.—A Complete Telegraph +Line.—Connections.—The Telegraph Key.—The Sounder.—The Battery.—A +Practice Line.—A Two-instrument Line.—Operation of Line.—The Morse Telegraph +Alphabet.—Aids to Learning Alphabet.—Cautions.—Office Calls.—Receiving +Messages.—Remember.—Extra Parts.</p> + + +<p><b>ABOUT BATTERIES.</b>—For those who cannot easily secure batteries, we +will furnish small dry cells, post-paid, at 15 cents each, in order to deliver the +outfits complete to our customers. This price barely covers the total cost to +us, postage alone being 6 cents.</p> + +<div class='center'> +<i><b>FUN WITH TELEGRAPHY, including Book, Key, Sounder,<br /> +and Wire (no battery), post-paid, 50 cents, by</b></i><br /> +<br /> +<b>THOMAS M. ST. JOHN, 848 Ninth Ave., New York</b><br /> +</div> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_194" id="Page_194">[194]</a></span></p> + + + + +<div class='adtitle3'><span class="u">Tool Sets for Students</span></div> + + +<p>The following tool sets have been arranged especially for those who wish to +make use of the designs contained in "How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical +Apparatus," "Real Electric Toy-Making for Boys," "Electric Instrument-Making," +etc. It is very poor economy to waste valuable time and +energy in order to save the cost of a few extra tools.</p> + +<p><b>NOTE.</b>—Save money by buying your tools in sets. We do not pay express +or freight charges at the special prices below.</p> + +<p><b>FOR $1.00.</b>—One <i>Steel Punch</i>; round, knurled head.—One light <i>Hammer</i>; +polished, nickel-plated, varnished handle.—One <i>Iron Clamp</i>; japanned, 2¼ in.—One +<i>Screw-Driver</i>; tempered and polished blade, cherry stained hardwood +handle, nickel ferrule.—One <i>Wrench</i>; retinned skeleton frame, gilt adjusting +wheel.—One <i>Awl</i>; tempered steel point, turned and stained wood handle, with +ferrule.—One <i>Vise</i>; full malleable, nicely retinned, 1-3/8 in. jaws, full malleable +screw with spring.—One pair <i>Steel Pliers</i>; 4 in. long, polished tool steel, unbreakable, +best grooved jaw.—One pair of <i>Shears</i>; carbonized steel blades, +hardened edge, nickel-plated, heavy brass nut and bolt.—One <i>File</i>; triangular, +good steel.—One <i>File Handle</i>; good wood, brass ferrule.—One <i>Foot Rule</i>; +varnished wood, has English and metric system.—One <i>Soldering Set</i>; contains +soldering iron, solder, resin, sal ammoniac, and directions. One <i>Center-Punch</i>; +finely tempered steel.</p> + +<p><b>FOR $2.00.</b>—All that is contained in the $1.00 set of tools, together with the +following: One pair of <i>Tinner's Shears</i>; cut, 2¾ in., cast iron, hardened, suitable +for cutting thin metal.—One <i>Hollow Handle Tool Set</i>; very useful; polished +handle holds 10 tools, gimlet, brad-awls, chisel, etc.—One <i>Try Square</i>; +6-in. blue steel blade, marked in 1/8s, strongly riveted.—One 1-lb. <i>Hammer</i>; +full size, polished head, wedged varnished hardwood handle.—One <i>Hack Saw</i>; +steel frame, 9½-in. polished steel blade, black enamel handle; very useful.</p> + +<p><b>FOR $3.50.</b>—Two <i>Steel Punches</i>; different sizes, one solid round, knurled +head, polished; the other, point and head brightly polished, full nickel, center +part knurled.—One <i>Light Hammer</i>; polished and nickel plated, varnished +handle.—One regular <i>Machinist's Hammer</i>; ball peen, solid cast steel, with +varnished hardwood handle; a superior article.—Two <i>Iron Clamps</i>; one opens +2¼ in., the other 3 in., japanned.—One <i>Screw-Driver</i>; tempered and polished +blade, firmly set in cherry stained hardwood handle with nickel ferrule.—One +<i>Wrench</i>; retinned, skeleton frame, gilt adjusting wheel.—One <i>Awl</i>; tempered +steel blade, ground to point, firmly set in turned and stained handle with ferrule.—One +<i>Steel Vise</i>; 2¼-in., jaws, steel screw, bright polished jaws and handle; +a good strong vise.—One pair of <i>Steel Pliers</i>; 6 in. long, bright steel, flat +nose, 2 wire-cutters, practically unbreakable.—One pair of <i>Shears</i>; carbonized +steel blades, hardened edges, nickel plated, heavy brass nut and bolt.—One +<i>File</i>; triangular and of good steel.—One <i>File Handle</i>; good wood, with brass +ferrule.—One <i>Foot Rule</i>; varnished wood, has both the English and metric systems.—One +<i>Soldering Set</i>; contains soldering iron, solder, resin, sal ammoniac, +and directions; a very handy article.—One <i>Center-Punch</i>; finely tempered +steel.—One pair of <i>Tinner's Shears</i>; these are best grade, inlaid steel cutting +edges, polished and tempered, japanned handles; thoroughly reliable.—One +<i>Hollow Handle Tool Set</i>; very useful; the polished handle holds 10 tools, gimlet, +chisel, brad-awl, etc.—One <i>Try Square</i>; 6-in. blue steel blade, marked both +sides in 1/8s, strongly riveted with brass rivets.—One <i>Hack Saw</i>; steel frame, +9½-in. polished steel blade, black enamel handle; very useful for sawing small +pieces of wood.</p> + +<p><b>FOR $5.00</b> will be included everything in the $3.50 offer, and the following: +One <i>Glue-Pot</i>; medium size, with brush and best wood glue; inside pot +has hinge cover.—One <i>Ratchet Screw-Driver</i>; great improvement over ordinary +screw-drivers; well made and useful.—One <i>Hand Drill</i>; frame malleable iron; +hollow screw top holding 6 drills; bores from 1-16 to 3-16-in. holes; solid gear +teeth; 3-jawed nickel plated chuck; a superior tool, and almost a necessity.</p> + +<div class='center'> +<b><big>GIVE THE BOY A SET OF TOOLS</big></b><br /> +————————<br /><br /> +<b>THOMAS M. ST. JOHN, 848 Ninth Ave., New York</b><br /> +</div> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_195" id="Page_195">[195]</a></span></p> + + + + +<div class='adtitle2'>REAL ELECTRIC TOY-MAKING<br /> +FOR BOYS</div> + + +<div class='center'><br /> +<b><big><i>By</i> THOMAS M. ST. JOHN, Met. E.</big></b><br /> +<br /> +<br /> +This book contains 140 pages and over one hundred<br /> +original drawings, diagrams, and full-page plates.<br /> +It measures 5 x 7½ in., and is bound in cloth.<br /> +<br /> +<b>Price, post-paid, $1.00</b><br /> +</div> + + +<p><b>CONTENTS:</b> <i>Chapter</i> I. Toys Operated by Permanent +Magnets.—II. Toys Operated by Static Electricity.—III. Making +Electromagnets for Toys.—IV. Electric Batteries.—V. Circuits +and Connections.—VI. Toys Operated by Electromagnets. +VII. Making Solenoids for Toys.—VIII. Toys Operated by +Solenoids.—IX. Electric Motors.—X. Power, Speed, and Gearing.—XI. +Shafting and Bearings.—XII. Pulleys and Winding-Drums.—XIII. +Belts and Cables.—XIV. Toys Operated by +Electric Motors.—XV. Miscellaneous Electric Toys.—XVI. Tools.—XVII. +Materials.—XVIII. Various Aids to Construction.</p> + +<p>While planning this book, Mr. St. John definitely decided that +he would not fill it with descriptions of complicated, machine-made +instruments and apparatus, under the name of "Toy-Making," +for it is just as impossible for most boys to get the +parts for such things as it is for them to do the required machine +work even after they have the raw materials.</p> + +<p>Great care has been taken in designing the toys which are +described in this book, in order to make them so simple that +any boy of average ability can construct them out of ordinary +materials. The author can personally guarantee the designs, +for there is no guesswork about them. Every toy was made, +changed, and experimented with until it was as simple as possible; +the drawings were then made from the perfected models.</p> + +<p>As the result of the enormous amount of work and experimenting +which were required to originate and perfect so many new +models, the author feels that this book may be truly called +"Real Electric Toy-Making for Boys."</p> + +<div class='center'> +<big><b>Every Boy Should Make Electrical Toys.</b></big><br /> +</div> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_196" id="Page_196">[196]</a></span></p> + + + + +<div class='adtitle2'><span class="u">The Electric Shooting Game</span></div> +<div class='center'><b>A MOST ORIGINAL AND FASCINATING GAME<br /> +PATENT APPLIED FOR AND COPYRIGHTED</b><br /><br /></div> + + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 386px;"> +<img src="images/i_196.jpg" width="386" height="229" alt="Bison" /> +</div> + +<div class='center'><big><i><b>SHOOTING BY ELECTRICITY</b></i></big><br /> +————————<br /> +</div> + +<p><b>The Electric Shooting Game</b> is an entirely new +idea, and one that brings into use that most mysterious +something—<i>electricity</i>. The game is so simple that small +children can play it, and as there are no batteries, acids, +or liquids of any kind, there is absolutely no danger. +The electricity is of such a nature that it is perfectly +harmless—but very active.</p> + +<p>The "<i>game-preserve</i>" is neat and attractive, being +printed in colors, and the birds and animals are well +worth hunting. Each has a fixed value—and some of +them must not be shot at all—so there is ample opportunity +for a display of skill in bringing down those which +count most.</p> + +<p>"<i>Electric bullets</i>" are actually shot from the "<i>electric +gun</i>" by electricity. This instructive game will furnish +a vast amount of amusement to all.</p> + + +<div class='hang1'><i><b>The "Game-Preserve,"—the "Electric Gun,"—the "Shooting-Box,"—the +"Electric Bullets,"—in fact, the entire +electrical outfit, together with complete illustrated directions, +will be sent in a neat box, Post-Paid, upon receipt +of 50 cents, by</b></i></div> + +<div class='center'><br /> +<b>THOMAS M. ST. JOHN, 848 Ninth Ave., New York</b><br /> +</div> + + +<hr class="chap" /> +<p> </p> +<div class='tnote'> +<div class='center'><b>Transcriber's Note:</b></div> + +<p>Obvious punctuation errors were corrected.</p> + +<p>Page 46, "turnnd" changed to "turned" (be turned to 1)</p> + +<p>Page 66, word "a" added to text (in a glass jar)</p> +</div> + +<p> </p> +<p> </p> +<div>*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 44665 ***</div> +</body> +</html> diff --git a/44665-h/images/i_001.jpg b/44665-h/images/i_001.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..bf486ae --- /dev/null +++ b/44665-h/images/i_001.jpg diff --git a/44665-h/images/i_003.png b/44665-h/images/i_003.png Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..9305ef8 --- /dev/null +++ b/44665-h/images/i_003.png diff --git a/44665-h/images/i_007.png b/44665-h/images/i_007.png Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..934070c --- /dev/null +++ b/44665-h/images/i_007.png diff --git 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Played by means of magic + wands and polished balls of steel. + + =JINGO.= The great war game, including JINGO JUNIOR. + + =HOW TWO BOYS MADE THEIR OWN ELECTRICAL APPARATUS.= A book + containing complete directions for making all kinds of + simple apparatus for the study of elementary electricity. + + =THE STUDY OF ELEMENTARY ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM BY + EXPERIMENT.= This book is designed as a text-book for + amateurs, students, and others who wish to take up a + systematic course of simple experiments at home or in + school. + + =THINGS A BOY SHOULD KNOW ABOUT ELECTRICITY.= This book + explains, in simple, straightforward language, many things + about electricity; things in which the American boy is + intensely interested; things he wants to know; things he + should know. + + =ANS., OR ACCURACY, NEATNESS AND SPEED.= For teachers and + pupils. Containing study-charts, practice devices and + special methods for accurate, rapid work with figures. + + _Ask Your Bookseller, Stationer, or Toy Dealer for our + Books, Games, Puzzles, Educational Amusements, Etc._ + + + CATALOGUE UPON APPLICATION + + Thomas M. St. John, 407 West 51st St., New York. + + * * * * * + + +THINGS A BOY SHOULD KNOW ABOUT ELECTRICITY + +by + +THOMAS M. ST. JOHN, Met. E. + +Author of "Fun With Magnetism," "Fun With Electricity," +"How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus," +"The Study of Elementary Electricity +and Magnetism by Experiment," etc. + +SECOND EDITION + + + + + + + +[Illustration] + +New York +Thomas M. St. John +407 West 51st Street +1903 + +Copyright, 1900. +By Thomas M. St. John. + + + + +THINGS A BOY SHOULD KNOW ABOUT ELECTRICITY + + + + +TABLE OF CONTENTS + + + CHAPTER PAGE + I. About Frictional Electricty 7 + II. About Magnets and Magnetism 21 + III. How Electricity is Generated by the Voltaic Cell, 32 + IV. Various Voltaic Cells, 36 + V. About Push-Buttons, Switches and Binding-Posts, 43 + VI. Units and Apparatus for Electrical Measurements, 48 + VII. Chemical Effects of the Electric Current, 58 + VIII. How Electroplating and Electrotyping are Done, 60 + IX. The Storage Battery, and How it Works, 63 + X. How Electricity is Generated by Heat, 68 + XI. Magnetic Effects of the Electric Current, 71 + XII. How Electricity is Generated by Induction, 77 + XIII. How the Induction Coil Works, 80 + XIV. The Electric Telegraph, and How it Sends Messages, 84 + XV. The Electric Bell and Some of its Uses, 91 + XVI. The Telephone and How it Transmits Speech, 95 + XVII. How Electricity is Generated by Dynamos, 101 + XVIII. How the Electric Current is Transformed, 109 + XIX. How Electric Currents are Distributed for Use, 114 + XX. How Heat is Produced by the Electric Current, 124 + XXI. How Light is Produced by the Incandescent Lamp, 129 + XXII. How Light is Produced by the Arc Lamp, 135 + XXIII. X-Rays, and How the Bones of the Human Body are + Photographed, 141 + XXIV. The Electric Motor, and How it Does Work, 147 + XXV. Electric Cars, Boats and Automobiles, 154 + XXVI. A Word About Central Stations, 162 + XXVII. Miscellaneous Uses of Electricity, 165 + + + + +TO THE READER + + +For the benefit of those who wish to make their own electrical +apparatus for experimental purposes, references have been made +throughout this work to the "Apparatus Book;" by this is meant the +author's "How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus." + +For those who wish to take up a course of elementary electrical +experiments that can be performed with simple, home-made apparatus, +references have been made to "Study;" by this is meant "The Study of +Elementary Electricity and Magnetism by Experiment." + + THE AUTHOR. + + + + +Things A Boy Should Know About Electricity + + + + +CHAPTER I. + +ABOUT FRICTIONAL ELECTRICITY. + + +=1. Some Simple Experiments.= Have you ever shuffled your feet along +over the carpet on a winter's evening and then quickly touched your +finger to the nose of an unsuspecting friend? Did he jump when a bright +spark leaped from your finger and struck him fairly on the very tip of +his sensitive nasal organ? + +[Illustration: Fig. 1.] + +Did you ever succeed in proving to the pussy-cat, Fig. 1, that +something unusual occurs when you thoroughly rub his warm fur with your +hand? Did you notice the bright sparks that passed to your hand when it +was held just above the cat's back? You should be able to see, hear, +and feel these sparks, especially when the air is dry and you are in a +dark room. + +Did you ever heat a piece of paper before the fire until it was real +hot, then lay it upon the table and rub it from end to end with your +hand, and finally see it cling to the wall? + +Were you ever in a factory where there were large belts running rapidly +over pulleys or wheels, and where large sparks would jump to your hands +when held near the belts? + +If you have never performed any of the four experiments mentioned, you +should try them the first time a chance occurs. There are dozens of +simple, fascinating experiments that may be performed with this kind of +electricity. + +=2. Name.= As this variety of electricity is made, or generated, by +the friction of substances upon each other, it is called _frictional_ +electricity. It is also called _static_ electricity, because it +generally stands still upon the surface of bodies and does not "flow in +currents" as easily as some of the other varieties. Static electricity +may be produced by induction as well as by friction. + +[Illustration: Fig. 2.] + +=3. History.= It has been known for over 2,000 years that certain +substances act queerly when rubbed. Amber was the first substance upon +which electricity was produced by friction, and as the Greek name for +amber is _elektron_, bodies so affected were said to be _electrified_. +When a body, like ebonite, is rubbed with a flannel cloth, we say that +it becomes _charged with electricity_. Just what happens to the ebonite +is not clearly understood. We know, however, that it will attract +light bodies, and then quickly repel them if they be conductors. Fig. +2 shows a piece of tissue-paper jumping toward a sheet of ebonite that +has been electrified with a flannel cloth. + +=4. Conductors and Non-Conductors.= Electricity can be produced upon +glass and ebonite because they do not carry or conduct it away. If a +piece of iron be rubbed, the electricity passes from the iron into the +earth as fast as it is generated, because the iron is a _conductor_ of +electricity. Glass is an _insulator_ or _non-conductor_. Frictional +electricity resides upon the outside, only, of conductors. A hollow +tin box will hold as great a charge as a solid piece of metal having +the same outside size and shape. When frictional electricity passes +from one place to another, sparks are produced. Lightning is caused +by the passage of static electricity from a cloud to the earth, or +from one cloud to another. In this case air forms the conductor. (For +experiments, see "Study," Chapter VII.) + +[Illustration: Fig. 3.] + +=5. Electroscopes.= A piece of carbon, pith, or even a small piece of +damp tissue-paper will serve as an electroscope to test the presence of +static electricity. The pith is usually tied to a piece of silk thread +which is a non-conductor. Fig. 3 shows the ordinary form of _pith-ball +electroscope_. + +The _leaf electroscope_ is a very delicate apparatus. Gold-leaf is +generally used, but aluminum-leaf will stand handling and will do for +all ordinary purposes. Fig. 4 shows a common form, the glass being +used to keep currents of air from the leaves and at the same time to +insulate them from the earth. + +Electroscopes are used to show the presence, relative amount, or kind +of static electricity on a body. (See "Study," Chapter XI.) + +[Illustration: Fig. 4.] + +=6. Two Kinds of Electrification.= It can be shown that the +electrification produced on all bodies by friction is not the same; +for example, that generated with glass and silk is not the same as +that made with ebonite and flannel. It has been agreed to call that +produced by glass and silk _positive_, and that by ebonite and flannel +_negative_. The signs + and - are used for positive and negative. + +=7. Laws of Electrification.= (1) Charges of the same kind repel each +other; (2) charges of unlike kinds attract each other; (3) either kind +of a charge attracts and is attracted by a neutral body. + +=8. Static Electric Machines.= In order to produce static electricity +in quantities for experiments, some device is necessary. + +The _electrophorus_ (e-lec-troph´-o-rus) is about the simplest form +of machine. Fig. 5 shows a simple electrophorus in which are two +insulators and one conductor. The ebonite sheet E S is used with a +flannel cloth to generate the electricity. The metal cover E C is +lifted by the insulating handle E R. The cover E C is placed upon the +thoroughly charged sheet E S, and then it is touched for an instant +with the finger, before lifting it by E R. The charge upon E C can then +be removed by bringing the hand near it. The bright spark that passes +from E C to the hand indicates that E C has discharged itself into the +earth. The action of the electrophorus depends upon induction. (For +experiments, details of action, induced electrification, etc., see "The +Study of Elementary Electricity and Magnetism by Experiment," Chapters +VIII. and IX.) + +[Illustration: Fig. 5.] + +_The first electric machine_ consisted of a ball of sulphur fastened to +a spindle which could be turned by a crank. By holding the hands or a +pad of silk upon the revolving ball, electricity was produced. + +[Illustration: Fig. 6.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 7.] + +=9. The Cylinder Electric Machine= consists, as shown in Fig. 6, of a +glass cylinder so mounted that it can be turned by a crank. Friction +is produced by a pad of leather C, which presses against the cylinder +as it turns. Electric sparks can be taken from the large "conductors" +which are insulated from the earth. The opposite electricities unite +with sparks across D and E. If use is to be made of the electricity, +either the rubber or the prime conductor must be connected with the +ground. In the former case positive electricity is obtained; in the +latter, negative. + +=10. The Plate Electrical Machine.= Fig. 7 also shows an old form of +machine. Such machines are made of circular plates of glass or ebonite, +two rubbing pads being usually employed, one on each side of the plate. +One operator is seen on an insulated stool (Fig. 7), the electricity +passing through him before entering the earth by way of the body of the +man at the right. + +[Illustration: Fig. 8.] + +=11. The Toepler-Holtz Machine=, in one form, is shown in Fig. 8. The +electricity is produced by the principle of induction, and not by mere +friction. This machine, used in connection with condensers, produces +large sparks. + +=12. The Wimshurst Machine= is of recent date, and not being easily +affected by atmospheric changes, is very useful for ordinary laboratory +work. Fig. 9 shows one form of this machine. + +=13. Influence Machines for Medical Purposes= are made in a large +variety of forms. A Wimshurst machine is generally used as an exciter +to charge the plates of the large machine when they lose their charge +on account of excessive moisture in the atmosphere. Fig. 10 shows a +large machine. + +[Illustration: Fig. 9.] + +=14. Uses of Electrical Machines.= Static electricity has been used for +many years in the laboratory for experimental purposes, for charging +condensers, for medical purposes, etc. It is now being used for X-ray +work, and considerable advancement has been made within a few years in +the construction and efficiency of the machines. + +[Illustration: Fig. 10.] + +With the modern machines large sparks are produced by merely turning +a crank, enough electricity being produced to imitate a small +thunderstorm. The sparks of home-made lightning will jump several +inches. + +Do not think that electricity is generated in a commercial way by +static electric machines. The practical uses of static electricity are +very few when compared with those of current electricity from batteries +and dynamos. + +=15. Condensation of Static Electricity.= By means of apparatus called +_condensers_, a terrific charge of static electricity may be stored. +Fig. 11 shows the most common form of condenser, known as the _Leyden +jar_. It consists of a glass jar with an inside and outside coating of +tin-foil. + +[Illustration: Fig. 11.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 12.] + +_To charge_ the jar it is held in the hand so that the outside coating +shall be connected with the earth, the sparks from an electric machine +being passed to the knob at the top, which is connected by a chain to +the inside coating. + +_To discharge_ the jar, Fig. 12, a conductor with an insulating handle +is placed against the outside coat; when the other end of the conductor +is swung over towards the knob, a bright spark passes between them. +This device is called a discharger. Fig. 13 shows a discharge through +ether which the spark ignites. + +[Illustration: Fig. 13.] + +=16. The Leyden Battery=, Fig. 14, consists of several jars connected +in such a way that the area of the inner and outer coatings is greatly +increased. The battery has a larger capacity than one of its jars. (For +Experiments in Condensation, see "Study," Chapter X.) + +[Illustration: Fig. 14.] + +=17. Electromotive Force of Static Electricity.= Although the sparks +of static electricity are large, the _quantity_ of electricity is very +small. It would take thousands of galvanic cells to produce a spark +an inch long. While the quantity of static electricity is small, its +potential, or electromotive force (E. M. F.), is very high. We say that +an ordinary gravity cell has an E. M. F. of a little over one volt. +Five such cells joined in the proper way would have an E. M. F. of a +little over five volts. You will understand, then, what is meant when +we say that the E. M. F. of a lightning flash is millions of volts. + +=18. Atmospheric Electricity.= The air is usually electrified, even +in clear weather, although its cause is not thoroughly understood. In +1752 it was proved by Benjamin Franklin (Fig. 15), with his famous +kite experiment, that atmospheric and frictional electricities are +of the same nature. By means of a kite, the string being wet by the +rain, he succeeded, during a thunderstorm, in drawing sparks, charging +condensers, etc. + +[Illustration: Fig. 15.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 16.] + +=19. Lightning= may be produced by the passage of electricity between +clouds, or between a cloud and the earth (Fig. 16), which, with the +intervening air, have the effect of a condenser. When the attraction +between the two electrifications gets great enough, a spark passes. +When the spark has a zigzag motion it is called _chain lightning_. +In hot weather flashes are often seen which light whole clouds, no +thunder being heard. This is called _heat lightning_, and is generally +considered to be due to distant discharges, the light of which is +reflected by the clouds. The lightning flash represents billions of +volts. + +[Illustration: Fig. 17.] + +=20. Thunder= is caused by the violent disturbances produced in the +air by lightning. Clouds, hills, etc., produce echoes, which, with the +original sound, make the rolling effect. + +=21. Lightning-Rods=, when well constructed, often prevent violent +discharges. Their pointed prongs at the top allow the negative +electricity of the earth to pass quietly into the air to neutralize +the positive in the cloud above. In case of a discharge, or stroke of +lightning, the rods aid in conducting the electricity to the earth. The +ends of the rods are placed deep in the earth, Fig. 17. + +=22. St. Elmo's Fire.= Electrification from the earth is often drawn up +from the earth through the masts of ships, Fig. 18, to neutralize that +in the clouds, and, as it escapes from the points of the masts, light +is produced. + +[Illustration: Fig. 18.] + +=23. Aurora Borealis=, also called Northern Lights, are luminous +effects, Fig. 19, often seen in the north. They often occur at the +same time with magnetic storms, when telegraph and telephone work may +be disturbed. The exact cause of this light is not known, but it is +thought by many to be due to disturbances in the earth's magnetism +caused by the action of the sun. + +[Illustration: Fig. 19.] + + + + +CHAPTER II. + + +ABOUT MAGNETS AND MAGNETISM. + +=24. Natural Magnets.= Hundreds of years ago it was discovered that +a certain ore of iron, called lodestone, had the power of picking up +small pieces of iron. It was used to indicate the north and south +line, and it was discovered later that small pieces of steel could be +permanently magnetized by rubbing them upon the lodestone. + +=25. Artificial Magnets.= Pieces of steel, when magnetized, are called +artificial magnets. They are made in many forms. The electromagnet is +also an artificial magnet; this will be treated separately. + +[Illustration: Fig. 20] + +=26. The Horseshoe Magnet=, Fig. 20, is, however, the one with which we +are the most familiar. They are always painted red, but the red paint +has nothing to do with the magnetism. + +The little end-piece is called the keeper, or armature; it should +always be kept in place when the magnet is not in use. The magnet +itself is made of steel, while the armature is made of soft iron. Steel +retains magnetism for a long time, while soft iron loses it almost +instantly. The ends of the magnet are called its _poles_, and nearly +all the strength of the magnet seems to reside at the poles, the curved +part having no attraction for outside bodies. One of the poles of the +magnet is marked with a line, or with the letter N. This is called the +north pole of the magnet, the other being its south pole. + +[Illustration: Fig. 21.] + +=27. Bar Magnets= are straight magnets. Fig. 21 shows a round bar +magnet. The screw in the end is for use in the telephone, described +later. + +=28. Compound Magnets.= When several thin steel magnets are riveted +together, a compound magnet is formed. These can be made with +considerable strength. Fig. 22 shows a compound horseshoe magnet. Fig. +23 shows a form of compound bar magnet used in telephones. The use of +the coil of wire will be explained later. A thick piece of steel can +not be magnetized through and through. In the compound magnet we have +the effect of a thick magnet practically magnetized through and through. + +[Illustration: Fig. 22.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 23.] + +=29. Magnetic and Diamagnetic Bodies.= Iron, and substances containing +iron, are the ones most readily attracted by a magnet. Iron is said to +be _magnetic_. Some substances, like nickel, for example, are visibly +attracted by very strong magnets only. Strange as it may seem, some +substances are actually repelled by strong magnets; these are called +_diamagnetic_ bodies. Brass, copper, zinc, etc., are not visibly +affected by a magnet. Magnetism will act through paper, glass, copper, +lead, etc. + +[Illustration: Fig. 24.] + +=30. Making Magnets.= One of the strangest properties that a magnet +has is its power to give magnetism to another piece of steel. If +a sewing-needle be properly rubbed upon one of the poles of a +magnet, it will become strongly magnetized and will retain its +magnetism for years. Strong permanent magnets are made with the aid +of electromagnets. Any number of little magnets may be made from a +horseshoe magnet without injuring it. + +[Illustration: Fig. 25.] + +31. Magnetic Needles and Compasses. If a bar magnet be suspended +by a string, or floated upon a cork, which can easily be done with +the magnet made from a sewing-needle, Fig. 24, it will swing around +until its poles point north and south. Such an arrangement is called +a _magnetic needle_. In the regular _compass_, a magnetic needle is +supported upon a pivot. Compasses have been used for many centuries +by mariners and others. Fig. 25 shows an ordinary pocket compass, and +Fig. 26 a form of mariner's compass, in which the small bar magnets are +fastened to a card which floats, the whole being so mounted that it +keeps a horizontal position, even though the vessel rocks. + +[Illustration: Fig. 26.] + +32. Action of Magnets Upon Each Other. By making two small +sewing-needle magnets, you can easily study the laws of attraction and +repulsion. By bringing the two north poles, or the two south poles, +near each other, a repulsion will be noticed. Unlike poles attract each +other. The attraction between a magnet and iron is mutual; that is, +each attracts the other. Either pole of a magnet attracts soft iron. + +In magnetizing a needle, either end may be made a north pole at will; +in fact, the poles of a weak magnet can easily be reversed by properly +rubbing it upon a stronger magnet. + +=33. Theory of Magnetism.= Each little particle of a piece of steel or +iron is supposed to be a magnet, even before it touches a magnet. When +these little magnets are thoroughly mixed up in the steel, they pull in +all sorts of directions upon each other and tend to keep the steel from +attracting outside bodies. When a magnet is properly rubbed upon a bar +of steel, the north poles of the little molecular magnets of the steel +are all made to point in the same direction. As the north poles help +each other, the whole bar can attract outside bodies. + +By jarring a magnet its molecules are thoroughly shaken up; in fact, +most of the magnetism can be knocked out of a weak magnet by hammering +it. + +=34. Retentivity.= The power that a piece of steel has to hold +magnetism is called _retentivity_. Different kinds of steel have +different retentivities. A sewing-needle of good steel will retain +magnetism for years, and it is almost impossible to knock the magnetism +out by hammering it. Soft steel has very little retentivity, because +it does not contain much carbon. Soft iron, which contains less +carbon than steel, holds magnetism very poorly; so it is not used for +permanent magnets. A little magnetism, however, will remain in the +soft iron after it is removed from a magnet. This is called _residual +magnetism_. + +=35. Heat and Magnetism.= Steel will completely lose its magnetism +when heated to redness, and a magnet will not attract red-hot iron. +The molecules of a piece of red-hot iron are in such a state of rapid +vibration that they refuse to be brought into line by the magnet. + +=36. Induced Magnetism.= A piece of soft iron may be induced to become +a magnet by holding it near a magnet, absolute contact not being +necessary. When the soft iron is removed, again, from the influence of +the magnet, its magnetism nearly all disappears. It is said to have +_temporary_ magnetism; it had _induced_ magnetism. If a piece of soft +iron be held near the north pole of a magnet, as in Fig. 27, poles will +be produced in the soft iron, the one nearest the magnet being the +south pole, and the other the north pole. + +[Illustration: Fig. 27.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 28.] + +=37. Magnetic Field.= If a bar magnet be laid upon the table, and a +compass be moved about it, the compass-needle will be attracted by the +magnet, and it will point in a different direction for every position +given to the compass. This strange power, called magnetism, reaches out +on all sides of a magnet. The magnet may be said to act by induction +upon the compass-needle. The space around the magnet, in which this +inductive action takes place, is called the _magnetic field_. Fig. 28 +shows some of the positions taken by a compass-needle when moved about +on one side of a bar magnet. + +[Illustration: Fig. 29.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 30.] + +=38. Magnetic Figures= can be made by sprinkling iron filings upon a +sheet of paper under which is placed a magnet. Fig. 29 shows a magnetic +figure made with an ordinary bar magnet. The magnet was placed upon the +table and over this was laid a piece of smooth paper. Fine iron filings +were sifted upon the paper, which was gently tapped so that the filings +could arrange themselves. As each particle of iron became a little +magnet, by induction, its poles were attracted and repelled by the +magnet; and when the paper was tapped they swung around to their final +positions. Notice that the filings have arranged themselves in lines. +These lines show the positions of some of the _lines of magnetic force_ +which surrounded the magnet. + +These lines of force pass from the north pole of a magnet through the +air on all sides to its south pole. + +[Illustration: Fig. 31.] + +Fig. 30 shows a magnetic figure made from two bar magnets placed side +by side, their unlike poles being next to each other. Fig. 31 shows +the magnetic figure of a horseshoe magnet with round poles, the poles +being uppermost. + +=39. The Use of Armatures.= A magnet attracts iron most strongly at its +poles, because it is at the poles that the greatest number of lines +of force pass into the air. Lines of force pass easily through soft +iron, which is said to be a good conductor of them. Air is not a good +conductor of the lines of force; in order, then, for the lines of force +to pass from the north pole of a magnet to its south pole, they must +overcome this resistance of the air, unless the armature is in place. A +magnet will gradually grow weaker when its armature is left off. + +=40. Terrestrial Magnetism.= As the compass-needle points to the north +and south, the earth must act like a magnet. There is a place very far +north, about a thousand miles from the north pole of the earth, which +is called the earth's north magnetic pole. Compass-needles point to +this place, and not to the earth's real north pole. You can see, then, +that if a compass be taken north of this magnetic pole, its north pole +will point south. Lines of force pass from the earth's north magnetic +pole through the air on all sides of the earth and enter the earth's +south magnetic pole. The compass-needle, in pointing toward the north +magnetic pole, merely takes the direction of the earth's lines of +force, just as the particles of iron filings arrange themselves in the +magnetic figures. + +=41. Declination.= As the magnetic needle does not point exactly to the +north, an angle is formed between the true north and south line and the +line of the needle. In Fig. 32 the line marked N S is the true north +and south line. The _angle of variation_, or the declination, is the +angle A between the line N S and the compass-needle. + +[Illustration: Fig. 32.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 33.] + +=42. Dip or Inclination.= If a piece of steel be carefully balanced +upon a support, and then magnetized, it will be found that it will no +longer balance. The north pole will _dip_ or point downward. Fig. 33 +shows what happens to a needle when it is held in different positions +over a bar magnet. It simply takes the directions of the lines of +force as they pass from the north to the south pole of the magnet. +As the earth's lines of force pass in curves from the north to the +south magnetic pole, you can see why the magnetic needle dips, unless +its south pole is made heavier than its north. Magnetic needles are +balanced after they are magnetized. + +[Illustration: Fig. 34.] + +Fig. 34 shows a simple form of dipping needle. These are often used +by geologists and miners. In the hands of the prospector, the +miner's compass, or dipping needle, proves a serviceable guide to the +discovery and location of magnetic iron ore. In this instrument the +magnetic needle is carefully balanced upon a horizontal axis within a +graduated circle, and in which the needle will be found to assume a +position inclined to the horizon. This angle of deviation is called the +_inclination_ or _dip_, and varies in different latitudes, and even at +different times in the same place. + +=43. The Earth's Inductive Influence.= The earth's magnetism acts +inductively upon pieces of steel or iron upon its surface. If a piece +of steel or iron, like a stove poker, for example, be held in a north +and south line with its north end dipping considerably, it will be +in the best position for the magnetism of the earth to act upon it; +that is, it will lie in the direction taken by the earth's lines of +force. If the poker be struck two or three times with a hammer to +shake up its molecules, we shall find, upon testing it, that it has +become magnetized. By this method we can pound magnetism right out of +the air with a hammer. If the magnetized poker be held level, in an +east and west direction, it will no longer be acted upon to advantage +by the inductive influence of the earth, and we can easily hammer the +magnetism out of it again. (For experiments on magnets and magnetism +see "Study," Part I.) + + + + +CHAPTER III. + +HOW ELECTRICITY IS GENERATED BY THE VOLTAIC CELL. + + +=44. Early Experiments.= In 1786 Galvani, an Italian physician, made +experiments to study the effect of static electricity upon the nervous +excitability of animals, and especially upon the frog. He found that +electric machines were not necessary to produce muscular contractions +or kicks of the frog's legs, and that they could be produced when two +different metals, Fig. 35, like iron and copper, for example, were +placed in proper contact with a nerve and a muscle and then made to +touch each other. Galvani first thought that the frog generated the +electricity instead of the metals. + +[Illustration: Fig. 35.] + +Volta proved that the electricity was caused by the contact of the +metals. He used the condensing electroscope as one means of proving +that two dissimilar metals become charged differently when in contact. +Volta also carried out his belief by constructing what is called a +_Voltaic Pile_. He thought that by making several pairs of metals so +arranged that all the little currents would help each other, a strong +current could be generated. Fig. 36 shows a _pile_, it being made by +placing a pair of zinc and copper discs in contact with one another, +then laying on the copper disc a piece of flannel soaked in brine, then +on top of this another pair, etc., etc. By connecting the first zinc +and the last copper, quite a little current was produced. This was a +start from which has been built our present knowledge of electricity. +Strictly speaking, electricity is not generated by combinations of +metals or by cells; they really keep up a difference of potential, as +will be seen. + +[Illustration: Fig. 36.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 37.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 38.] + +=45. The Simple Cell.= It has been stated that two different kinds of +electrifications may be produced by friction; one positive, the other +negative. Either can be produced, at will, by using proper materials. +Fig. 37 shows a section of a _simple cell_; Fig. 38 shows another view. +Cu is a piece of copper, and Zn a piece of zinc. When they are placed +in dilute sulphuric acid, it can be shown by delicate apparatus that +they become charged differently, because the acid acts differently +upon the plates. They become charged by chemical action, and not by +friction. The zinc is gradually dissolved, and it is this chemical +burning of the zinc that furnishes energy for the electric current in +the simple cell. The electrification, or charge, on the plates tends to +flow from the place of higher to the place of lower potential, just as +water tends to flow down hill. If a wire be joined to the two metals, a +constant current of electricity will flow through it, because the acid +continues to act upon the plates. The simple cell is a _single-fluid_ +cell, as but one liquid is used in its construction. + +=45a. Plates and Poles.= The metal strips used in voltaic cells are +called _plates_ or _elements_. The one most acted upon by the acid +is called the positive (+) plate. In the simple cell the zinc is the ++ plate, and the copper the negative (-) plate. The end of a wire +attached to the - plate is called the + pole, or electrode. Fig. 37 +shows the negative (-) electrode as the end of the wire attached to the ++ plate. + +=46. Direction of Current.= In the cell the current passes from the +zinc to the copper; that is, from the positive to the negative plate, +where bubbles of hydrogen gas are deposited. In the wire connecting the +plates, the current passes from the copper to the zinc plate. In most +cells, carbon takes the place of copper. (See "Study," § 268.) + +=47. Local Currents; Amalgamation.= Ordinary zinc contains impurities +such as carbon, iron, etc., and when the acid comes in contact with +these, they form with the zinc a small cell. This tends to eat away the +zinc without producing useful currents. The little currents in the cell +from this cause are called _local currents_. (See "Study," Exp. 111, § +273.) This is largely overcome by coating the zinc with mercury. This +process is called _amalgamation_. It makes the zinc act like pure zinc, +which is not acted upon by dilute sulphuric acid when the current does +not pass. (See "Study," § 257, 274.) + +=48. Polarization of Cells.= Bubbles of hydrogen gas are formed when +zinc is dissolved by an acid. In the ordinary simple cell these bubbles +collect on the copper plate, and not on the zinc plate, as might be +expected. The hydrogen is not a conductor of electricity, so this film +of gas holds the current back. The hydrogen acts like a metal and sets +up a current that opposes the zinc to the copper current. Several +methods are employed to get rid of the hydrogen. (See "Study," § 278, +279, 280.) + + + + +CHAPTER IV. + +VARIOUS VOLTAIC CELLS. + + +=49. Single-Fluid and Two-Fluid Cells.= The simple cell (§ 45) is a +single-fluid cell. The liquid is called the _electrolyte_, and this +must act upon one of the plates; that is, chemical action must take +place in order to produce a current. The simple cell polarizes rapidly, +so something must be used with the dilute sulphuric acid to destroy the +hydrogen bubbles. This is done in the _bichromate of potash cell_. + +In order to get complete depolarization--that is, to keep the carbon +plate almost perfectly free from hydrogen, it is necessary to use +_two-fluid cells_, or those to which some solid depolarizer is added to +the one fluid. + +=50. Open and Closed Circuit Cells.= If we consider a voltaic cell, the +wires attached to it, and perhaps some instrument through which the +current passes, we have an _electric circuit_. When the current passes, +the circuit is _closed_, but when the wire is cut, or in any way +disconnected so that the current can not pass, the circuit is _open_ or +_broken_. (See "Study," § 266.) + +_Open Circuit Cells_ are those which can give momentary currents at +intervals, such as are needed for bells, telephones, etc. These must +have plenty of time to rest, as they polarize when the circuit is +closed for a long time. The _Leclanché_ and _dry_ cells are the most +common open circuit cells. + +_Closed Circuit Cells._ For telegraph lines, motors, etc., where a +current is needed for some time, the cell must be of such a nature +that it will not polarize quickly; it must give a strong and constant +current. The _bichromate_ and _gravity cells_ are examples of this +variety. (See "Study," § 286.) + +=51. Bichromate of Potash Cells= are very useful for general laboratory +work. They are especially useful for operating induction coils, small +motors, small incandescent lamps, for heating platinum wires, etc. +These cells have an E.M.F. of about 2 volts. Dilute sulphuric acid is +used as the exciting fluid, and in this is dissolved the bichromate of +potash which keeps the hydrogen bubbles from the carbon plate. (See +"Apparatus Book," § 26.) Zinc and carbon are used for the plates, the + +pole being the wire attached to the carbon. + +[Illustration: Fig. 39.] + +Fig. 39 shows one form of bichromate cell. It furnishes a large +quantity of current, and as the zinc can be raised from the fluid, it +may be kept charged ready for use for many months, and can be set in +action any time when required by lowering the zinc into the liquid. Two +of these cells will burn a one candle-power miniature incandescent lamp +several hours. The carbon is indestructible. + + =Note.= For various forms of home-made cells, see "Apparatus + Book," Chapter I., and for battery fluids see Chapter II. + +=52. The Grenet Cell.= Fig. 40 is another form of bichromate cell. The +carbon plates are left in the fluid constantly. The zinc plate should +be raised when the cell is not in use, to keep it from being uselessly +dissolved. + +[Illustration: Fig. 40.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 41.] + +=53. Plunge Batteries.= Two or more cells are often arranged so that +their elements can be quickly lowered into the acid solution. Such a +combination, Fig. 41, is called a _plunge battery_. The binding-posts +are so arranged that currents of different strengths can be taken from +the combination. The two binding-posts on the right of the battery +will give the current of one cell; the two binding-posts on the left +of the battery will give the current of two cells, and the two end +binding-posts will give the current of all three cells. When not in +use the elements must always be hung on the hooks and kept out of the +solution. + +=54. Large Plunge Batteries=. Fig. 42, are arranged with a winch and +a bar above the cells; these afford a ready and convenient means of +lifting or lowering the elements and avoiding waste. In the battery +shown, Fig. 42, the zincs are 4×6 inches; the carbons have the same +dimensions, but there are two carbon plates to each zinc, thus giving +double the carbon surface. + +[Illustration: Fig. 42.] + +=55. The Fuller Cell=, Fig. 43, is another type of bichromate cell, +used largely for long-distance telephone service, for telephone +exchange and switch service, for running small motors, etc. It consists +of a glass jar, a carbon plate, with proper connections, a clay porous +cup, containing the zinc, which is made in the form of a cone. A little +mercury is placed in the porous cup to keep the zinc well amalgamated. +Either bichromate of potash or bichromate of soda can be used as a +depolarizer. + +[Illustration: Fig. 43.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 44.] + +=56. The Gravity Cell=, sometimes called the _bluestone_ or _crowfoot_ +cell, is used largely for telegraph, police, and fire-alarm signal +service, laboratory and experimental work, or whenever a closed circuit +cell is required. The E.M.F. is about one volt. This is a modified form +of the Daniell cell. Fig. 44 shows a home-made gravity cell. + +A copper plate is placed at the bottom of the glass jar, and upon +this rests a solution of copper sulphate (bluestone). The zinc plate +is supported about four inches above the copper, and is surrounded +by a solution of zinc sulphate which floats upon the top of the blue +solution. An insulated wire reaches from the copper to the top of the +cell and forms the positive pole. (See "Apparatus Book," § 11 to 15, +for home-made gravity cell, its regulation, etc. For experiments with +two-fluid Daniell cell, see "Study," Exp. 113, § 281 to 286.) + +[Illustration: Fig. 45.] + +=56a. Bunsen Cells,= Fig. 45, are used for motors, small incandescent +lamps, etc. A carbon rod is inclosed in a porous cup, on the outside of +which is a cylinder of zinc that stands in dilute sulphuric acid, the +carbon being in nitric acid. + +=57. The Leclanché Cell= is an open circuit cell. Sal ammoniac is used +as the exciting fluid, carbon and zinc being used for plates. Manganese +dioxide is used as the depolarizer; this surrounds the carbon plate, +the two being either packed together in a porous cup or held together +in the form of cakes. The porous cup, or pressed cake, stands in the +exciting fluid. The E. M. F. is about 1.5 volts. + +[Illustration: Fig. 46.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 47.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 48.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 49.] + +Fig. 46 shows a form with porous cup. The binding-post at the top of +the carbon plate forms the + electrode, the current leaving the cell at +this point. + +_The Gonda Prism Cell_ (Fig. 47), is a form of Leclanché in which the +depolarizer is in the form of a cake. + +=58. Dry Cells= are open circuit cells, and can be carried about, +although they are moist inside. The + pole is the end of the carbon +plate. Zinc is used as the outside case and + plate. Fig. 48 shows the +ordinary forms. + +Fig. 49 shows a number of dry cells arranged in a box with switch in +front, so that the current can be regulated at will. + +[Illustration: Fig. 50.] + +=59. The Edison-Lelande Cells=, Fig. 50, are made in several sizes and +types. Zinc and copper oxide, which is pressed into plates, form the +elements. The exciting fluid consists of a 25 per cent. solution of +caustic potash in water. They are designed for both open and closed +circuit work. + + + + +CHAPTER V. + +ABOUT PUSH-BUTTONS, SWITCHES AND BINDING-POSTS. + + +=60. Electrical Connections.= In experimental work, as well as in +the everyday work of the electrician, electrical connections must +constantly be made. One wire must be joined to another, just for a +moment, perhaps, or one piece of apparatus must be put in an electric +circuit with other apparatus, or the current must be turned on or off +from motors, lamps, etc. In order to conveniently and quickly make such +connections, apparatus called push-buttons, switches and binding-posts +are used. + +[Illustration: Fig. 51.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 52.] + +=61. Push-Buttons.= The simple act of pressing your finger upon a +movable button, or knob, may ring a bell a mile away, or do some other +equally wonderful thing. Fig. 51 shows a simple push-button, somewhat +like a simple key in construction. If we cut a wire, through which a +current is passing, then join one of the free ends to the screw A and +the other end to screw C, we shall be able to let the current pass at +any instant by pressing the spring B firmly upon A. + +Push-buttons are made in all sorts of shapes and sizes. Fig. 52 gives +an idea of the general internal construction. The current enters A by +one wire, and leaves by another wire as soon as the button is pushed +and B is forced down to A. The bottom of the little button rests upon +the top of B. + +Fig. 53 shows a _Table Clamp-Push_ for use on dining-tables, +card-tables, chairs, desks, and other movable furniture. Fig. 54 shows +a combination of push-button, speaking-tube, and letter-box used in +city apartment houses. Fig. 55 shows an _Indicating Push_. The buzzer +indicates, by the sound, whether the call has been heard; that is, the +person called answers back. + +[Illustration: Fig. 53.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 54.] + +_Modifications_ of ordinary push-buttons are used for floor +push-buttons, on doors, windows, etc., for burglar-alarms, for turning +off or on lights, etc., etc. (See "Apparatus Book," Chapter III., for +home-made push-buttons.) + +[Illustration: Fig. 55.] + +=62. Switches= have a movable bar or plug of metal, moving on a pivot, +to make or break a circuit, or transfer a current from one conductor to +another. + +Fig. 56 shows a _single point switch_. The current entering the pivoted +arm can go no farther when the switch is open, as shown. To close +the circuit, the arm is pushed over until it presses down upon the +contact-point. For neatness, both wires are joined to the under side of +the switch or to binding-posts. + +[Illustration: Fig. 56.] + +Fig. 57 shows a _knife switch_. Copper blades are pressed down between +copper spring clips to close the circuit. The handle is made of +insulating material. + +_Pole-changing switches_, Fig. 58, are used for changing or reversing +the poles of batteries, etc. + +Fig. 59 shows a home-made switch, useful in connection with resistance +coils. By joining the ends of the coils A, B, C, D, with the +contact-points 1, 2, 3, etc., more or less resistance can be easily +thrown in by simply swinging the lever E around to the left or right. +If E be turned to 1, the current will be obliged to pass through all +the coils A, B, etc., before it can pass out at Y. If E be moved to +3, coils A and B will be cut out of the circuit, thus decreasing the +resistance to the current on its way from X to Y. Current regulators +are made upon this principle. (See "Apparatus Book," Chapter IV., for +home-made switches.) + +[Illustration: Fig. 57.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 58.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 59.] + +_Switchboards_ are made containing from two or three to hundreds of +switches, and are used in telegraph and telephone work, in electric +light stations, etc., etc. (See Chapter on Central Stations.) Fig. 60 +shows a switch used for incandescent lighting currents. + +[Illustration: Fig. 60.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 61.] + +=63. Binding-Posts= are used to make connections between two pieces of +apparatus, between two or more wires, between a wire and any apparatus, +etc., etc. They allow the wires to be quickly fastened or unfastened +to the apparatus. A large part of the apparatus shown in this book has +binding-posts attached. Fig. 61 shows a few of the common forms used. +(See "Apparatus Book," Chapter V., for home-made binding-posts.) + + + + +CHAPTER VI. + +UNITS AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENTS. + + +=64. Electrical Units.= In order to measure electricity for +experimental or commercial purposes, standards or units are just as +necessary as the inch or foot for measuring distances. + +=65. Potential; Electromotive Force.= If water in a tall tank be +allowed to squirt from two holes, one near the bottom, the other near +the top, it is evident that the force of the water that comes from the +hole at the bottom will be the greater. The pressure at the bottom is +greater than that near the top, because the "head" is greater. + +When a spark of static electricity jumps a long distance, we say that +the charge has a high _potential_; that is, it has a high electrical +pressure. Potential, for electricity, means the same as pressure, for +water. The greater the potential, or _electromotive force_ (E.M.F.) of +a cell, the greater its power to push a current through wires. (See +"Study," § 296 to 305, with experiments.) + +=66. Unit of E.M.F.; the Volt.=--In speaking of water, we say that its +pressure is so many pounds to the square inch, or that it has a fall, +or head, of so many feet. We speak of a current as having so many +volts; for example, we say that a wire is carrying a 110-volt current. +The volt is the unit of E.M.F. An ordinary gravity cell has an E.M.F. +of about one volt. This name was given in honor of Volta. + +=67. Measurement of Electromotive Force.= There are several ways by +which the E.M.F. of a cell, for example, can be measured. It is usually +measured _relatively_, by comparison with the E. M. F. of some standard +cell. (See "Study," Exp. 140, for measuring the E. M. F. of a cell by +comparison with the two-fluid cell.) + +[Illustration: Fig. 62.] + +_Voltmeters_ are instruments by means of which E. M. F. can be read on +a printed scale. They are a variety of galvanometer, and are made with +coils of such high resistance, compared with the resistance of a cell +or dynamo, that the E. M. F. can be read direct. The reason for this +will be seen by referring to Ohm's law ("Study," § 356); the resistance +is so great that the strength of the current depends entirely upon the +E. M. F. + +[Illustration: Fig. 63.] + +Voltmeters measure electrical pressure just as steam gauges measure +the pressure of steam. Fig. 62 shows one form of voltmeter. Fig. 63 +shows a voltmeter with illuminated dial. An electrical bulb behind the +instrument furnishes light so that the readings can be easily taken. + +=68. Electrical Resistance.= Did you ever ride down hill on a +hand-sled? How easily the sled glides over the snow! What happens, +though, when you strike a bare place, or a place where some evil-minded +person has sprinkled ashes? Does the sled pass easily over bare ground +or ashes? Snow offers very little _resistance_ to the sled, while ashes +offer a great resistance. + +[Illustration: Fig. 64.] + +All substances do not allow the electric current to pass through +them with the same ease. Even the liquid in a cell tends to hold the +current back and offers _internal resistance_. The various wires and +instruments connected to a cell offer _external resistance_. (See +"Study," Chapter XVIII., for experiments, etc.) + +=69. Unit of Resistance.= =The Ohm= is the name given to the unit of +resistance. About 9 ft. 9 in. of No. 30 copper wire, or 39 feet 1 in. +of No. 24 copper wire, will make a fairly accurate ohm. + +_Resistance coils_, having carefully measured resistances, are made +for standards. (See "Apparatus Book," Chapter XVII., for home-made +resistance coils.) Fig. 64 shows a commercial form of a standard +resistance coil. The coil is inclosed in a case and has large wires +leading from its ends for connections. Fig. 65 gives an idea of +the way in which coils are wound and used with plugs to build up +_resistance boxes_, Fig. 66. + +=70. Laws of Resistance.= 1. The resistance of a wire is directly +proportional to its length, provided its cross-section, material, etc., +are uniform. + +2. The resistance of a wire is inversely proportional to its area of +cross-section; or, in other words, inversely proportional to the square +of its diameter, other things being equal. + +[Illustration: Fig. 65.] + +3. The resistance of a wire depends upon its material, as well as upon +its length, size, etc. + +4. The resistance of a wire increases as its temperature rises. (See +"Study," Chapters XVIII. and XIX., for experiments on resistance, its +measurement, etc.) + +[Illustration: Fig. 66.] + +=71. Current Strength.= The strength of a current at the end of a +circuit depends not only upon the _electrical pressure_, or E. M. F., +which drives the current, but also upon the _resistance_ which has to +be overcome. The greater the resistance the weaker the current at the +end of its journey. + +=72. Unit of Current Strength; The Ampere.= A current having an E. M. +F. of _one volt_, pushing its way through a resistance of _one ohm_, +would have a unit of strength, called _one ampere_. This current, one +ampere strong, would deposit, under proper conditions, .0003277 gramme +of copper in _one second_ from a solution of copper sulphate. + +=73. Measurement of Current Strength.= A magnetic needle is deflected +when a current passes around it, as in instruments like the +galvanometer. The _galvanoscope_ merely indicates the presence of a +current. _Galvanometers_ measure the strength of a current, and they +are made in many forms, depending upon the nature and strength of the +currents to be measured. Galvanometers are standardized, or calibrated, +by special measurements, or by comparison with some standard +instrument, so that when the deflection is a certain number of degrees, +the current passing through it is known to be of a certain strength. + +[Illustration: Fig. 67.] + +Fig. 67 shows an _astatic galvanometer_. Fig. 68 shows a _tangent +galvanometer_, in which the strength of the current is proportional +to the tangent of the angle of deflection. Fig. 69 shows a _D'Arsonval +galvanometer_, in which a coil of wire is suspended between the poles +of a permanent horseshoe magnet. The lines of force are concentrated +by the iron core of the coil. The two thin suspending wires convey the +current to the coil. A ray of light is reflected from the small mirror +and acts as a pointer as in other forms of reflecting galvanometers. + +[Illustration: Fig. 68.] + +=74. The Ammeter=, Fig. 70, is a form of galvanometer in which the +strength of a current, in amperes, can be read. In these the strength +of current is proportional to the angular deflections. The coils are +made with a small resistance, so that the current will not be greatly +reduced in strength in passing through them. + +[Illustration: Fig. 69.] + +=75. Voltameters= measure the strength of a current by chemical means, +the quantity of metal deposited or gas generated being proportional +to the time that the current flows and to its strength. In the _water +voltameter_, Fig. 71, the hydrogen and oxygen produced in a given time +are measured. (See "Study," Chapter XXI.) + +[Illustration: Fig. 70.] + +The _copper voltameter_ measures the amount of copper deposited in a +given time by the current. Fig. 72 shows one form. The copper cathode +is weighed before and after the current flows. The weight of copper +deposited and the time taken are used to calculate the current strength. + +[Illustration: Fig. 71.] + +=76. Unit of Quantity=; =The Coulomb= is the quantity of electricity +given, in _one second_, by a current having a strength of one ampere. +Time is an important element in considering the work a current can do. + +[Illustration: Fig. 72.] + +=77. Electrical Horse-power=; =The Watt= is the unit of electrical +power. A current having the strength of one ampere, and an E. M. +F. of one volt has a unit of power. 746 watts make one electrical +horse-power. Watts = amperes × volts. Fig. 73 shows a direct reading +wattmeter based on the international volt and ampere. They save taking +simultaneous ammeter and voltmeter readings, which are otherwise +necessary to get the product of volts and amperes, and are also used on +alternating current measurements. + +[Illustration: Fig. 73.] + +There are also forms of wattmeters, Fig. 74, in which the watts are +read from dials like those on an ordinary gas-meter, the records being +permanent. + +Fig. 75 shows a voltmeter V, and ammeter A, so placed in the circuit +that readings can be taken. D represents a dynamo. A is placed so that +the whole current passes through it, while V is placed between the main +wires to measure the difference in potential. The product of the two +readings in volts and amperes gives the number of watts. + +[Illustration: Fig. 74.] + +=78. Chemical Meters= also measure the quantity of current that is +used; for example, one may be placed in the cellar to measure the +quantity of current used to light the house. + +[Illustration: Fig. 75.] + +Fig. 76 shows a chemical meter, a part of the current passing through +a jar containing zinc plates and a solution of zinc sulphate. Metallic +zinc is dissolved from one plate and deposited upon the other. The +increase in weight shows the amount of chemical action which is +proportional to the ampere hours. Knowing the relation between the +quantity of current that can pass through the solution to that which +can pass through the meter by another conductor, a calculation can be +made which will give the current used. A lamp is so arranged that it +automatically lights before the meter gets to the freezing-point; this +warms it up to the proper temperature, at which point the light goes +out again. + +[Illustration: Fig. 76.] + + + + +CHAPTER VII. + +CHEMICAL EFFECTS OF THE ELECTRIC CURRENT. + + +=79. Electrolysis.= It has been seen that in the voltaic cell +electricity is generated by chemical action. Sulphuric acid acts upon +zinc and dissolves it in the cell, hydrogen is produced, etc. When +this process is reversed, that is, when the electric current is passed +through some solutions, they are decomposed, or broken up into their +constituents. This process is called _electrolysis_, and the compound +decomposed is the _electrolyte_. (See "Study," § 369, etc., with +experiments.) + +[Illustration: Fig. 77.] + +Fig. 77 shows how water can be decomposed into its two constituents, +hydrogen and oxygen, there being twice as much hydrogen formed as +oxygen. + +Fig. 78 shows a glass jar in which are placed two metal strips, A and +C, these being connected with two cells. In this jar may be placed +various conducting solutions to be tested. If, for example, we use +a solution of copper sulphate, its chemical formula being CuSO_{4}, +the current will break it up into Cu (copper) and SO_{4}. The Cu will +be deposited upon C as the current passes from A to C through the +solution. A is called the _anode_, and C the _cathode_. + +[Illustration: Fig. 78.] + +Fig. 79 shows another form of jar used to study the decomposition of +solutions by the electric current. + +[Illustration: Fig 79.] + +=80. Ions.= When a solution is decomposed into parts by a current, the +parts are called the _Ions_. When copper sulphate (Cu SO_{4}) is used, +the ions are Cu, which is a metal, and SO_{4}, called an acid radical. +When silver nitrate (Ag NO_{3}) is used, Ag and NO_{3} are the ions. +The metal part of the compound goes to the cathode. + + + + +CHAPTER VIII. + +HOW ELECTROPLATING AND ELECTROTYPING ARE DONE. + + +=81. Electricity and Chemical Action.= We have just seen, Chapter VII., +that the electric current has the power to decompose certain compounds +when they are in solution. By choosing the right solutions, then, we +shall be able to get copper, silver, and other metals set free by +electrolysis. + +=82. Electroplating= consists in coating substances with metal with +the aid of the electric current. If we wish to electroplate a piece +of metal with copper, for example, we can use the arrangement shown +in Fig. 78, in which C is the cathode plate to be covered, and A is +a copper plate. The two are in a solution of copper sulphate, and, +as explained in § 79, the solution will be decomposed. Copper will +be deposited upon C, and the SO_{4} part of the solution will go to +the anode A, which it will attack and gradually dissolve. The SO_{4}, +acting upon the copper anode, makes CuSO_{4} again, and this keeps the +solution at a uniform strength. The amount of copper dissolved from the +copper anode equals, nearly, the amount deposited upon the cathode. The +metal is carried in the direction of the current. + +If we wish to plate something with silver or gold, it will be necessary +to use a solution of silver or gold for the electrolyte, a plate of +metallic silver or gold being used for the anode, as the case may be. + +Great care is used in cleaning substances to be plated, all dirt and +grease being carefully removed. + +Fig. 80 shows a plating bath in which several articles can be plated +at the same time by hanging them upon a metal bar which really forms a +part of the cathode. If, for example, we wish to plate knives, spoons, +etc., with silver, they would be hung from the bar shown, each being a +part of the cathode. The vat would contain a solution of silver, and +from the other bar would be hung a silver plate having a surface about +equal to that of the combined knives, etc. + +[Illustration: Fig. 80.] + +Most metals are coated with copper before they are plated with silver +or gold. When plating is done on a large scale, a current from a dynamo +is used. For experimental purposes a Gravity cell will do very well. +(See "Study," § 374 to 380 with experiments.) + +=83. Electrotyping.= It was observed by De La Rue in 1836 that in the +Daniell cell an even coating of copper was deposited upon the copper +plate. From this was developed the process of electrotyping, which +consists in making a copy in metal of a wood-cut, page of type, etc. +A mould or impression of the type or coin is first made in wax, or +other suitable material. These moulds are, of course, the reverse +of the original, and as they do not conduct electricity, have to be +coated with graphite. This thin coating lines the mould with conducting +material so that the current can get to every part of the mould. +These are then hung upon the cathode in a bath of copper sulphate +as described in § 82. The electric current which passes through the +vat deposits a thin layer of metallic copper next to the graphite. +When this copper gets thick enough, the wax is melted away from it, +leaving a thin shell of copper, the side next to the graphite being +exactly alike in shape to the type, but made of copper. These thin +copper sheets are too thin to stand the pressure necessary on printing +presses, so they are strengthened by backing them with soft metal which +fills every crevice, making solid plates about ¼ in. thick. These +plates or _electrotypes_ are used to print from, the original type +being used to set up another page. + + + + +CHAPTER IX. + +THE STORAGE BATTERY, AND HOW IT WORKS. + + +=84. Polarization.= It has been stated that a simple cell polarizes +rapidly on account of hydrogen bubbles that form upon the copper plate. +They tend to send a current in the opposite direction to that of the +main current, which is thereby weakened. + +[Illustration: Fig. 81.] + +=85. Electromotive Force of Polarization.= It has been shown, Fig. 71, +that water can be decomposed by the electric current. Hydrogen and +oxygen have a strong attraction or chemical affinity for each other, or +they would not unite to form water. This attraction has to be overcome +before the water can be decomposed. As soon as the decomposing current +ceases to flow, the gases formed try to rush together again; in fact, +if the water voltameter be disconnected from the cells and connected +with a galvanoscope, the presence of a current will be shown. This +voltameter will give a current with an E. M. F. of nearly 1.5 volts; so +it is evident that we must have a current with a higher voltage than +this to decompose water. This E. M. F., due to polarization, is called +the E. M. F. of polarization. + +=86. Secondary or Storage Batteries=, also called _accumulators_, do +not really store electricity. They must be charged by a current before +they can give out any electricity. Chemical changes are produced in the +storage cells by the charging current just as they are in voltameters, +electroplating solutions, etc.; so it is potential chemical energy +that is really stored. When the new products are allowed to go back to +their original state, by joining the electrodes of the charged cell, a +current is produced. + +Fig. 81 shows two lead plates, A and B, immersed in dilute sulphuric +acid, and connected with two ordinary cells. A strong current will pass +through the liquid between A and B at first, but it will quickly become +weaker, as chemical changes take place in the liquid. This may be shown +by a galvanometer put in the circuit before beginning the experiment. +By disconnecting the wires from the cells and joining them to the +galvanometer, it will be shown that a current comes from the lead +plates. This arrangement may be called a simple storage cell. Regular +storage cells are charged with the current from a dynamo. (See "Study," +Exp. 151.) + +[Illustration: Fig. 82.] + +The first storage cells were made of plain lead plates, rolled up in +such a way that they were close to each other, but did not touch. These +were placed in dilute sulphuric acid. They were charged in alternate +directions several times, until the lead became properly acted upon, at +which time the cell would furnish a current. + +A great improvement was made in 1881, by Faure, who coated the plates +with red lead. + +[Illustration: Fig. 83.] + +The method now generally practiced is to cast a frame of lead, with +raised right-angled ribs on each side, thus forming little depressed +squares, or to punch a lead plate full of holes, which squares or holes +are then filled with a pasty mixture of red oxide of lead in positive +plates, and with litharge in negatives. In a form called the chloride +battery, instead of cementing lead oxide paste into or against a lead +framing in order to obtain the necessary active material, the latter is +obtained by a strictly chemical process. + +Fig. 82 shows a storage cell with plates, etc., contained in a glass +jar. Fig. 83 shows a cell of 41 plates, set up in a lead-lined wood +tank. Fig. 84 shows three cells joined in series. Many storage cells +are used in central electric light stations to help the dynamos during +the "rush" hours at night. They are charged during the day when the +load on the dynamos is not heavy. + +Fig. 85 shows another form of storage cell containing a number of +plates. + +[Illustration: Fig. 84.] + +=87. The Uses of Storage Batteries= are almost numberless. The current +can be used for nearly everything for which a constant current is +adapted, the following being some of its applications: Carriage +propulsion; electric launch propulsion; train lighting; yacht lighting; +carriage lighting; bicycle lighting; miners' lamps; dental, medical, +surgical, and laboratory work; phonographs; kinetoscopes; automaton +pianos; sewing-machine motors; fan motors; telegraph; telephone; +electric bell; electric fire-alarm; heat regulating; railroad switch +and signal apparatus. + +By the installing of a storage plant many natural but small sources +of power may be utilized in furnishing light and power; sources which +otherwise are not available, because not large enough to supply maximum +demands. The force of the tides, of small water powers from irrigating +ditches, and even of the wind, come under this heading. + +[Illustration: Fig. 85.] + +As a regulator of pressure, in case of fluctuations in the load, the +value of a storage plant is inestimable. These fluctuations of load are +particularly noticeable in electric railway plants, where the demand is +constantly rising and falling, sometimes jumping from almost nothing to +the maximum, and _vice versa_, in a few seconds. If for no other reason +than the prevention of severe strain on the engines and generators, +caused by these fluctuations of demand, a storage plant will be +valuable. + + + + +CHAPTER X. + +HOW ELECTRICITY IS GENERATED BY HEAT. + + +=88. Thermoelectricity= is the name given to electricity that is +generated by heat. If a strip of iron, I, be connected between two +strips of copper, C C, these being joined by a copper wire, C W, we +shall have an arrangement that will generate a current when heated at +either of the junctions between C and I. When it is heated at A the +current will flow as shown by arrows, from C to I. If we heat at B, +the current will flow in the opposite direction through the metals, +although it will still go from C to I as before. Such currents are +called _thermoelectric currents_. + +[Illustration: Fig. 86.] + +Different pairs of metals produce different results. Antimony and +bismuth are generally used, because the greatest effect is produced +by them. If the end of a strip of bismuth be soldered to the end of +a similar strip of antimony, and the free ends be connected to a +galvanometer of low resistance, the presence of a current will be shown +when the point of contact becomes hotter than the rest of the circuit. +The current will flow from bismuth to antimony across the joint. By +cooling the juncture below the temperature of the rest of the circuit, +a current will be produced in the opposite direction to the above. The +energy of the current is kept up by the heat absorbed, just as it is +kept up by chemical action in the voltaic cell. + +=89. Peltier Effect.= If an electric current be passed through pairs of +metals, the parts at the junction become slightly warmer or cooler than +before, depending upon the direction of the current. This action is +really the reverse of that in which currents are produced by heat. + +[Illustration: Fig. 87.] + +=90. Thermopiles.= As the E.M.F. of the current produced by a single +pair of metals is very small, several pairs are usually joined in +series, so that the different currents will help each other by flowing +in the same direction. Such combinations are called thermoelectric +piles, or simply _thermopiles_. + +Fig. 87 shows such an arrangement, in which a large number of elements +are placed in a small space. The junctures are so arranged that the +alternate ones come together at one side. + +Fig. 88 shows a thermopile connected with a galvanometer. The heat of +a match, or the cold of a piece of ice, will produce a current, even if +held at some distance from the thermopile. The galvanometer should be +a short-coil astatic one. (See "Study," Chapter XXIV., for experiments +and home-made thermopile.) + +[Illustration: Fig. 88.] + + + + +CHAPTER XI. + +MAGNETIC EFFECTS OF THE ELECTRIC CURRENT. + + +=91. Electromagnetism= is the name given to magnetism that is developed +by electricity. We have seen that if a magnetic needle be placed in the +field of a magnet, its N pole will point in the direction taken by the +lines of force as they pass from the N to the S pole of the magnet. + +[Illustration: Fig. 89.] + +=92. Lines of Force about a Wire.= When a current passes through a +wire, the magnetic needle placed over or under it tends to take a +position at right angles to the wire. Fig. 89 shows such a wire and +needle, and how the needle is deflected; it twists right around from +its N and S position as soon as the current begins to flow. This shows +that the lines of force pass _around_ the wire and not in the direction +of its length. The needle does not swing entirely perpendicular to the +wire, that is, to the E and W line, because the earth is at the same +time pulling its N pole toward the N. + +Fig. 90 shows a bent wire through which a current passes from C to Z. +If you look along the wire from C toward the points A and B, you will +see that _under_ the wire the lines of force pass to the left. Looking +along the wire from Z toward D you will see that the lines of force +pass opposite to the above, as the current comes _toward_ you. This is +learned by experiment. (See "Study," Exp. 152, § 385, etc.) + +[Illustration: Fig. 90.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 91.] + +_Rule._ Hold the right hand with the thumb extended (Fig. 89) and with +the fingers pointing in the direction of the current, the palm being +toward the needle and on the opposite side of the wire from the needle. +The north-seeking pole will then be deflected in the direction in which +the thumb points. + +=93. Current Detectors.= As there is a magnetic field about a wire when +a current passes through it, and as the magnetic needle is affected, we +have a means of detecting the presence of a current. When the current +is strong it is simply necessary to let it pass once over or under a +needle; when it is weak, the wire must pass several times above and +below the needle, Fig. 91, to give the needle motion. (See "Apparatus +Book," Chapter XIII., for home-made detectors.) + +[Illustration: Fig. 92.] + +=94. Astatic Needles and Detectors.= By arranging two magnetized +needles with their poles opposite each other, Fig. 92, an _astatic +needle_ is formed. The pointing-power is almost nothing, although +their magnetic fields are retained. This combination is used to detect +feeble currents. In the ordinary detector, the tendency of the needle +to point to the N and S has to be overcome by the magnetic field about +the coil before the needle can be moved; but in the _astatic detector_ +and _galvanoscope_ this pointing-power is done away with. Fig. 93 shows +a simple _astatic galvanoscope_. Fig. 67 shows an astatic galvanometer +for measuring weak currents. + +[Illustration: Fig. 93.] + +=95. Polarity of Coils.= When a current of electricity passes through +a coil of wire, the coil acts very much like a magnet, although no +iron enters into its construction. The coil becomes magnetized by the +electric current, lines of force pass from it into the air, etc. Fig. +94 shows a coil connected to copper and zinc plates, so arranged with +cork that the whole can float in a dish of dilute sulphuric acid. The +current passes as shown by the arrows, and when the N pole of a magnet +is brought near the right-hand end, there is a repulsion, showing that +that end of the coil has a N pole. + +_Rule._ When you face the right-hand end of the coil, the current is +seen to pass around it in an anti-clockwise direction; this produces a +N pole. When the current passes in a clockwise direction a S pole is +produced. + +[Illustration: Fig. 94.] + +=96. Electromagnets.= A coil of wire has a stronger field than a +straight wire carrying the same current, because each turn adds its +field to the fields of the other turns. By having the central part of +the coil made of iron, or by having the coil of insulated wire wound +upon an iron _core_, the strength of the magnetic field of the coil is +greatly increased. + +Lines of force do not pass as readily through air as through iron; +in fact, lines of force will go out of their way to go through iron. +With a coil of wire the lines of force pass from its N pole through +the air on all sides of the coil to its S pole; they then pass through +the inside of the coil and through the air back to the N pole. When +the resistance to their passage through the coil is decreased by the +core, the magnetic field is greatly strengthened, and we have an +_electromagnet_. + +The coil of wire temporarily magnetizes the iron core; it can +permanently magnetize a piece of steel used as a core. (See "Study," +Chapter XXII., for experiments.) + +[Illustration: Fig. 95.] + +=97. Forms of Electromagnets.= Fig. 95 shows a _straight, or +bar electromagnet_. Fig. 96 shows a simple form of _horseshoe +electromagnet_. As this form is not easily wound, the coils are +generally wound on two separate cores which are then joined by a +_yoke_. The yoke merely takes the place of the curved part shown +in Fig. 96. In Fig. 97 is shown the ordinary form of horseshoe +electromagnet used for all sorts of electrical instruments. (See +"Apparatus Book," Chapter IX., for home-made electromagnets.) + +=98. Yokes and Armatures.= In the horseshoe magnet there are two poles +to attract and two to induce. The lines of force pass through the yoke +on their way from one core to the other, instead of going through +the air. This reduces the resistance to them. If we had no yoke we +should simply have two straight electromagnets, and the resistance to +the lines of force would be so great that the total strength would +be much reduced. Yokes are made of soft iron, as well as the cores +and armature. The _armature_, as with permanent horseshoe magnets, is +strongly drawn toward the poles. As soon as the current ceases to flow, +the attraction also ceases. + +[Illustration: Fig. 96.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 97.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 98.] + +Beautiful magnetic figures can be made with horseshoe magnets. Fig. 98 +shows that the coils must be joined so that the current can pass around +the cores in opposite directions to make unlike poles. (See "Study," +Exp. 164 to 173.) + + + + +CHAPTER XII. + +HOW ELECTRICITY IS GENERATED BY INDUCTION. + + +=99. Electromagnetic Induction.= We have seen that a magnet has the +power to act through space and induce another piece of iron or steel +to become a magnet. A charge of static electricity can induce a +charge upon another conductor. We have now to see how a _current_ of +electricity in one conductor can induce a current in another conductor, +not in any way connected with the first, and how a magnet and a coil +can generate a current. + +[Illustration: Fig. 99.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 100.] + +=100. Current from Magnet and Coil.= If a bar magnet, Fig. 99, be +suddenly thrust into a hollow coil of wire, a momentary current of +electricity will be generated in the coil. No current passes when the +magnet and coil are still; at least one of them must be in motion. Such +a current is said to be _induced_, and is an _inverse_ one when the +magnet is inserted, and a _direct_ one when the magnet is withdrawn +from the coil. + +=101. Induced Currents and Lines of Force.= Permanent magnets are +constantly sending out thousands of lines of force. Fig. 100 shows +a bar magnet entering a coil of wire; the number of lines of force +is increasing, and the induced current passes in an anti-clockwise +direction when looking down into the coil along the lines of force. +This produces an indirect current. If an iron core be used in the coil, +the induced current will be greatly strengthened. + +[Illustration: Fig. 101.] + +It takes force to move a magnet through the center of a coil, and it +is this work that is the source of the induced current. We have, in +this simple experiment, the key to the action of the dynamo and other +electrical machines. + +=102. Current from two Coils.= Fig. 101 shows two coils of wire, the +smaller being connected to a cell, the larger to a galvanometer. +By moving the small coil up and down inside of the large one, +induced currents are generated, first in one direction and then in +the opposite. We have here two entirely separate circuits, in no +way connected. The _primary_ current comes from the cell, while the +_secondary_ current is an induced one. By placing a core in the small +coil of Fig. 101, the induced current will be greatly strengthened. + +It is not necessary to have the two coils so that one or both of them +can move. They may be wound on the same core, or otherwise arranged as +in the induction coil. (See "Study," Chapter XXV., for experiments on +induced currents.) + + + + +CHAPTER XIII. + +HOW THE INDUCTION COIL WORKS. + + +=103. The Coils.= We saw, § 102, that an induced current was generated +when a current-carrying coil, Fig. 101, was thrust into another coil +connected with a galvanometer. The galvanometer was used merely to show +the presence of the current. The _primary coil_ is the one connected +with the cell; the other one is called the _secondary coil_. + +[Illustration: Fig. 102.] + +When a current suddenly begins to flow through a coil, the effect upon +a neighboring coil is the same as that produced by suddenly bringing +a magnet near it; and when the current stops, the opposite effect is +produced. It is evident, then, that we can keep the small coil of +Fig. 101 with its core inside of the large coil, and generate induced +currents by merely making and breaking the primary circuit. + +We may consider that when the primary circuit is closed, the lines of +force shoot out through the turns of the secondary coil just as they +do when a magnet or a current-carrying coil is thrust into it. Upon +opening the circuit, the lines of force cease to exist; that is, we may +imagine them drawn in again. + +=104. Construction.= Fig. 102 shows one form of home-made induction +coil, given here merely to explain the action and connections. Nearly +all induction coils have some form of automatic current interrupter, +placed in the primary circuit, to rapidly turn the current off and on. + +_Details of Figs. 102 and 103._ Wires 5 and 6 are the ends of the +primary coil, while wires 7 and 8 are the terminals of the secondary +coil. The primary coil is wound on a bolt which serves as the core, and +on this coil is wound the secondary which consists of many turns of +fine wire. The wires from a battery should be joined to binding-posts W +and X, and the handles, from which the shock is felt, to Y and Z. Fig. +103 shows the details of the interrupter. + +[Illustration: Fig. 103.] + +If the current from a cell enters at W, it will pass through the +primary coil and out at X, after going through 5, R, F, S I, B, E and +C. The instant the current passes, the bolt becomes magnetized; this +attracts A, which pulls B away from the end of S I, thus automatically +opening the circuit. B at once springs back to its former position +against SI, as A is no longer attracted; the circuit being closed, the +operation is rapidly repeated. + +A _condenser_ is usually connected to commercial forms. It is placed +under the wood-work and decreases sparking at the interrupter. (See +"Apparatus Book," Chapter XI., for home-made induction coils.) + +[Illustration: Fig. 104.] + +Fig. 104 shows one form of coil. The battery wires are joined to the +binding-posts at the left. The secondary coil ends in two rods, and the +spark jumps from one to the other. The interrupter and a switch are +shown at the left. + +Fig. 105 shows a small coil for medical purposes. A dry cell is placed +under the coil and all is included in a neat box. The handles form the +terminals of the secondary coil. + +=105. The Currents.= It should be noted that the current from the +cell does not get into the secondary coil. The coils are thoroughly +insulated from each other. The secondary current is an induced one, +its voltage depending upon the relative number of turns of wire there +are in the two coils. (See Transformers.) The secondary current is +an alternating one; that is, it flows in one direction for an instant +and then immediately reverses its direction. The rapidity of the +alternations depends upon the speed of the interrupter. Coils are made +that give a secondary current with an enormous voltage; so high, in +fact, that the spark will pass many inches, and otherwise act like +those produced by static electric machines. + +[Illustration: Fig. 105.] + +=106. Uses of Induction Coils.= Gas-jets can be lighted at a distance +with the spark from a coil, by extending wires from the secondary +coil to the jet. Powder can be fired at a distance, and other things +performed, when a high voltage current is needed. Its use in medicine +has been noted. It is largely used in telephone work. Of late, great +use has been made of the secondary current in experiments with +vacuum-tubes, X-ray work, etc. + + + + +CHAPTER XIV. + +THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, AND HOW IT SENDS MESSAGES. + + +=107. The Complete Telegraph Line= consists of several instruments, +switches, etc., etc., but its essential parts are: The _Line_, or wire, +which connects the different stations; the _Transmitter_ or _Key_; the +_Receiver_ or _Sounder_, and the _Battery_ or _Dynamo_. + +=108. The Line= is made of strong copper, iron, or soft steel wire. To +keep the current in the line it is insulated, generally upon poles, by +glass insulators. For very short lines two wires can be used, the line +wire and the return; but for long lines the earth is used as a return, +a wire from each end being joined to large metal plates sunk in the +earth. + +[Illustration: Fig. 106.] + +=109. Telegraph Keys= are merely instruments by which the circuit +can be conveniently and rapidly opened or closed at the will of the +operator. An ordinary push-button may be used to turn the current off +and on, but it is not so convenient as a key. + +Fig. 106 shows a side view of a simple key which can be put anywhere +in the circuit, one end of the cut wire being attached to X and the +other to Y. By moving the lever C up and down according to a previously +arranged set of signals, a current will be allowed to pass to a +distant station. As X and Y are insulated from each other, the current +can pass only when C presses against Y. + +Fig. 107 shows a regular key, with switch, which is used to allow the +current to pass through the instrument when receiving a message. + +[Illustration: Fig. 107.] + +=110. Telegraph Sounders= receive the current from some distant +station, and with its electromagnet produce sounds that can be +translated into messages. + +[Illustration: Fig. 108.] + +Fig. 108 shows simply an electromagnet H, the coil being connected in +series with a key K and a cell D C. The key and D C are shown by a top +view. The lever of K does not touch the other metal strap until it is +pressed down. A little above the core of H is held a strip of iron, on +armature I. As soon as the circuit is closed at K, the current rushes +through the circuit, and the core attracts I making a distinct _click_. +As soon as K is raised, I springs away from the core, if it has been +properly held. In regular instruments a click is also made when the +armature springs back again. + +The time between the two clicks can be short or long, to represent +_dots_ or _dashes_, which, together with _spaces_, represent letters. +(For Telegraph Alphabet and complete directions for home-made keys, +sounders, etc., see "Apparatus Book," Chapter XIV.) + +[Illustration: Fig. 109.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 110.] + +Fig. 109 shows a form of home-made sounder. Fig. 110 shows one form of +telegraph sounder. Over the poles of the horseshoe electromagnet is an +armature fixed to a metal bar that can rock up and down. The instant +the current passes through the coils the armature comes down until a +stop-screw strikes firmly upon the metal frame, making the down click. +As soon as the distant key is raised, the armature is firmly pulled +back and another click is made. The two clicks differ in sound, and can +be readily recognized by the operator. + +=111. Connections for Simple Line.= Fig. 111 shows complete connections +for a home-made telegraph line. The capital letters are used for the +right side, R, and small letters for the left side, L. Gravity cells, +B and b, are used. The _sounders_, S and s, and the _keys_, K and k, +are shown by a top view. The broad black lines of S and s represent the +armatures which are directly over the electromagnets. The keys have +switches, E and e. + +The two stations, R and L, may be in the same room, or in different +houses. The _return wire_, R W, passes from the copper of b to the zinc +of B. This is important, as the cells must help each other; that is, +they are in series. The _line wire_, L W, passes from one station to +the other, and the return may be through the wire, R W, or through the +earth; but for short lines a wire is best. + +[Illustration: Fig. 111.] + +=112. Operation of Simple Line.= Suppose two boys, R (right) and L +(left) have a line. Fig. 111 shows that R's switch, E, is open, while +e is closed. The entire circuit, then, is broken at but one point. As +soon as R presses his key, the circuit is closed, and the current from +both cells rushes around from B, through K, S, L W, s, k, b, R W, and +back to B. This makes the armatures of S and s come down with a click +at the same time. As soon as the key is raised, the armatures lift and +make the up-click. As soon as R has finished, he closes his switch E. +As the armatures are then held down, L knows that R has finished, so +he opens his switch e, and answers R. Both E and e are closed when the +line is not in use, so that either can open his switch at any time and +call up the other. Closed circuit cells must be used for such lines. On +very large lines dynamos are used to furnish the current. + +=113. The Relay.= Owing to the large resistance of long telegraph +lines, the current is weak when it reaches a distant station, and not +strong enough to work an ordinary sounder. To get around this, relays +are used; these are very delicate instruments that replace the sounder +in the line wire circuit. Their coils are usually wound with many turns +of fine wire, so that a feeble current will move its nicely adjusted +armature. The relay armature merely acts as an automatic key to open +and close a local circuit which includes a battery and sounder. The +line current does not enter the sounder; it passes back from the relay +to the sending station through the earth. + +[Illustration: Fig. 112.] + +Fig. 112 gives an idea of simple relay connections. The key K, and +cell D C, represent a distant sending station. E is the electromagnet +of the relay, and R A is its armature. L W and R W represent the line +and return wires. R A will vibrate toward E every time K is pressed, +and close the local circuit, which includes a local battery, L B, and +a sounder. It is evident that as soon as K is pressed the sounder will +work with a good strong click, as the local battery can be made as +strong as desired. + +Fig. 113 shows a regular instrument which opens and closes the local +circuit at the top of the armature. + +[Illustration: Fig. 113.] + +=114. Ink Writing Registers= are frequently used instead of sounders. +Fig. 114 shows a writing register that starts itself promptly at the +opening of the circuit, and stops automatically as soon as the circuit +returns to its normal condition. A strip of narrow paper is slowly +pulled from the reel by the machine, a mark being made upon it every +time the armature of an inclosed electromagnet is attracted. When the +circuit is simply closed for an instant, a short line, representing a +_dot_, is made. + +Registers are built both single pen and double pen. In the latter case, +as the record of one wire is made with a fine pen, and the other with +a coarse pen, they can always be identified. The record being blocked +out upon white tape in solid black color, in a series of clean-cut dots +and dashes, it can be read at a glance, and as it is indelible, it may +be read years afterward. Registers are made for local circuits, for +use in connection with relays, or for direct use on main lines, as is +usually desirable in fire-alarm circuits. + +[Illustration: Fig. 114.] + + + + +CHAPTER XV. + +THE ELECTRIC BELL AND SOME OF ITS USES. + + +[Illustration: Fig. 115.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 116.] + +=115. Automatic Current Interrupters= are used on most common bells, +as well as on induction coils, etc. (See § 104.) Fig. 115 shows a +simple form of interrupter. The wire 1, from a cell D C, is joined to +an iron strip I a short distance from its end. The other wire from D C +passes to one end of the electromagnet coil H. The remaining end of H +is placed in contact with I as shown, completing the circuit. As soon +as the current passes, I is pulled down and away from the upper wire +2, breaking the circuit. I, being held by its left-hand end firmly in +the hand, immediately springs back to its former position, closing the +circuit again. This action is repeated, the rapidity of the vibrations +depending somewhat upon the position of the wires on I. In regular +instruments a platinum point is used where the circuit is broken; this +stands the sparking when the armature vibrates. + +=116. Electric Bells= may be illustrated by referring to Fig. 116, +which shows a circuit similar to that described in § 115, but which +also contains a key K, in the circuit. This allows the circuit to +be opened and closed at a distance from the vibrating armature. The +circuit must not be broken at two places at the same time, so wires +should touch at the end of I before pressing K. Upon pressing K the +armature I will vibrate rapidly. By placing a small bell near the end +of the vibrating armature, so that it will be struck by I at each +vibration, we should have a simple electric bell. This form of electric +bell is called a _trembling_ bell, on account of its vibrating armature. + +[Illustration: Fig. 117.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 118.] + +Fig. 117 shows a form of trembling bell with cover removed. Fig. 118 +shows a _single-stroke_ bell, used for fire-alarms and other signal +work. In this the armature is attracted but once each time the current +passes. As many taps of the bell can be given as desired by pressing +the push-button. Fig. 119 shows a gong for railway crossings, signals, +etc. Fig. 120 shows a circuit including cell, push-button, and bell, +with extra wire for lengthening the line. + +[Illustration: Fig. 119.] + +_Electro-Mechanical Gongs_ are used to give loud signals for special +purposes. The mechanical device is started by the electric current when +the armature of the electromagnet is attracted. Springs, weights, etc., +are used as the power. Fig. 121 shows a small bell of this kind. + +[Illustration: Fig. 120.] + +=117. Magneto Testing Bells=, Fig. 122, are really small hand-power +dynamos. The armature is made to revolve between the poles of strong +permanent magnets, and it is so wound that it gives a current with a +large E. M. F., so that it can ring through the large resistance of a +long line to test it. + +_Magneto Signal Bells_, Fig. 123, are used as generator and bell in +connection with telephones. The generator, used to ring a bell at a +distant station, stands at the bottom of the box. The bell is fastened +to the lid, and receives current from a distant bell. + +[Illustration: Fig. 121.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 122.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 123.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 124.] + +=118. Electric Buzzers= have the same general construction as electric +bells; in fact, you will have a buzzer by removing the bell from an +ordinary electric bell. Buzzers are used in places where the loud sound +of a bell would be objectionable. Fig. 124 shows the usual form of +buzzers, the cover being removed. + + + + +CHAPTER XVI. + +THE TELEPHONE, AND HOW IT TRANSMITS SPEECH. + + +=119. The Telephone= is an instrument for reproducing sounds at a +distance, and electricity is the agent by which this is generally +accomplished. The part spoken to is called the _transmitter_, and +the part which gives sound out again is called the _receiver_. Sound +itself does not pass over the line. While the same apparatus can be +used for both transmitter and receiver, they are generally different in +construction to get the best results. + +[Illustration: Fig. 125.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 126.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 127.] + +=120. The Bell or Magneto-transmitter= generates its own current, and +is, strictly speaking, a dynamo that is run by the voice. It depends +upon induction for its action. + +[Illustration: Fig. 128.] + +Fig. 125 shows a coil of wire, H, with soft iron core, the ends of the +wires being connected to a delicate galvanoscope. If one pole of the +magnet H M be suddenly moved up and down near the core, an alternating +current will be generated in the coil, the circuit being completed +through the galvanoscope. As H M approaches the core the current will +flow in one direction, and as H M is withdrawn it will pass in the +opposite direction. The combination makes a miniature alternating +dynamo. + +[Illustration: Fig. 129.] + +If we imagine the soft iron core of H, Fig. 125, taken out, and one +pole of H M, or preferably that of a bar magnet stuck through the coil, +a feeble current will also be produced by moving the soft iron back and +forth near the magnet's pole. This is really what is done in the Bell +transmitter, soft iron in the shape of a thin disc (D, Fig. 126) being +made to vibrate by the voice immediately in front of a coil having +a permanent magnet for a core. The disc, or _diaphragm_, as it is +called, is fixed near, but it does not touch, the magnet. It is under +a constant strain, being attracted by the magnet, so its slightest +movement changes the strength of the magnetic field, causing more or +less lines of force to shoot through the turns of the coil and induce a +current. The coil consists of many turns of fine, insulated wire. The +current generated is an alternating one, and although exceedingly small +can force its way through a long length of wire. + +[Illustration: Fig. 130.] + +Fig. 127 shows a section of a regular transmitter, and Fig. 128 a form +of compound magnet frequently used in the transmitter. Fig. 129 shows a +transmitter with cords which contain flexible wires. + +[Illustration: Fig. 131.] + +=121. The Receiver=, for short lines, may have the same construction as +the Bell transmitter. Fig. 130 shows a diagram of two Bell receivers, +either being used as the transmitter and the other as the receiver. +As the alternating current goes to the distant receiver, it flies +through the coil first in one direction and then in the other. This +alternately strengthens and weakens the magnetic field near the +diaphragm, causing it to vibrate back and forth as the magnet pulls +more or less. The receiver diaphragm repeats the vibrations in the +transmitter. Nothing but the induced electric current passes over the +wires. + +[Illustration: Fig. 132.] + +=122. The Microphone.= If a current of electricity be allowed to +pass through a circuit like that shown in Fig. 131, which includes a +battery, a Bell receiver, and a microphone, any slight sound near the +microphone will be greatly magnified in the receiver. The microphone +consists of pieces of carbon so fixed that they form loose contacts. +Any slight movement of the carbon causes the resistance to the current +to be greatly changed. The rapidly varying resistance allows more or +less current to pass, the result being that this pulsating current +causes the diaphragm to vibrate. The diaphragm has a constantly varying +pull upon it when the carbons are in any way disturbed by the voice, or +by the ticking of a watch, etc. This principle has been made use of in +carbon transmitters, which are made in a large variety of forms. + +[Illustration: Fig. 133.] + +=123. The Carbon Transmitter= does not, in itself, generate a +current like the magneto-transmitter; it merely produces changes in +the strength of a current that flows through it and that comes from +some outside source. In Fig. 132, X and Y are two carbon buttons, X +being attached to the diaphragm D. Button Y presses gently against X, +allowing a little current to pass through the circuit which includes +a battery, D C, and a receiver, R. When D is caused to vibrate by the +voice, X is made to press more or less against Y, and this allows more +or less current to pass through the circuit. This direct undulating +current changes the pull upon the diaphragm of R, causing it to vibrate +and reproduce the original sounds spoken into the transmitter. In +regular lines, of course, a receiver and transmitter are connected at +each end, together with bells, etc., for signaling. + +[Illustration: Fig. 134.] + +=124. Induction Coils in Telephone Work.= As the resistance of long +telephone lines is great, a high electrical pressure, or E.M.F. is +desired. While the current from one or two cells is sufficient to work +the transmitter properly, and cause undulating currents in the short +line, it does not have power enough to force its way over a long line. + +To get around this difficulty, an induction coil, Fig. 133, is used +to transform the battery current, that flows through the carbon +transmitter and primary coil, into a current with a high E. M. F. The +battery current in the primary coil is undulating, but always passes in +the same direction, making the magnetic field around the core weaker +and stronger. This causes an alternating current in the secondary coil +and main line. In Fig. 133 P and S represent the primary and secondary +coils. P is joined in series with a cell and carbon transmitter; S +is joined to the distant receiver. One end of S can be grounded, the +current completing the circuit through the earth and into the receiver +through another wire entering the earth. + +[Illustration: Fig. 135.] + +=125. Various forms= of telephones are shown in Figs. 134, 135, 136. +Fig. 134 shows a form of desk telephone; Fig. 135 shows a common form +of wall telephone; Fig. 136 shows head-telephones for switchboard +operators. + +[Illustration: Fig. 136.] + + + + +CHAPTER XVII. + +HOW ELECTRICITY IS GENERATED BY DYNAMOS. + + +=126. The Dynamo=, _Dynamo-Electric Machine_ or _Generator_, is a +machine for converting mechanical energy into an electric current, +through electromagnetic induction. The dynamo is a machine that will +convert steam power, for example, into an electric current. Strictly +speaking, a dynamo creates electrical pressure, or electromotive force, +and not electricity, just as a force-pump creates water-pressure, and +not water. They are generally run by steam or water power. + +[Illustration: Fig. 137.] + +=127. Induced Currents.= We have already spoken about currents being +induced by moving a coil of wire in a magnetic field. We shall now +see how this principle is used in the dynamo which is a generator of +induced currents. + +[Illustration: Fig. 138.] + +Fig. 137 shows how a current can be generated by a bar magnet and +a coil of wire. Fig. 138 shows how a current can be generated by a +horseshoe magnet and a coil of wire having an iron core. The ends of +the coil are to be connected to an astatic galvanoscope; this forms a +closed circuit. The coil may be moved past the magnet, or the magnet +past the coil. + +[Illustration: Fig. 139.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 140.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 141.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 142.] + +Fig. 139 shows how a current can be generated by two coils, H being +connected to an astatic galvanoscope and E to a battery. By suddenly +bringing E toward H or the core of E past that of H, a current is +produced. We have in this arrangement the main features of a dynamo. +We can reverse the operation, holding E in one position and moving H +rapidly toward it. In this case H would represent the armature and E +the field-magnet. When H is moved toward E, the induced current in H +flows in one direction, and when H is suddenly withdrawn from E the +current is reversed in H. (See "Study," Chapter XXV., for experiments.) + +[Illustration: Fig. 143.] + +=128. Induced Currents by Rotary Motion.= The motions of the coils in +straight lines are not suitable for producing currents strong enough +for commercial purposes. In order to generate currents of considerable +strength and pressure, the coils of wire have to be pushed past +magnets, or electromagnets, with great speed. In the dynamo the coils +are so wound that they can be given a rapid rotary motion as they fly +past strong electromagnets. In this way the coil can keep on passing +the same magnets, in the same direction, as long as force is applied to +the shaft that carries them. + +[Illustration: Fig. 144.] + +=129. Field-Magnets; Armature; Commutator.= What we need then, to +produce an induced current by a rotary motion, is a strong magnetic +field, a rotating coil of wire properly placed in the field, and some +means of leading the current from the machine. + +[Illustration: Fig. 145.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 146.] + +If a loop of wire, Fig. 140, be so arranged on bearings at its ends +that it can be made to revolve, a current will flow through it in +one direction during one-half of the revolution, and in the opposite +direction during the other half, it being insulated from all external +conductors. This agrees with the experiments suggested in § 127, when +the current generated in a coil passed in one direction during its +motion _toward_ the strongest part of the field, and in the opposite +direction when the coil passed _out_ of it. A coil must be cut by +lines of force to generate a current. A current inside of the machine, +as in Fig. 140, would be of no value; it must be led out to external +conductors where it can do work. Some sort of sliding contact is +necessary to connect a revolving conductor with outside stationary +ones. The magnet, called the _field-magnet_, is merely to furnish lines +of magnetic force. The one turn of wire represents the simplest form of +_armature_. + +Fig. 141 shows the ends of a coil joined to two rings, X, Y, insulated +from each other, and rotating with the coil. The two stationary pieces +of carbon, A, B, called _brushes_, press against the rings, and to +these are joined wires, which complete the circuit, and which lead out +where the current can do work. The arrows show the direction of the +current during one-half of a revolution. The rings form a _collector_, +and this arrangement gives an _alternating current_. + +[Illustration: Fig. 147.] + +In Fig. 142 the ends of the coil are joined to the two halves of a +cylinder. These halves, X and Y, are insulated from each other, and +from the axis. The current flows from X onto the brush A, through some +external circuit, to do the work, and thence back through brush B onto +Y. By the time that Y gets around to A, the direction of the current in +the loop has reversed, so that it passes toward Y, but it still enters +the outside circuit through A, because Y is then in contact with A. +This device is called a _commutator_, and it allows a constant or +_direct current_ to leave the machine. + +[Illustration: Fig. 148.] + +In regular machines, the field-magnets are electromagnets, the whole +or a part of the current from the dynamo passing around them on its +way out, to excite them and make a powerful field between the poles. +To lessen the resistance to the lines of force on their way from the +N to the S pole of the field-magnets, the armature coils are wound on +an iron core; this greatly increases the strength of the field, as +the lines of force have to jump across but two small air-gaps. There +are many loops of wire on regular armatures, and many segments to the +commutator, carefully insulated from each other, each getting its +current from the coil attached to it. + +=130. Types of Dynamos.= While there is an almost endless number of +different makes and shapes of dynamos, they may be divided into two +great types; the _continuous_ or _direct current_, and the _alternating +current_ dynamo. Direct current machines give out a current which +constantly flows in one direction, and this is because a commutator is +used. Alternating currents come from collectors or rings, as shown in +Fig. 141; and as an alternating current cannot be used to excite the +fields, an outside current from a small direct current machine must be +used. These are called exciters. + +[Illustration: Fig. 149.] + +In direct current machines enough residual magnetism is left in the +field to induce a slight current in the armature when the machine is +started. This immediately adds strength to the field-magnets, which, in +turn, induce a stronger current in the armature. + +=131. Winding of Dynamos.= There are several ways of winding dynamos, +depending upon the special uses to be made of the current. + +The _series wound_ dynamo, Fig. 143, is so arranged that the entire +current passes around the field-magnet cores on its way from the +machine. In the _shunt wound_ dynamo, Fig. 144, a part, only, of the +current from the machine is carried around the field-magnet cores +through many turns of fine wire. The _compound wound_ dynamo is really +a combination of the two methods just given. In _separately-excited_ +dynamos, the current from a separate machine is used to excite the +field-magnets. + +=132. Various Machines.= Fig. 145 shows a hand power dynamo +which produces a current for experimental work. Fig. 146 shows a +magneto-electrical generator which produces a current for medical use. +Figs. 147, 148 show forms of dynamos, and Fig. 149 shows how arc lamps +are connected in series to dynamos. + +[Illustration] + + + + +CHAPTER XVIII. + +HOW THE ELECTRIC CURRENT IS TRANSFORMED. + + +=133. Electric Current and Work.= The amount of work a current can do +depends upon two factors; the strength (amperes), and the pressure, +or E. M. F. (volts). A current of 10 amperes with a pressure of 1,000 +volts = 10 × 1,000 = 10,000 watts. This furnishes the same amount of +energy as a current of 50 amperes at 200 volts; 50 × 200 = 10,000 watts. + +=134. Transmission of Currents.= It is often necessary to carry a +current a long distance before it is used. A current of 50 amperes +would need a copper conductor 25 times as large (sectional area) as one +to carry the 10 ampere current mentioned in § 133. As copper conductors +are very expensive, electric light companies, etc., generally try to +carry the current on as small a wire as possible. To do this, the +voltage is kept high, and the amperage low. Thus, as seen in § 133, +the current of 1,000 volts and 10 amperes could be carried on a much +smaller wire than the other current of equal energy. A current of +1,000 volts, however, is not adapted for lights, etc., so it has to be +changed to lower voltage by some form of transformer before it can be +used. + +=135. Transformers=, like induction coils, are instruments for changing +the E. M. F. and strength of currents. There is very little loss of +energy in well-made transformers. They consist of two coils of wire on +one core; in fact, an induction coil may be considered a transformer, +but in this a direct current has to be interrupted. If the secondary +coil has 100 times as many turns of wire as the primary, a current of +100 volts can be taken from the secondary coil when the primary current +is but 1 volt; but the _strength_ (amperes) of this new current will be +but one-hundredth that of the primary current. + +By using the coil of fine wire as the primary, we can lower the voltage +and increase the strength in the same proportion. + +[Illustration: Fig. 150.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 151.] + +Fig. 150 shows about the simplest form of transformer with a solid iron +core, on which are wound two coils, the one, P, being the primary, and +the other, S, the secondary. Fig. 151 shows the general appearance of +one make of transformer. The operation of this apparatus, as already +mentioned, is to reduce the high pressure alternating current sent out +over the conductors from the dynamo, to a potential at which it can +be employed with convenience and safety, for illumination and other +purposes. They consist of two or more coils of wire most carefully +insulated from one another. A core or magnetic circuit of soft iron, +composed of very thin punchings, is then formed around these coils, +the purpose of the iron core being to reduce the magnetic resistance +and increase the inductive effect. One set of these coils is connected +with the primary or high-pressure wires, while the other set, which are +called the secondary coils, is connected to the house or low-pressure +wires, or wherever the current is required for use. The rapidly +alternating current impulses in the primary or high-pressure wires +induce secondary currents similar in form but opposite in direction +in the secondary coils. These current impulses are of a much lower +pressure, depending upon the ratio of the number of turns of wire +in the respective coils, it being customary to wind transformers in +such a manner as to reduce from 1,000 or 2,000-volt primaries to 50 +or 100-volt secondaries, at which voltage the secondary current is +perfectly harmless. + +[Illustration: Fig. 152.] + +=136. Motor-Dynamos.= Fig. 152. These consist essentially of two +belt-type machines on a common base, direct coupled together, one +machine acting as a motor to receive current at a certain voltage, +and the other acting as a dynamo to give out the current usually +at a different voltage. As they transform current from one voltage +to another, motor-dynamos are sometimes called Double Field Direct +Current Transformers. The larger sizes have three bearings, one bearing +being between the two machines, while the smaller sizes have but two +bearings, the two armatures being fastened to a common spider. + +[Illustration: Fig. 153.] + +_Applications._ The uses to which motor-dynamos are put are very +various. They are extensively used in the larger sizes as "Boosters," +for giving the necessary extra force on long electric supply circuits +to carry the current to the end with the same pressure as that which +reaches the ends of the shorter circuits from the station. + +Motor-dynamos have the advantage over dynamotors, described later, of +having the secondary voltage easily and economically varied over wide +ranges by means of a regulator in the dynamo field. + +=137. Dynamotors.= Fig. 153. In Dynamotors the motor and dynamo +armatures are combined in one, thus requiring a single field only. +The primary armature winding, which operates as a motor to drive the +machine, and the secondary or dynamo winding, which operates as a +generator to produce a new current, are upon the same armature core, +so that the armature reaction of one winding neutralizes that of the +other. They therefore have no tendency to spark, and do not require +shifting of the brushes with varying load. Having but one field and two +bearings, they are also more efficient than motor-dynamos. + +_Applications._ They have largely displaced batteries for telegraph +work. The size shown, occupying a space of about 8-inch cube, and +having an output of 40 watts, will displace about 800 gravity cells, +occupying a space of about 10 feet cube. The cost of maintenance of +such a battery per year, exclusive of rent, is about $800, whereas the +1-6 dynamotor can be operated at an annual expense of $150. + +Dynamotors are largely used by telephone companies for charging storage +batteries, and for transforming from direct to alternating current, for +ringing telephone bells. Electro-cautery, electroplating, and electric +heating also give use to dynamotors. + + + + +CHAPTER XIX. + +HOW ELECTRIC CURRENTS ARE DISTRIBUTED FOR USE. + + +[Illustration: Fig. 154.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 155.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 156.] + +=138. Conductors and Insulators.= To carry the powerful current from +the generating station to distant places where it is to give heat, +power, or light, or even to carry the small current of a single cell +from one room to another, _conductors_ must be used. To keep the +current from passing into the earth before it reaches its destination +_insulators_ must be used. The form of conductors and insulators used +will depend upon the current and many other conditions. It should be +remembered that the current has to be carried to the lamp or motor, +through which it passes, and then back again to the dynamo, to form a +complete circuit. A break anywhere in the circuit stops the current. +Insulators are as important as conductors. + +[Illustration: Fig. 157.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 158.] + +=139. Mains, Service Wires, etc.= From the switchboard the current +flows out through the streets in large conductors, or _mains_, the +supply being kept up by the dynamos, just as water-pressure is kept up +by the constant working of pumps. Branches, called _service wires_, are +led off from the mains to supply houses or factories, one wire leading +the current into the house from one main, and a similar one leading it +out of the house again to the other main. + +[Illustration: Fig. 159.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 160.] + +In large buildings, pairs of wires, called _risers_, branch out from +the service wires and carry the current up through the building. These +have still other branches--_floor mains_, _etc._, that pass through +halls, etc., smaller branches finally reaching the lamps. The sizes of +all of these wires depend upon how much current has to pass through +them. The mains in large cities are usually placed underground. In some +places they are carried on poles. + +[Illustration: Fig. 161.] + +=140. Electric Conduits= are underground passages for electric wires, +cables, etc. There are several ways of insulating the conductors. +Sometimes they are placed in earthenware or iron tubes, or in wood that +has been treated to make it water-proof. At short distances are placed +man-holes, where the different lengths are joined, and where branches +are attached. + +[Illustration: Fig. 162.] + +Fig. 154 shows creosoted wooden pipes; Fig. 155 shows another form of +wooden pipe. Fig. 156 shows a coupling-box used to join Edison tubes. +The three wires, used in the three-wire system, are insulated from each +other, the whole being surrounded by an iron pipe of convenient length +for handling. Fig. 157 shows sections of man-holes and various devices +used in conduit work. + +[Illustration: Fig. 163.] + +=141. Miscellaneous Appliances.= When the current enters a house for +incandescent lighting purposes, for example, quite a number of things +are necessary. To measure the current a meter is usually placed in the +cellar. In new houses the insulated conductors are usually run through +some sort of tube which acts as a double protection, all being hidden +from view. Fig. 158 shows a short length of iron tube with a lining of +insulating material. Wires are often run through tubes made of rubber +and various other insulating materials. + +Where the current is to be put into houses after the plastering has +been done, the wires are usually run through _mouldings_ or supported +by _cleats_. Fig. 159 shows a cross-section of moulding. The insulated +wires are placed in the slots, which are then covered. + +[Illustration: Fig. 164.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 165.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 166.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 167.] + +Fig. 160 shows a form of porcelain cleat. These are fastened to +ceilings or walls, and firmly hold the insulated wires in place. Fig. +161 shows a wood cleat. Fig. 162 shows small porcelain _insulators_. +These may be screwed to walls, etc., the wire being then fastened to +them. Fig. 163 shows how telegraph wires are supported and insulated. +Fig. 164 shows how wires may be carried by tree and insulated from them. + +[Illustration: Fig. 168.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 169.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 170.] + +=142. Safety Devices.= We have seen that when too large a current +passes through a wire, the wire becomes heated and may even be melted. +Buildings are wired to use certain currents, and if from any cause much +more current than the regular amount should suddenly pass through the +service wires into the house, the various smaller wires would become +overheated, and perhaps melt or start a fire. An accidental short +circuit, for example, would so reduce resistance that too much current +would suddenly rush through the wires. There are several devices by +which the over-heating of wires is obviated. + +[Illustration: Figs. 171 to 175.] + +Fig. 165 shows a _safety fuse_, or _safety cut-out_, which consists of +a short length of easily fusible wire, called _fuse wire_, placed in +the circuit and supported by a porcelain block. These wires are tested, +different sizes being used for different currents. As soon as there +is any tendency toward over-heating, the fuse _blows_; that is, it +promptly melts and opens the circuit before any damage can be done to +the regular conductors. Fig. 166 shows a cross-section of a _fuse plug_ +that can be screwed into an ordinary socket. The fuse wire is shown +black. + +Fig. 167 shows a _fuse link_. These are also of fusible material, and +so made that they can be firmly held under screw-heads. For heavy +currents _fuse ribbons_ are used, or several wires or links may be +used side by side. Fig. 168 shows a _fusible rosette_. Fig. 169 shows +two fuse wires fixed between screw-heads, the current passing through +them in opposite directions, both sides of the circuit being included. +Fig. 170 shows various forms of cut-outs. + +[Illustration: Fig. 176.] + +=143. Wires and Cables= are made in many sizes. Figs. 171 to 175 show +various ways of making small conductors. They are made very flexible, +for some purposes, by twisting many small copper wires together, the +whole being then covered with insulating material. + +[Illustration: Fig. 177.] + +Figs. 176, 177, show sections of submarine cables. Such cables consist +of copper conductors insulated with pure gutta-percha. These are then +surrounded by hempen yarn or other elastic material, and around the +whole are placed galvanized iron armor wires for protection. Each core, +or conductor, contains a conductor consisting of a single copper wire +or a strand of three or more twisted copper wires. + +=144. Lamp Circuits.= As has been noted before, in order to have the +electric current do its work, we must have a complete circuit. The +current must be brought back to the dynamo, much of it, of course, +having been used to produce light, heat, power, etc. For lighting +purposes this is accomplished in two principal ways. + +[Illustration: Fig. 178.] + +Fig. 178 shows a number of lamps so arranged, "in series," that the +same current passes through them all, one after the other. The total +resistance of the circuit is large, as all of the lamp resistances are +added together. + +[Illustration: Fig. 179.] + +Fig. 179 shows lamps arranged side by side, or "in parallel," between +the two main wires. The current divides, a part going through each lamp +that operates. The total resistance of the circuit is not as large +as in the series arrangement, as the current has many small paths in +going from one main wire to the other. Fig. 179 also shows the ordinary +_two-wire system_ for incandescent lighting, the two main wires having +usually a difference of potential equal to 50 or 110 volts. These +comparatively small pressures require fairly large conductors. + +_The Three-Wire System_, Fig. 180, uses the current from two dynamos, +arranged with three main wires. While the total voltage is 220, one of +the wires being neutral, 110 volts can be had for ordinary lamps. This +voltage saves in the cost of conductors. + +[Illustration: Fig. 180.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 181.] + +_The Alternating System_, Fig. 181, uses transformers. The high +potential of the current allows small main wires, from which branches +can be run to the primary coil of the transformer. The secondary coil +sends out an induced current of 50 or 110 volts, while that in the +primary may be 1,000 to 10,000 volts. + + + + +CHAPTER XX. + +HOW HEAT IS PRODUCED BY THE ELECTRIC CURRENT. + + +=145. Resistance and Heat.= We have seen that all wires and conductors +offer resistance to the electric current. The smaller the wire the +greater its resistance. Whenever resistance is offered to the current, +heat is produced. By proper appliances, the heat of resistance can be +used to advantage for many commercial enterprises. Dynamos are used to +generate the current for heating and lighting purposes. + +[Illustration: Fig. 182.] + +Fig. 182 shows how the current from two strong cells can be used to +heat a short length of very fine platinum or German-silver wire. +The copper conductors attached to the cells do not offer very much +resistance. + +It will be seen from the above that in all electrical work the sizes +of the wires used have to be such that they do not overheat. The coils +of dynamos, motors, transformers, ampere-meters, etc., etc., become +somewhat heated by the currents passing through them, great care being +taken that they are properly designed and ventilated so that they will +not burn out. + +[Illustration: Fig. 183.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 184.] + +=146. Electric Welding.= Fig. 183 shows one form of electric welding +machine. The principle involved in the art of electric welding is +that of causing currents of electricity to pass through the abutting +ends of the pieces of metal which are to be welded, thereby generating +heat at the point of contact, which also becomes the point of greatest +resistance, while at the same time mechanical pressure is applied +to force the parts together. As the current heats the metal at the +junction to the welding temperature, the pressure follows up the +softening surface until a complete union or weld is effected; and, as +the heat is first developed in the interior of the parts to be welded, +the interior of the joint is as efficiently united as the visible +exterior. With such a method and apparatus, it is found possible to +accomplish not only the common kinds of welding of iron and steel, but +also of metals which have heretofore resisted attempts at welding, and +have had to be brazed or soldered. + +[Illustration: Figs. 185 to 189.] + +The introduction of the electric transformer enables enormous currents +to be so applied to the weld as to spend their energy just at the point +where heating is required. They need, therefore, only to be applied +for a few seconds, and the operation is completed before the heat +generated at the weld has had time to escape by conduction to any other +part. + +Although the quantity of the current so employed in the pieces to be +welded is enormous, the potential at which it is applied is extremely +low, not much exceeding that of the batteries of cells used for ringing +electric bells in houses. + +[Illustration: Fig. 190.] + +=147. Miscellaneous Applications.= Magneto Blasting Machines are now +in very common use for blasting rocks, etc. Fig. 184 shows one, it +being really a small hand dynamo, occupying less than one-half a cubic +foot of space. The armature is made to revolve rapidly between the +poles of the field-magnet by means of a handle that works up and down. +The current is carried by wires from the binding-posts to fuses. The +heat generated by resistance in the fuse ignites the powder or other +explosive. + +_Electric soldering irons_, _flat-irons_, _teakettles_, _griddles_, +_broilers_, _glue pots_, _chafing-dishes_, _stoves_, etc., etc., are +now made. Figs. 185 to 189 show some of these applications. The coils +for producing the resistance are inclosed in the apparatus. + +[Illustration: Fig. 191.] + +Fig. 190 shows a complete electric kitchen. Any kettle or part of the +outfit can be made hot by simply turning a switch. Fig. 191 shows an +electric heater placed under a car seat. Many large industries that +make use of the heating effects of the current are now being carried +on. + + + + +CHAPTER XXI. + +HOW LIGHT IS PRODUCED BY THE INCANDESCENT LAMP. + + +[Illustration: Fig. 192.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 193.] + +=148. Incandescence.= We have just seen that the electric current +produces heat when it flows through a conductor that offers +considerable resistance to it. As soon as this was discovered men +began to experiment to find whether a practical light could also be +produced. It was found that a wire could be kept hot by constantly +passing a current through it, and that the light given out from it +became whiter and whiter as the wire became hotter. The wire was said +to be _incandescent_, or glowing with heat. As metal wires are good +conductors of electricity, they had to be made extremely fine to offer +enough resistance; too fine, in fact, to be properly handled. + +=149. The Incandescent Lamp.= Many substances were experimented upon +to find a proper material out of which could be made a _filament_ +that would give the proper resistance and at the same time be strong +and lasting. It was found that hair-like pieces of carbon offered the +proper resistance to the current. When heated in the air, however, +carbon burns; so it became necessary to place the carbon filaments in a +globe from which all the air had been pumped before passing the current +through them. This proved to be a success. + +[Illustration: Fig. 194.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 195.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 196.] + +Fig. 192 shows the ordinary form of lamp. The _carbon filament_ is +attached, by carbon paste, to short platinum wires that are sealed in +the glass, their lower ends being connected to short copper wires that +are joined to the terminals of the lamp. When the lamp is screwed +into its socket, the current can pass up one side of the filament +and down the other. The filaments used have been made of every form +of carbonized vegetable matter. Bamboo has been largely used, fine +strips being cut by dies and then heated in air-tight boxes containing +fine carbon until they were thoroughly carbonized. This baking of the +bamboo produces a tough fiber of carbon. Various forms of thread have +been carbonized and used. Filaments are now made by pressing finely +pulverized carbon, with a binding material, through small dies. The +filaments are made of such sizes and lengths that will adapt them to +the particular current with which they are to be used. The longer the +filament, the greater its resistance, and the greater the voltage +necessary to push the current through it. + +[Illustration: Fig. 197.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 198.] + +After the filaments are properly attached, the air is pumped from the +bulb or globe. This is done with some form of mercury pump, and the air +is so thoroughly removed from the bulb that about one-millionth only of +the original air remains. Before sealing off the lamp, a current is +passed through the filament to drive out absorbed air and gases, and +these are carried away by the pump. By proper treatment the filaments +have a uniform resistance throughout, and glow uniformly when the +current passes. + +[Illustration: Fig. 199.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 200.] + +=150. Candle-Power.= A lamp is said to have 4, 8, 16 or more +candle-power. A 16-candle-power lamp, for example, means one that will +give as much light as sixteen standard candles. A standard sperm candle +burns two grains a minute. The candle-power of a lamp can be increased +by forcing a strong current through it, but this shortens its life. + +_The Current_ used for incandescent lamps has to be strong enough to +force its way through the filament and produce a heat sufficient to +give a good light. The usual current has 50 or 110 volts, although +small lamps are made that can be run by two or three cells. If the +voltage of the current is less than that for which the lamp was made, +the light will be dim. The filament can be instantly burned out by +passing a current of too high pressure through it. + +Even with the proper current, lamps soon begin to deteriorate, as small +particles of carbon leave the filament and cling to the glass. This is +due to the evaporation, and it makes the filament smaller, and a higher +pressure is then needed to force the current through the increased +resistance; besides this, the darkened bulb does not properly let the +light out. The current may be direct or alternating. + +[Illustration: Fig. 201.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 202.] + +=151. The Uses= to which incandescent lamps are put are almost +numberless. Fig. 193 shows a decorative lamp. Fancy lamps are made in +all colors. Fig. 194 shows a conic candle lamp, to imitate a candle. +What corresponds to the body of the candle (see figure B to C) is a +delicately tinted opal glass tube surmounted (see figure A to B) by a +finely proportioned conic lamp with frosted globe. C to D in the figure +represents the regular base, and thus the relative proportions of the +parts are shown. Fig. 195 shows another form of candelabra lamp. Fig. +196 shows small dental lamps. Fig. 197 shows a small lamp with mirror +for use in the throat. Fig. 198 shows lamp with half shade attached, +used for library tables. Fig. 199 shows an electric pendant for several +lamps, with shade. Fig. 200 shows a lamp guard. Fig. 201 shows a lamp +socket, into which the lamp is screwed. Fig. 202 shows incandescent +bulbs joined in parallel to the + and - mains. Fig. 203 shows how the +lamp cord can be adjusted to desired length. Fig. 204 shows a lamp +with reflector placed on a desk. Fig. 205 shows a form of shade and +reflector. + +[Illustration: Fig. 203.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 204.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 205.] + + + + +CHAPTER XXII. + +HOW LIGHT IS PRODUCED BY THE ARC LAMP. + + +=152. The Electric Arc.= When a strong current passes from one carbon +rod to another across an air-space, an _electric arc_ is produced. +When the ends of two carbon rods touch, a current can pass from one to +the other, but the imperfect contact causes resistance enough to heat +the ends red-hot. If the rods be separated slightly, the current will +continue to flow, as the intensely heated air and flying particles of +carbon reduce the resistance of the air-space. + +Fig. 206 shows two carbon rods which are joined to the two terminals +of a dynamo. The upper, or positive, carbon gradually wears away and +becomes slightly hollow. The heated _crater_, as it is called, is the +hottest part. The negative carbon becomes pointed. The arc will pass in +a vacuum, and even under water. + +[Illustration: Fig. 206.] + +As the electric arc is extremely hot, metals are easily vaporized in +it; in fact, even the carbon rods themselves slowly melt and vaporize. +This extreme heat is used for many industrial purposes. + +[Illustration: Fig. 207.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 208.] + +"The phenomenon of the electric arc was first noticed by Humphrey +Davy in 1800, and its explanation appears to be the following: Before +contact the difference of potential between the points is insufficient +to permit a spark to leap across even 1/10000 of an inch of air-space, +but when the carbons are made to touch, a current is established. +On separating the carbons, the momentary extra current due to +self-induction of the circuit, which possesses a high electromotive +force, can leap the short distance, and in doing so volatilizes a small +quantity of carbon between the points. Carbon vapor, being a partial +conductor, allows the current to continue to flow across the gap, +provided it be not too wide; but as the carbon vapor has a very high +resistance it becomes intensely heated by the passage of the current, +and the carbon points also grow hot. Since, however, solid matter is a +better radiator than gaseous matter, the carbon points emit far more +light than the arc itself, though they are not so hot. It is observed, +also, that particles of carbon are torn away from the + electrode, +which becomes hollowed out to a cup-shape, and some of these are +deposited on the - electrode." + +[Illustration: Fig. 209.] + +=153. Arc Lamps.= As the carbons gradually wear away, some device is +necessary to keep their ends the right distance apart. If they are too +near, the arc is very small; and if too far apart, the current can not +pass and the light goes out. The positive carbon gives the more intense +light and wears away about twice as fast as the - carbon, so it is +placed above the - carbon, to throw the light downwards. + +[Illustration: Fig. 210.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 211.] + +Arc lamps contain some device by which the proper distance between +the carbons can be kept. Most of them grip the upper carbon and pull +it far enough above the lower one to establish the arc. As soon as +the distance between them gets too great again, the grip on the upper +carbon is loosened, allowing the carbon to drop until it comes in +contact with the lower one, thus starting the current again. These +motions are accomplished by electromagnets. Fig. 207 shows a form of +arc lamp with _single carbons_ that will burn from 7 to 9 hours. + +[Illustration: Fig. 212.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 213.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 214.] + +Fig. 208 shows the mechanism by which the carbons are regulated. Fig. +209 shows a form of _double carbon_, or _all-night_ lamp, one set of +carbons being first used, the other set being automatically switched in +at the proper time. + +[Illustration: Fig. 215.] + +Figs. 210, 211 show forms of _short arc lamps_, for use under low +ceilings, so common in basements, etc. + +Fig. 212 shows a _hand-feed focussing_ type of _arc lamp_. In regular +street lamps, the upper carbon only is fed by mechanism, as it burns +away about twice as fast as the lower one, thus bringing the arc lower +and lower. When it is desired to keep the arc at the focus of a +reflector, both carbons must be fed. + +Fig. 213 shows a _theatre arc lamp_, used to throw a strong beam of +light from the balcony to the stage. + +Fig. 214 shows the arc lamp used as a search-light. The reflector +throws a powerful beam of light that can be seen for miles; in +fact, the light is used for signalling at night. Fig. 215 shows how +search-lights are used at night on war-vessels. + + + + +CHAPTER XXIII. + +X-RAYS, AND HOW THE BONES OF THE HUMAN BODY ARE PHOTOGRAPHED. + + +[Illustration: Fig. 216.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 217.] + +=154. Disruptive Discharges.= We have seen, in the study of induction +coils, that a spark can jump several inches between the terminals +of the secondary coil. The attraction between the two oppositely +charged terminals gets so great that it overcomes the resistance of +the air-space between them, a brilliant spark passes, and they are +discharged. This sudden discharge is said to be _disruptive_, and it +is accompanied by a flash of light and a loud report. The _path_ of +the discharge may be nearly straight, or crooked, depending upon the +nature of the material in the gap between the terminals. + +[Illustration: Fig. 218.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 219.] + +=155. Effect of Air Pressure on Spark.= The disruptive spark takes +place in air at ordinary pressures. The nature of the spark is greatly +changed when the pressure of the air decreases. Fig. 216 shows an +air-tight glass tube so arranged that the air can be slowly removed +with an air-pump. The upper rod shown can be raised or lowered to +increase the distance between it and the lower rod, these acting as the +terminals of an induction coil. Before exhausting any air, the spark +will jump a small distance between the rods and act as in open air. As +soon as a small amount of air is removed, a change takes place. The +spark is not so intense and has no definite path, there being a general +glow throughout the tube. As the air pressure becomes still less, the +glow becomes brighter, until the entire tube is full of purple light +that is able to pass the entire length of it; that is, the discharge +takes place better in rarefied air than it does in ordinary air. + +=156. Vacuum-Tubes.= As electricity passes through rarefied gases much +easier than through ordinary air, regular tubes, called _vacuum-tubes_, +are made for such study. Fig. 217 shows a plain tube of this kind, +platinum terminals being fused in the glass for connections. These +tubes are often made in complicated forms, Fig. 218, with colored +glass, and are called _Geissler tubes_. They are often made in such a +way that the electrodes are in the shape of discs, etc., and are called +_Crookes tubes_, Fig. 219. A slight amount of gas is left in the tubes. + +[Illustration: Fig. 220.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 220-A.] + +=157. Cathode Rays.= The _cathode_ is the electrode of a vacuum-tube +by which the current leaves the tube, and it has been known for some +time that some kind of influence passes in straight lines from this +point. Shadows, Fig. 219, are cast by such rays, a screen being placed +in their path. + +=158. X-Rays.= Professor Roentgen of Würzburg discovered that when the +cathode rays are allowed to fall upon a solid body, the solid body +gives out still other rays which differ somewhat from the original +cathode rays. They can penetrate, more or less, through many bodies +that are usually considered opaque. The hand, for example, may be used +as a negative for producing a photograph of the bones, as the rays do +not pass equally well through flesh and bone. + +[Illustration: Fig. 221.] + +Fig. 220 shows a Crookes tube fitted with a metal plate, so that +the cathode rays coming from C will strike it. The X-rays are given +out from P. These rays are invisible and are even given out where +the cathode rays strike the glass. Some chemical compounds are made +luminous by these rays; so screens are made and coated with them in +order that the shadows produced by the X-rays can be seen by the +eye. Professor Roentgen named these the X-rays. Fig. 220-A shows a +_fluoroscope_ that contains a screen covered with proper chemicals. + +[Illustration: Fig. 222.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 223.] + +=159. X-Ray Photographs.= Bone does not allow the X-rays to pass +through it as readily as flesh, so if the hand be placed over a +sensitized photographic plate, Fig. 221, and proper connections be +made with the induction coil, etc., the hand acts as a photographic +negative. Upon developing the plate, as in ordinary photography, +a picture or shadow of the bones will be seen. Fig. 222 shows the +arrangement of battery, induction coil, focus tube, etc., for examining +the bones of the human body. + +Fig. 223 shows the bones of a fish. Such photographs have been very +valuable in discovering the location of bullets, needles, etc., that +have become imbedded in the flesh, as well as in locating breaks in the +bones. + + + + +CHAPTER XXIV. + +THE ELECTRIC MOTOR, AND HOW IT DOES WORK. + + +=160. Currents and Motion.= We have seen, Chapter XII., that when coils +of wire are rapidly moved across a strong magnetic field, a current +of electricity is generated. We have now to deal with the opposite of +this; that is, we are to study how _motion_ can be produced by allowing +a current of electricity to pass through the armature of a machine. + +[Illustration: Fig. 224.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 225.] + +Fig. 224 shows, by diagram, a coil H, suspended so that it can move +easily, its ends being joined to a current reverser, and this, in turn, +to a dry cell D C. A magnet, H M, will attract the core of H when +no current passes. When the current is allowed to pass first in one +direction and then in the opposite direction, by using the reverser, +the core of H will jump back and forth from one pole of H M to the +other. There are many ways by which motion can be produced by the +current, but to have it practical, the motion must be a rotary one. +(See "Study," Chapter XXVI., for numerous experiments.) + +[Illustration: Fig. 226.] + +=161. The Electric Motor= is a machine for transforming electric +energy into mechanical power. The construction of motors is very +similar to that of dynamos. They have field-magnets, armature coils, +commutator, etc.; in fact, the armature of an ordinary direct current +dynamo will revolve if a current be passed through it, entering by one +brush and leaving by the other. There are many little differences of +construction, for mechanical and electrical reasons, but we may say +that the general construction of dynamos and motors is the same. + +Fig. 225 shows a coil of wire, the ends of which are connected to +copper and zinc plates. These plates are floated in dilute sulphuric +acid, and form a simple cell which sends a current through the wire, as +shown by the arrows. + +[Illustration: Fig. 227.] + +We have seen that a current-carrying wire has a magnetic field and +acts like a magnet; so it will be easily seen that if a magnet be held +near the wire it will be either attracted or repelled, the motion +depending upon the poles that come near each other. As shown in the +figure, the N pole of the magnet repels the field of the wire, causing +it to revolve. We see that this action is just the reverse to that in +galvanometers, where the coil is fixed, and the magnet, or magnetic +needle, is allowed to move. As soon as the part of the wire, marked A +in Fig. 225, gets a little distance from the pole, the opposite side +of the wire, B, begins to be attracted by it, the attraction getting +stronger and stronger, until it gets opposite the N pole. If the N pole +were still held in place, B would vibrate back and forth a few times, +and finally come to rest near the pole. If, however, as soon as B gets +opposite N the S pole of the magnet be quickly turned toward B, the +coil will be repelled and the rotary motion will continue. + +[Illustration: Fig. 228.] + +[Illustration: Figs. 229 to 231.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 232.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 233.] + +Let us now see how this helps to explain electric motors. We may +consider the wire of Fig. 225 as one coil of an armature, and the +plates, C and Z, as the halves of a commutator. In this arrangement, it +must be noted, the current always flows through the armature coil in +the same direction, the rotation being kept up by reversing the poles +of the field-magnet. In ordinary simple motors the current is reversed +in the armature coils, the field-magnets remaining in one position +without changing the poles. This produces the same effect as the above. +The current is reversed automatically as the brushes allow the current +to enter first one commutator bar and then the opposite one as the +armature revolves. The regular armatures have many coils and many +commutator bars, as will be seen by examining the illustrations shown. + +The ordinary galvanometer may be considered a form of motor. By +properly opening and closing the circuit, the rotary motion of the +needle can be kept up as long as current is supplied. Even an electric +bell or telegraph sounder may be considered a motor, giving motion +straight forward and back. + +=162. The Uses of Motors= are many. It would be impossible to mention +all the things that are done with the power from motors. A few +illustrations will give an idea of the way motors are attached to +machines. + +Fig. 226 shows one form of motor, the parts being shown in Fig. 227. + +[Illustration: Fig. 234.] + +Fig. 228 shows a fan motor run by a battery. They are generally run +by the current from the street. Figs. 229-231 show other forms of fan +motors. Fig. 232 shows an electric hat polisher. A church organ bellows +is shown in Fig. 233, so arranged that it can be pumped by an electric +motor. Fig. 234 shows a motor direct connected to a drill press. + +=163. Starting Boxes.= If too much current were suddenly allowed to +pass into the armature of a motor, the coils would be over-heated, +and perhaps destroyed, before it attained its full speed. A rapidly +revolving armature will take more current, without being overheated, +than one not in motion. A motor at full speed acts like a dynamo, and +generates a current which tends to flow from the machine in a direction +opposite to that which produces the motion. It is evident, then, that +when the armature is at rest, all the current turned on passes through +it without meeting with this opposing current. + +[Illustration: Fig. 235.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 236.] + +Fig. 235 shows a starting, stopping, and regulating box, inside of +which are a number of German-silver resistance coils properly connected +to contact-points at the top. By turning the knob, the field of the +motor is immediately charged first through resistance, then direct, and +then the current is put on the armature gradually through a series of +coils, the amount of current depending upon the distance the switch is +turned. Fig. 236 shows a cross section of the same. + + + + +CHAPTER XXV. + +ELECTRIC CARS, BOATS, AND AUTOMOBILES. + + +=164. Electric Cars=, as well as boats, automobiles, etc., etc., are +moved by the power that comes from electric motors, these receiving +current from the dynamos placed at some "central station." We have +already seen how the motor can do many kinds of work. By properly +gearing it to the car wheels, motion can be given to them which will +move the car. + +[Illustration: Fig. 237.] + +Fig. 237 shows two dynamos which will be supposed to be at a power +house and which send out a current to propel cars. From the figure +it will be seen that the wires over the cars, called trolley-wires, +are connected to the positive (+) terminals of the dynamos, and that +the negative (-) terminals are connected to the tracks. In case a +wire were allowed to join the trolley-wire and track, we should have +a short circuit, and current would not only rush back to the dynamo +without doing useful work, but it would probably injure the machines. +When some of the current is allowed to pass through a car, motion is +produced in the motors, as has been explained. As the number of cars +increases, more current passes back to the dynamos, which must do more +work to furnish such current. + +_Trolley-poles_, fastened to the top of the cars and which end in +grooved wheels, called _trolley-wheels_, are pressed by springs against +the trolley-wires. The current passes down these through switches to +_controllers_ at each end of the car, one set being used at a time. + +[Illustration: Fig. 238.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 239.] + +=165. The Controllers=, as the name suggests, control the speed of the +car by allowing more or less current to pass through the motors. The +motors, resistance coils and controllers are so connected with each +other that the amount of current used can be regulated. + +[Illustration: Fig. 240.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 241.] + +When the motorman turns the handle of the controller to the first +notch, the current passes through all of the resistance wires placed +under the car, then through one motor after the other. The motors being +joined in series by the proper connections at the controller, the +greatest resistance is offered to the current and the car runs at the +slowest speed at this first notch. As more resistance is cut out by +turning the handle to other notches, the car increases its speed; but +as the resistance wires become heated and the heat passes into the air, +there is a loss of energy. It is not economical to run a car at such a +speed that energy is wasted as heat. As soon as the resistance is all +cut out, the current simply passes through the motors joined in series. +This gives a fairly slow speed and one that is economical because all +the current tends to produce motion. + +By allowing the current to pass through the motors joined in parallel, +that is, by allowing each to take a part of the current, the resistance +is greatly reduced, and a higher speed attained. This is not instantly +done, however, as too much strain would be put upon the motors. As soon +as the next notch is reached, the motors are joined in parallel and +the resistance also thrown in again. By turning the handle still more, +resistance is gradually cut out, and the highest speed produced when +the current passes only through the motors in parallel. + +[Illustration: Fig. 242.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 243.] + +Fig. 238 represents a controller, by diagram, showing the relative +positions of the controller cylinder, reversing and cut-out cylinders, +arrangements for blowing out the short electric arcs formed, etc. A +ratchet and pawl is provided, which indicates positively the running +notches, at the same time permitting the cylinder to move with ease. +Fig. 239 shows a top view of the controller. + +[Illustration: Fig. 244.] + +=166. Overhead and Underground Systems.= When wires for furnishing +current are placed over the tracks, as in Fig. 237, we have the +overhead system. In cities the underground system is largely used. +The location of the conducting wires beneath the surface of the +street removes all danger to the public, and protects them from all +interference, leaving the street free from poles and wires. + +Fig. 240 shows a cross-section of an underground conduit. The rails, +R R, are supported by cast-iron yokes, A, placed five feet apart, and +thoroughly imbedded in concrete. The conduit has sewer connections +every 100 feet. Conducting bars, C C, are placed on each side of +the conduit, and these are divided into sections of about 500 feet. +Insulators, D D, are placed every 15 feet. They are attached to, and +directly under, the slot-rails, the stem passing through the conductor +bar. + +[Illustration: Fig. 245.] + +Figs. 240 and 241 show the plow E. The contact plates are carried on +coiled springs to allow a free motion. Two guide-wheels, F F, are +attached to the leg of the plow. The conducting wires are carried up +through the leg of the plow. + +=167. Appliances.= A large number of articles are needed in the +construction of electric railroads. A few, only, can be shown that are +used for the overhead system. Fig. 242 shows a pole insulator. Fig. 243 +shows a feeder-wire insulator. Fig. 244 shows a line suspension. Fig. +245 shows a form of right-angle cross which allows the trolley-wheels +of crossing lines to pass. Fig. 246 shows a switch. In winter a part of +the current is allowed to pass through electric heaters placed under +the seats of electric cars. + +[Illustration: Fig. 246.] + +=168. Electric Boats= are run by the current from storage batteries +which are usually placed under the seats. An electric motor large +enough to run a small boat takes up very little room and is generally +placed under the floor. This leaves the entire boat for the use of +passengers. The motor is connected to the shaft that turns the screw. +Fig. 247 shows one design. + +=169. Electric Automobiles= represent the highest type of electrical +and mechanical construction. The _running-gear_ is usually made of the +best cold-drawn seamless steel tubing, to get the greatest strength +from a given weight of material. The wheels are made in a variety of +styles, but nearly all have ball bearings and pneumatic tires. In the +lightest styles the wheels have wire spokes. + +The _electric motors_, supported by the running-gear, are geared to +the rear wheels. The motors are made as nearly dust-proof as possible. + +_Storage batteries_ are put in a convenient place, depending upon the +design of the carriage, and from these the motors receive the current. +These can be charged from the ordinary 110-volt lighting circuits or +from private dynamos. The proper plugs and attachments are usually +furnished by the various makers for connecting the batteries with the +street current, which is shut off when the batteries are full by an +automatic switch. + +[Illustration: Fig. 247.] + +_Controllers_ are used, as on electric cars, the lever for starting, +stopping, etc., being usually placed on the left-hand side of the seat. +The _steering_ is done by a lever that moves the front wheels. Strong +brakes, and the ability to quickly reverse the motors, allow electric +carriages to be stopped suddenly in case of accidents. + +Electric automobiles are largely used in cities, or where the current +can be easily had. The batteries must be re-charged after they have +run the motors for a certain time which depends upon the speed and +road, as well as upon the construction. Where carriages are to be run +almost constantly, as is the case with those used for general passenger +service in cities, duplicate batteries are necessary, so that one or +two sets can be charged while another is in use. Fig. 248 shows one +form of electric vehicle, the storage batteries being placed under and +back of the seat. + +[Illustration: Fig. 248.] + + + + +CHAPTER XXVI. + +A WORD ABOUT CENTRAL STATIONS. + + +=170. Central Stations=, as the word implies, are places where, for +example, electricity is generated for the incandescent or arc lights +used in a certain neighborhood; where telephone or telegraph messages +are sent to be resent to some other station; where operators are kept +to switch different lines together, so that those on one line can +talk to those on another, etc., etc. There are many kinds of central +stations, each requiring a large amount of special apparatus to carry +on the work. Fig. 249 gives a hint in regard to the way car lines +get their power from a central power station. As a large part of the +apparatus required in ordinary central stations has already been +described, it is not necessary to go into the details of such stations. + +[Illustration: Fig. 249.] + +In lighting stations, for example, we have three principal kinds of +apparatus. Boilers produce the steam that runs the steam engines, and +these run the dynamos that give the current. Besides these there are +many other things needed. The electrical energy that goes over the +wires to furnish light, heat, and power, really comes indirectly from +the coal that is used to boil water and convert it into steam. The +various parts of the central station merely aid in this transformation +of energy. + +[Illustration: Fig. 250.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 251.] + +The dynamos are connected to the engines by belts, or they are direct +connected. Figs. 250, 251, show dynamos connected to engines without +belts. + +The current from the dynamos is led to large switchboards which contain +switches, voltmeters, ammeters, lightning arresters, and various other +apparatus for the proper control and measurement of the current. From +the switchboard it is allowed to pass through the various street mains, +from which it is finally led to lamps, motors, etc. + +Water-power is frequently used to drive the dynamos instead of steam +engines. The water turns some form of water-wheel which is connected +to the dynamos. At Niagara Falls, for example, immense quantities of +current are generated for light, heat, power, and industrial purposes. + +[Illustration] + + + + +CHAPTER XXVII. + +MISCELLANEOUS USES OF ELECTRICITY. + + +=171. The Many Uses= to which the electric current is put are almost +numberless. New uses are being found for it every day. Some of the +common applications are given below. + +=172. Automatic Electric Program Clocks=, Fig. 252, are largely used +in all sorts of establishments, schools, etc., for ringing bells at +certain stated periods. The lower dial shown has many contact-points +that can be inserted to correspond to given times. As this revolves, +the circuits are closed, one after the other, and it may be so set that +bells will be rung in different parts of the house every five minutes, +if desired. + +[Illustration: Fig. 252.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 253.] + +=173. Call Boxes= are used to send in calls of various kinds to +central stations. Fig. 253 shows one form. The number of different +calls provided includes messenger, carrier, coupé, express wagon, +doctor, laborer, police, fire, together with three more, which may be +made special to suit the convenience of the individual customer. The +instruments are provided with apparatus for receiving a return signal, +the object of which is to notify the subscriber that his call has been +received and is having attention. + +[Illustration: Fig. 254.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 255.] + +Fig. 254 shows another form of call box, the handle being moved around +to the call desired. As it springs back to the original position, an +interrupted current passes through the box to the central station, +causing a bell to tap a certain number of times, giving the call and +location of the box. + +=174. Electric Gas-Lighters.= Fig. 255 shows a _ratchet burner_. The +first pull of the chain turns on the gas through a four-way gas-cock, +governed by a ratchet-wheel and pawl. The issuing gas is lighted by a +wipe-spark at the tip of the burner. Alternate pulls shut off the gas. +As the lever brings the attached wire A, in contact with the wire B, +a bright spark passes, which ignites the gas, the burner being joined +with a battery and induction or spark coil. + +_Automatic burners_ are used when it is desired to light gas at +a distance from the push-button. Fig. 256 shows one form. Two +electromagnets are shown, one being generally joined to a white +push-button for turning on the gas and lighting it, the other being +joined to a black button which turns off the gas when it is pressed. +The armatures of the magnets work the gas-valve. Sparks ignite the gas, +as explained above. + +[Illustration: Fig. 256.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 257.] + +=175. Door Openers.= Fig. 257 shows one form. They contain +electromagnets so arranged that when the armature is attracted by the +pushing of a button anywhere in the building, the door can be pushed +open. + +=176. Dental Outfits.= Fig. 258 shows a motor arranged to run dental +apparatus. The motor can be connected to an ordinary incandescent light +socket. In case the current gives out, the drills, etc., can be run by +foot power. + +[Illustration: Fig. 258.] + +=177. Annunciators= of various kinds are used in hotels, factories, +etc., to indicate a certain room when a bell rings at the office. +The bell indicates that some one has called, and the annunciator +shows the location of the call by displaying the number of the room +or its location. Fig. 259 shows a small annunciator. They contain +electromagnets which are connected to push-buttons located in the +building, and which bring the numbers into place as soon as the current +passes through them. + +[Illustration: Fig. 259.] + + + + +INDEX. + + +Numbers refer to paragraphs. See Table of Contents for the titles of +the various chapters. + + Action of magnets upon each other, 32. + + Adjuster, for lamp cords, 151. + + Air pressure, effect of spark upon, 155. + + Aluminum-leaf, for electroscopes, 5. + + Alternating current, 129, 130; + system of wiring for, 144. + + Amalgamation of zincs, 47. + + Amber, electrification upon, 3. + + Ammeter, the, 74; + how placed in circuit, 77. + + Ampere, the, 72. + + Annunciators, 177. + + Anode, 79, 82. + + Apparatus for electrical measurements, Chap. VI. + + Appliances, for distribution of currents, 141; + for electric railways, 167; + for heating by electricity, 147. + + Arc, the electric, 152. + + Arc lamp, the, 153; + how light is produced by, Chap. XXII.; + double carbon, 153; + hand-feed focussing, 153; + for search-lights, 153; + short, for basements, 153; + single carbon, 153; + for theater use, 153. + + Armature, of dynamo, 127, 129; + of electromagnets, 98; + of horseshoe magnet, 26; + of motors, 161; + uses of, 39. + + Artificial magnets, 25. + + Astatic, detectors, 94; + galvanometer, 73; + needles, 94. + + Aurora borealis, 23. + + Automatic, current interrupters, 104, 115; + gas lighters, 174; + program clocks, 172. + + Automobiles, 169; + controllers for, 169; + motors for, 169; + steering of, 169; + storage batteries for, 169. + + + Bamboo filaments, 149. + + Bar magnets, 27; + magnetic figures of, 38. + + Batteries, large plunge, 54; + plunge, 53; + secondary, 86; + storage, and how they work, Chap. IX. + + Bell, the electric, and some of its uses, Chap. XV.; + electric, 116; + magneto testing, 117; + trembling, etc., 116. + + Bell transmitter, 120. + + Belts, electricity generated by friction upon, 1. + + Benjamin Franklin, 18. + + Bichromate of potash cells, 51, etc. + + Binding-posts, Chap. V.; + common forms of, 63. + + Blasting, by electricity, 147; + electric machines for, 147. + + Bluestone cell, 56. + + Boats, electric, 168. + + Boilers, use of in central stations, 170. + + Bones, photographed by x-rays, Chap. XXIII. + + Boosters, 136. + + Brushes, 129. + + Bunsen cells, 56_a_. + + Burner, automatic, 174; + for gas-lights, 174; + ratchet, 174. + + Buzzers, electric, 118. + + + Cables and wires, 143. + + Call boxes, electric, 173. + + Carbon, in arc lamps, 152, 153; + filament, 149; + transmitter, 123. + + Carpet, electricity generated upon, 1. + + Cars, electric, 164; + controllers for, 165; + heating by electricity, 167; + overhead system for, 166; + underground system for, 166. + + Cat, electricity generated upon, 1. + + Cathode, definition of, 79; + rays, 157. + + Cells, Bunsen, 56_a_; + bichromate of potash, 51; + closed circuit, 50; + dry, 58; + Edison-Lelande, 59; + electricity generated by, Chap. III.; + Fuller, 55; + Gonda, 57; + gravity, 56; + Grenet, 52; + Leclanché, 57; + open circuit, 50; + plates and poles of, 45_a_; + polarization of, 48; + simple, 45, 49; + single-fluid, 49; + two-fluid, 49; + various voltaic, Chap. IV. + + Central stations, 170; + a word about, Chap. XXVI. + + Chain lightning, 19. + + Chafing-dishes, electrical, 147. + + Charging condensers, 15. + + Chemical action, and electricity, 81. + + Chemical effects of electric current, Chap. VII. + + Chemical meters, 78. + + Church organs, pumped by motors, 162. + + Circuits, electric, 50; + for lamps, 144. + + Cleats, porcelain, 141; + wooden, 141. + + Clocks, automatic electric, 172. + + Closed circuit cells, 50. + + Coils, induction, and how they work, Chap. XIII.; + induction, construction of, 104; + method of joining, 98; + primary and secondary, 103; + resistance, 69; + rotation of, 95; + of transformers, 135. + + Collectors on dynamos, 129. + + Commutators, 129. + + Compasses, magnetic, 31. + + Compound, magnets, 28; + wound dynamo, 131. + + Condensation of static electricity, 15. + + Condensers, 15; + for induction coils, 104. + + Conductors, and insulators, 4, 138. + + Conduits, electric, 140. + + Connections, electrical, 60; + for telegraph lines, 111. + + Controllers, for automobiles, 169; + for electric cars, 165. + + Copper sulphate, effects of current on, 82; + formula of, 79. + + Copper voltameters, 75. + + Cords, adjustable for lamps, 151. + + Coulomb, the, 76. + + Crater of hot carbons, 152. + + Crookes tubes, 156, 158. + + Current, detectors, 93; + direction of in cell, 46; + from magnet and coil, 100; + from two coils, 102; + induced, 127; + of induction coils, 105; + interrupters, automatic, 104, 115; + local, 47; + primary and secondary, 102; + transformation of, Chap. XVIII.; + transmission of, 134. + + Currents, and motion, 160; + how distributed for use, Chap. XIX. + + Current strength, 71; + measurement of, 73; + unit of, 72. + + Cylinder electric machines, 9. + + + Daniell cell, 56. + + D'Arsonval galvanometer, 73. + + Declination, 41. + + Decorative incandescent lamps, 151. + + Dental, lamps, 151; + outfits, 176. + + Detectors, astatic, 94; + current, 93. + + Diamagnetic bodies, 29. + + Diaphragm for telephones, 120. + + Dip, of magnetic needle, 42. + + Direct current, 129, 130. + + Direction of current in cell, 46. + + Discharging condensers, 15. + + Disruptive discharges, 154. + + Distribution of currents for use, Chap. XIX. + + Door opener, electric, 175. + + Dots and dashes, 110. + + Drill press, run by motor, 162. + + Dry cells, 58. + + Dynamo, the, 126; + alternating current, 130; + commutator of, 129; + compound wound, 131; + direct current, 130; + lamps connected to, 132; + series wound, 131; + shunt wound, 131; + used as motor, 161; + use of in central stations, 170; + used with water power, 170. + + Dynamos, electricity generated by, Chap. XVII.; + types of, 130; + various machines, 132; + winding of, 131. + + Dynamotors, 137. + + + Earth, inductive influence of, 43; + lines of force about, 40, 42. + + Ebonite, electricity by friction upon, 3, 4. + + Edison-Lelande cells, 59. + + Electric, automobiles, 169; + bell, and some of its uses, Chap. XV.; + boats, 168; + buzzers, 118; + cars, 164; + conduits, 140; + fans, 162; + flat-irons, 146; + gas lighters, 174; + griddles, 147; + kitchen, 147; + lights, arc, Chap. XXII.; + lights, incandescent, Chap. XXI.; + machines, static, 7 to 13; + machines, uses of, 14; + motor, the, 161; + motor, and how it does work, Chap. XXIV.; + soldering irons, 146; + telegraph, and how it sends messages, Chap. XIV.; + telephone, and how it transmits speech, Chap. XVI.; + welding, 146. + + Electric current, and work, 133; + and chemical action, 81; + chemical effects of, Chap. VII.; + how distributed for use, Chap. XIX.; + magnetic effects of, Chap. XI.; + how transformed, Chap. XVIII. + + Electrical, connections, 60; + horse-power, 77; + measurements, Chap. VI.; + resistance, 68; + resistance, unit of, 69; + units, Chap. VI. + + Electricity, about frictional, Chap. I.; + and chemical action, 81; + atmospheric, 18; + heat produced by, Chap. XX.; + history of, 3; + how generated upon cat, 1; + how generated by dynamos, Chap. XVII.; + how generated by heat, Chap. X.; + how generated by induction, Chap. XII.; + how generated by voltaic cell, Chap. III.; + origin of name, 2. + + Electrification, kinds of, 6; + laws of, 7. + + Electrolysis, 79. + + Electrolyte, 79. + + Electromagnetic induction, 99. + + Electromagnetism, 91. + + Electromagnets, 96; + forms of, 97. + + Electro-mechanical gong, 116. + + Electromotive force, defined, 65, 71; + measurement of, 67; + of polarization, 85; + of static electricity, 17; + unit of, 66. + + Electrophorus, the, 8. + + Electroplating, 82. + + Electroscopes, 5. + + Electrotyping, 83. + + Experiments, early, with currents, 44; + some simple, 1. + + External resistance, 68. + + + Fan motors, 162. + + Field, magnetic, 37. + + Field-magnets, 129. + + Figures, magnetic, 38. + + Filaments, carbon, 149; + bamboo, etc., 149. + + Fire, St. Elmo's, 22. + + Flat-irons, electric, 147. + + Floor mains, 139. + + Fluoroscope, 158. + + Force, and induced currents, 101; + lines of magnetic, 38; + lines of about a wire, 92, 96; + lines of about a magnet, 37, 38. + + Frictional electricity, about, Chap, I.; + location of charge of, 4; + sparks from, 4. + + Fuller cell, the, 55. + + Fuse, link, 142; + plug, 142; + ribbons, 142; + wire, 142. + + Fusible rosettes, 142. + + + Galvani, early experiments of, 44. + + Galvanometers, 73; + astatic, 73; + considered as motor, 161; + D'Arsonval, 73; + tangent, 73. + + Galvanoscope, 73; + astatic, 94. + + Gas lighters, electric, 174. + + Geissler tubes, 156. + + Generators, electric, 126. + + Glass, electricity generated upon, 4. + + Glue pots, electric, 147. + + Gold-leaf, for electroscopes, 5. + + Gold plating, 82. + + Gonda cell, 57. + + Gong, electro-mechanical, 116. + + Gravity cell, the, 56; + replaced by dynamotors, 137. + + Grenet cell, 52. + + Griddles, electric, 147. + + Guard, for lamps, 151. + + + Heat, how generated by electricity, Chap. X.; + and magnetism, 35; + and resistance, 145. + + Heat lightning, 19. + + Heaters, for cars, 167. + + History of electricity, 3. + + Horse-power, electrical, 77. + + Horseshoe, permanent magnets, 26; + electromagnets, 97, 98. + + Human body, bones of, photographed by x-rays, Chap. XXIII. + + Hydrogen, action of in cell, 48; + attraction of for oxygen, 85. + + Incandescence, 148. + + Incandescent lamp, 149; + candle-power of, 150; + current for, 150; + light produced by, Chap. XXI.; + construction of, 149; + uses of, 151. + + Inclination of magnetic needle, 42. + + Indicating push-button, 61. + + Induced currents, 127; + and lines of force, 101; + by rotary motion, 128; + of induction coils, 105; + of transformers, 135. + + Induced magnetism, 36. + + Induction, electricity generated by, Chap. XII.; + electromagnetic, 99. + + Induction coils, condensers for, 104; + construction of, 104; + currents of, 105; + how they work, Chap. XIII.; + in telephone work, 124; + uses of, 106. + + Inductive influence of earth, 43. + + Influence machines for medical purposes, 13. + + Ink writing registers, 114. + + Insulating tubing, 141. + + Insulators, 141; + and conductors, 4, 138; + feeder-wire, 167; + for poles, 167; + porcelain, 141. + + Internal resistance, 68. + + Interrupters, automatic current, 104, 115. + + Ions, 80. + + Iron, electricity upon, by friction, 4. + + + Jar, Leyden, 15. + + Jarring magnets, effects of, 33. + + + Keeper of magnets, 26. + + Keys, telegraph, 109. + + Kinds of electrification, 6. + + Kitchen, electric, 147. + + Knife switch, 62. + + + Lamp, incandescent, candle-power of, 150; + cord, adjustable, 151; + current for, 150; + dental, 151; + for desks, 151; + for throat, 151; + guard for, 151; + incandescent, 149; + socket, 151; + with half shade, 151. + + Lamp, the arc, 153; + how light is produced by, Chap. XXII.; + double carbon, 153; + hand-feed focussing, 153; + for search-lights, 153; + single carbon, 153; + short, for basements, 153; + for theater use, 153. + + Lamp circuits, alternating system, 144. + + Lamps, in parallel, 144; + lamps in series, 144; + three-wire system, 144; + two-wire system, 144. + + Laws, of electrification, 7; + of magnetic attraction, 32; + of resistance, 70. + + Leaf electroscopes, 5. + + Leclanché cell, 57. + + Leyden, battery, 16; + jar, 15. + + Light, how produced by arc lamp, Chap. XXII.; + how produced by incandescent lamp, Chap. XXI. + + Lightning, 19; + rods, 21. + + Line, telegraph, Chap. XIV.; + connections for, 111; + operation of, 112. + + Line suspension, for trolley-wires, 167. + + Line wire, 111. + + Lines of force, conductors of, 39, 96; + about the earth, 40, 42; + and induced currents, 101; + about a magnet, 38; + about a wire, 92. + + Local currents, 47. + + + Magnetic, bodies, 29; + declination, 41; + effects of electric current, Chap. XI.; + field, 37; + figure of one bar magnet, 38; + figure of two bar magnets, 38; + figure of horseshoe magnet, 38; + needle, dip of, 42; + needles and compasses, 31. + + Magnetism, and heat, 35; + induced, 36; + laws of, 32; + residual, 34; + retentivity, 34; + temporary, 36; + terrestrial, 40; + theory of, 33. + + Magneto, signal bells, 117; + testing bells, 117; + transmitter, 120. + + Magnets, action upon each other, 32; + artificial, 25; + bar, 27; + compound, 28; + effects of jarring, 33; + electro, 96; + electro, forms of, 97; + horseshoe, 26; + and magnetism, about, Chap. II.; + making of, 30; + natural, 24. + + Mains, electric, 139. + + Man-holes, in conduits, 140. + + Measurements, electric, Chap. VI.; + of current strength, 73; + of E.M.F., 67. + + Meters, chemical, 78; + permanent record, 77. + + Microphone, the, 122. + + Motion and currents, 160. + + Motor, acting like dynamo, 163; + armature of, 161; + controlling speed of, 165; + electric, 161; + electric, and how it does work, Chap. XXIV.; + fans, 162; + for automobiles, 169; + for boats, 168; + for pumping bellows, 162; + for running drill press, 162; + parts of, 162; + starting boxes for, 163; + uses of, 162. + + Motor-dynamos, 136. + + Mouldings, for wires, 141. + + + Name, electricity, origin of, 2. + + Natural magnets, 24. + + Needles, astatic, 94; + dipping, 42; + magnetic, 31. + + Negative electrification, 5. + + Non-conductors, 4. + + North pole, magnetic of earth, 40; + of magnets, 26. + + Northern lights, 23. + + + Ohm, the, 69. + + Open circuit cells, 50. + + Openers, for doors, 175. + + Outfits, dental, 175. + + Overhead trolley system, 166. + + Oxygen, attraction for hydrogen, 85. + + + Parallel arrangement of lamps, 144. + + Peltier effect, 89. + + Pendant, electric, 151. + + Pith-ball electroscope, 5. + + Plate electrical machine, 10. + + Plates of cells, 45_a_. + + Plunge batteries, 53; + large, 54. + + Polarity of coils, 95. + + Polarization, 84; + electromotive force of, 85; + of cells, 48. + + Pole-changing switch, 62. + + Poles, of cells, 45_a_; + of horseshoe magnet, 26. + + Positive electrification, 6. + + Potential, defined, 65. + + Push-buttons, Chap. V.; + indicating, 61; + modifications of, 61; + table clamp, 61. + + + Quantity of electricity, 76; + unit of, 76. + + Rays, cathode, 157; + x-rays, 158. + + Receiver, telephone, 121. + + Reflectors, for lamps, 151. + + Registers, ink writing, 114. + + Relay, the, 113. + + Residual magnetism, 34. + + Resistance, coils and boxes, 69; + electrical, 68; + external, 68; + and heat, 145; + internal, 68; + laws of, 70; + unit of, 69. + + Retentivity, 34. + + Risers, in buildings, 139. + + Rods, lightning, 21. + + Roentgen, Prof., 158. + + Rosette, fusible, 142. + + Running-gear, of automobiles, 169. + + + Safety, devices, 142; + fuse, 142; + fuse link, 142; + fuse plug, 142; + fuse ribbon, 142; + fuse wire, 142. + + Search-lights, 153; + signals sent by, 153. + + Secondary batteries, 86; + uses of, 87. + + Series arrangement of lamps, 144. + + Series wound dynamo, 131. + + Service wires, 139. + + Shunt-wound dynamo, 131. + + Signal bells, magneto, 117. + + Simple cell, the, 45, 49. + + Single-fluid cells, 49. + + Single-point switch, 62. + + Single-stroke bell, 116. + + Socket, for incandescent lamps, 151. + + Soldering irons, electric, 147. + + Sounders, telegraph, 110; + home-made, 110. + + Spark, effect of air pressure on, 155. + + Sparks, from cells, 17; + from frictional electricity, 4. + + St. Elmo's fire, 22. + + Starting boxes, for motors, 163. + + Static electric machines, 8. + + Static electricity, condensation of, 15; + electromotive force of, 17; + to test presence of, 5; + uses of, 14. + + Steam engines, in central stations, 170. + + Steel, inductive influence of earth upon, 43; + retentivity of, 26. + + Storage batteries, the, and how they work, Chap. IX.; + for automobiles, 169; + for boats, 168; + for natural sources of power, 87. + + Stoves, electric, 147. + + Strength of current, 71; + measurement of, 73; + unit of, 72. + + Switchboards, 62. + + Switches, Chap. V.; + knife, 62; + pole-changing, 62; + single point, 62; + for trolley lines, 167. + + Table clamp-push, 61. + + Tangent galvanometer, 73. + + Teakettles, electric, 147. + + Telegraph, electric, and how it sends messages, Chap. XIV.; + ink writing registers, 114; + keys, 109; + relay, 113; + sounders, 110. + + Telegraph line, 107, 108; + operation of, 112; + simple connections of, 111. + + Telephone, the, and how it transmits speech, Chap. XVI.; + receiver, 121; + transmitter, 120; + use of induction coil with, 124; + various forms of, 125. + + Temporary magnetism, 36. + + Terrestrial magnetism, 40. + + Theory of magnetism, 33. + + Thermoelectricity, 88. + + Thermopiles, 90. + + Three-wire system, 144. + + Throat, lamp for, 151. + + Thunder, 20. + + Toepler-Holtz machines, 11. + + Transformers, 135. + + Transforming electric current, Chap. XVIII.; + for electric welding, 146. + + Transmission of currents, 134. + + Transmitter, Bell, 120; + carbon, 123. + + Trembling bell, 116. + + Trolley-wires, 164; + -poles, 164; + -wheels, 164. + + Tubes, Crookes, 156, 158; + Geissler, 156; + vacuum, 156. + + Two-fluid cells, 49. + + Two-wire system, 144. + + + Underground trolley system 166; + conduits for, 166. + + Unit, of current strength, 72; + of electromotive force, 66; + of quantity, 76; + of resistance, 69. + + Units, electrical, Chap. VI. + + Uses, of armatures, 39; + of electricity, miscellaneous, Chap. XXVII.; + of induction coils, 106; + of motors, 162; + of storage batteries, 87. + + + Vacuum-tubes, 156. + + Variation, angle of, 41. + + Volt, the, 66. + + Volta, 66; + early experiments of, 44. + + Voltaic cell, electricity generated by, Chap. III. + + Voltaic pile, 44. + + Voltameters, 75; + copper, 75; + water, 75. + + Voltmeters, 67, 77. + + + Water, decomposition of, 79; + power, source of energy, 170; + voltameters, 73. + + Watt, the, 77. + + Wattmeters, 77. + + Welding, electric, 146. + + Wimshurst electric machine, 12. + + Wires and cables, 143. + + Wiring, for alternating system, 144; + three-wire system, 144; + two-wire system, 144. + + Work, and electric current, 133. + + + X-ray photographs, 159. + + X-rays, 156; + and how the bones of the human body are photographed, Chap. XXIII. + + + Yokes, 97, 98. + + + Zincs, amalgamation of, 47. + + + + +THINGS A BOY SHOULD KNOW ABOUT ELECTRICITY. + + + By THOMAS M. ST. JOHN, Met. E. + + + The book contains 180 pages, and 260 illustrations; it measures + 5 x 7½ in., and is bound in cloth. + + PRICE, POST-PAID, $1.00. + + =CONTENTS:= _Chapter_ I. About Frictional Electricity.--II. + About Magnets and Magnetism.--III. How Electricity + is Generated by the Voltaic Cell.--IV. Various + Voltaic Cells.--V. About Push-Buttons, Switches and + Binding-Posts.--VI. Units and Apparatus for Electrical + Measurements.--VII. Chemical Effects of the Electric + Current.--VIII. How Electroplating and Electrotyping are + Done.--IX. The Storage Battery and How it Works.--X. How + Electricity is Generated by Heat.--XI. Magnetic Effects of + the Electric Current.--XII. How Electricity is Generated + by Induction.--XIII. How the Induction Coil Works.--XIV. + The Electric Telegraph, and How it Sends Messages.--XV. The + Electric Bell and Some of its Uses.--XVI. The Telephone, + and How it Transmits Speech.--XVII. How Electricity + is Generated by Dynamos.--XVIII. How the Electric + Current is Transformed.--XIX. How Electric Currents are + Distributed for Use.--XX. How Heat is Produced by the + Electric Current.--XXI. How Light is Produced by the + Incandescent Lamp.--XXII. How Light is Produced by the Arc + Lamp.--XXIII. X-Rays, and How the Bones of the Human Body + are Photographed.--XXIV. The Electric Motor and How it Does + Work.--XXV. Electric Cars, Boats and Automobiles.--XXVI. A + Word About Central Stations.--XXVII. Miscellaneous Uses of + Electricity. + +This book explains, in simple, straightforward language, many things +about electricity; things in which the American boy is intensely +interested; things he wants to know; things he should know. + +It is free from technical language and rhetorical frills, but it tells +how things work, and why they work. + +It is brimful of illustrations--the best that can be had--illustrations +that are taken directly from apparatus and machinery, and that show +what they are intended to show. + +This book does not contain experiments, or tell how to make apparatus; +our other books do that. After explaining the simple principles of +electricity, it shows how these principles are used and combined to +make electricity do every-day work. + + _Everyone Should Know About Electricity._ + + A VERY APPROPRIATE PRESENT + + + + +THIRD EDITION + +How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus. + + + Containing complete directions for making all kinds of + simple electrical apparatus for the study of elementary + electricity. By PROFESSOR THOMAS M. ST. JOHN, New York City. + + The book measures 5 × 7½ in., and is beautifully bound in + cloth. It contains 141 pages and 125 illustrations. Complete + directions are given for making 152 different pieces of + Apparatus for the practical use of students, teachers, and + others who wish to experiment. + + PRICE, POST-PAID, $1.00. + +The shocking coils, telegraph instruments, batteries, electromagnets, +motors, etc., etc., are so simple in construction that any boy of +average ability can make them; in fact, the illustrations have been +made directly from apparatus constructed by young boys. + +The author has been working along this line for several years, and he +has been able, _with the help of boys_, to devise a complete line of +simple electrical apparatus. + + + =_THE APPARATUS IS SIMPLE because the designs and methods + of construction have been worked out practically in the + school-room, absolutely no machine-work being required._= + + =_THE APPARATUS IS PRACTICAL because it has been designed + for real use in the experimental study of elementary + electricity._= + + =_THE APPARATUS IS CHEAP because most of the parts can be + made of old tin cans and cracker boxes, bolts, screws, wires + and wood._= + + + =Address, THOMAS M. ST. JOHN,= + =407 West 51st Street,= + =New York.= + + + + +How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus. + + +=CONTENTS:= _Chapter_ I. Cells and Batteries.--II. Battery Fluids +and Solutions.--III. Miscellaneous Apparatus and Methods of +Construction.--IV. Switches and Cut-Outs.--V. Binding-Posts and +Connectors.--VI. Permanent Magnets,--VII. Magnetic Needles and +Compasses.--VIII. Yokes and Armatures.--IX. Electro-Magnets.--X. +Wire-Winding Apparatus.--XI. Induction Coils and Their +Attachments.--XII. Contact Breakers and Current Interrupters.--XIII. +Current Detectors and Galvanometers.--XIV. Telegraph Keys and +Sounders.--XV. Electric Bells and Buzzers.--XVI. Commutators and +Current Reversers.--XVII. Resistance Coils.--XVIII. Apparatus for +Static Electricity.--XIX. Electric Motors.--XX. Odds and Ends.--XXI. +Tools and Materials. + +"The author of this book is a teacher and wirier of great ingenuity, +and we imagine that the effect of such a book as this falling into +juvenile hands must be highly stimulating and beneficial. It is +full of explicit details and instructions in regard to a great +variety of apparatus, and the materials required are all within the +compass of very modest pocket-money. Moreover, it is systematic and +entirely without rhetorical frills, so that the student can go right +along without being diverted from good helpful work that will lead +him to build useful apparatus and make him understand what he is +about. The drawings are plain and excellent. We heartily commend the +book."--_Electrical Engineer._ + + +"Those who visited the electrical exhibition last May cannot have +failed to notice on the south gallery a very interesting exhibit, +consisting, as it did, of electrical apparatus made by boys. The +various devices there shown, comprising electro-magnets, telegraph keys +and sounders, resistance coils, etc., were turned out by boys following +the instructions given in the book with the above title, which is +unquestionably one of the most practical little works yet written that +treat of similar subjects, for with but a limited amount of mechanical +knowledge, and by closely following the instructions given, almost any +electrical device may be made at very small expense. That such a book +fills a long-felt want may be inferred from the number of inquiries +we are constantly receiving from persons desiring to make their own +induction coils and other apparatus."--_Electricity._ + + +"At the electrical show in New York last May one of the most +interesting exhibits was that of simple electrical apparatus made by +the boys in one of the private schools in the city. This apparatus, +made by boys of thirteen to fifteen years of age, was from designs +by the author of this clever little book, and it was remarkable to +see what an ingenious use had been made of old tin tomato-cans, +cracker-boxes, bolts, screws, wire, and wood. With these simple +materials telegraph instruments, coils, buzzers, current detectors, +motors, switches, armatures, and an almost endless variety of apparatus +were made, In this book Mr. St. John has given directions in simple +language for making and using these devices, and has illustrated +these directions with admirable diagrams and cuts. The little volume +is unique, and will prove exceedingly helpful to those of our young +readers who are fortunate enough to possess themselves of a copy. 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Other parts of the apparatus have also been +selected and made with great care, to adapt them particularly to these +experiments.--_From the author's preface._ + + + =CONTENTS.=--Experiments With Horseshoe Magnet.--Experiments + With Magnetized Needles.--Experiments With Needles, + Corks, Wires, Nails, etc.--Experiments With Bar + Magnets.--Experiments With Floating Magnets.--Miscellaneous + Experiments.--Miscellaneous Illustrations showing what very + small children can do with the Apparatus.--Diagrams showing + how Magnetized Needles may be used by little children to + make hundreds of pretty designs upon paper. + + + =AMUSING EXPERIMENTS.=--Something for Nervous People to + Try.--The Jersey Mosquito.--The Stampede.--The Runaway.--The + Dog-fight.--The Whirligig.--The Naval Battle.--A + String of Fish.--A Magnetic Gun.--A Top Upsidedown.--A + Magnetic Windmill.--A Compass Upsidedown.--The Magnetic + Acrobat.--The Busy Ant-hill.--The Magnetic Bridge.--The + Merry-go-Round.--The Tight-rope Walker.--A Magnetic Motor + Using Attractions and Repulsions. + + _The Book and Complete Outfit will be sent, Post-paid, + upon receipt of 35 Cents, by_ + + =THOMAS M. 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ST. JOHN, 407 West 51st St., New York City.= + + + + +The Study of Elementary Electricity and + +Magnetism by Experiment. + + + By THOMAS M. ST. JOHN, Met. E. + + The book contains 220 pages and 168 illustrations; + it measures 5 × 7½ in. and is bound in green cloth. + + PRICE, POST-PAID, $1.25. + +This book is designed as a text-book for amateurs, students, and others +who wish to take up a systematic course of elementary electrical +experiments at home or in school. Full directions are given for....... + + _Two Hundred Simple Experiments._ + +The experiments are discussed by the author, after the student has been +led to form his own opinion about the results obtained and the points +learned. + +In selecting the apparatus for the experiments in this book, the author +has kept constantly in mind the fact that the average student will not +buy the expensive pieces usually described in text-books. + + The two hundred experiments given can be performed with + simple apparatus; in fact, the student should make at least + a part of his own apparatus, and for the benefit of those + who wish to do this, the author has given, throughout the + work, explanations that will aid in the construction of + certain pieces especially adapted to these experiments. For + those who have the author's "How Two Boys Made Their Own + Electrical Apparatus," constant references have been made to + it as the "Apparatus Book," as this contains full details + for making almost all kinds of simple apparatus needed + in "The Study of Elementary Electricity and Magnetism by + Experiment." + +_If you wish to take up a systematic course of experiments--experiments +that may be performed with simple, inexpensive apparatus,--this book +will serve as a valuable guide._ + + + + +Condensed List of Apparatus + +FOR + +"The Study of Elementary Electricity and Magnetism by Experiment." + + +_Number_ 1. Steel Needles; package of twenty-five.--2. Flat Cork.--3. +Candle.--4-15. Annealed Iron Wires; assorted lengths.--16. Horseshoe +Magnet; best quality; English.--17. Iron Filings.--18. Parts for +Compass.--19, 20. Wire Nails; soft steel.--21, 22. Spring Steel; for +bar magnets.--23. Iron Ring.--24. Sifter; for iron filings.--25. +Spring Steel; for flexible magnet.--26, 27. Ebonite Sheets; with +special surface.--28. Ebonite Rod.--29. Ebonite Rod; short.--30. +Flannel Cloth.--31. Tissue Paper.--32. Cotton Thread.--33. Silk +Thread.--34. Support Base.--35. Support Rod.--36. Support Wire.--37. +Wire Swing.--38. Sheet of Glass.--39. Hairpin.--40. Circular +Conductor.--41. Circular Conductor.--42. Electrophorus Cover.--43. +Insulating Table.--44. Insulated Copper Wire.--45. Rubber Band.--46. +Bent Wire Clamps.--47. Cylindrical Conductor.--48. Discharger; for +condenser.--49. Aluminum-Leaf.--50. Wires. + +51. Dry Cell.--52. Mercury.--53. Insulated Copper Wire; for +connections.--54. Spring Connectors; two dozen.--55. Parts +for Key.--56. Metal Connecting Plates.--57. Parts for Current +Reverser.--58. Parts for Galvanoscope.--59. Parts for Astatic +Galvanoscope.--60-63. Zinc Strips.--64. Carbon Rod.--65, 66. Glass +Tumblers.--67, 68. Copper Strips.--69. Galvanized Iron Nail.--70, +71. Wooden Cross-Pieces.--72. Brass Screws; one dozen.--73. Porous +Cup.--74. Zinc Rod.--75. Copper Plate.--76. Iron Strip.--77, 78. Lead +Strips.--79. Parts for Resistance Coil.--80. Parts for Wheatstone's +Bridge.--81. German-Silver Wire; Size No. 30.--82. German-Silver Wire; +No. 28.--83--85. Plate Binding-Posts.--86. Copper Sulphate.--87. Copper +Burs; one dozen.--88. Combination Rule.--89. Coil of Wire; on spool +for electromagnet.--90. Coil of Wire; on spool for electromagnet.--91. +Carbon Rod.--92, 93. Soft Iron Cores with Screws.--94. Combined +Base and Yoke.--95. Combination Connecting Plates.--96. Long Iron +Core.--97. Round Bar Magnet, 5 × 3/8 in.--98. Thin Electromagnet.--99. +Degree-Card; for galvanoscope.--100. Scale for Bridge.--101, 102. Soft +Iron Cores with Heads.--103, 104. Flat Bar Magnets; these are 6 × ½ × ¼ +in.; highly polished steel; poles marked.--105. Compass. + + =_Illustrated Price Catalogue upon Application._= + + + + +Electrical Apparatus For Sale + +A COMPLETE ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC CABINET FOR STUDENTS, SCHOOLS AND +AMATEURS. SIX EXTRAORDINARY OFFERS + + +=This Cabinet of Electrical Experiments= contains three main parts: +(_A_) Apparatus; (_B_) Text-Book; (_C_) Apparatus List. + +(_A_) =The Apparatus= furnished consists of one hundred and five +pieces. Over three hundred separate articles are used in making up this +set. Most of it is ready for use when received. Seven pieces, however, +are not assembled; but the parts can be readily finished and put +together. (Sold, also, _all_ pieces assembled.) + +(_B_) =The Text-Book=--called "The Study of Elementary Electricity +and Magnetism by Experiment"--gives full directions for two hundred +experiments. (See table of contents, etc.) Price, post-paid, $1.25. + +(_C_) =The Apparatus List= is an illustrated book devoted entirely to +this special set of apparatus. Not given with first offer. + + _THE APPARATUS IS SIMPLE because the designs and methods of + construction have been worked out with great care._ + + _THE APPARATUS IS PRACTICAL because it has been designed + for real use in "The Study of Elementary Electricity and + Magnetism by Experiment."_ + + _THE APPARATUS IS CHEAP because the various parts are + so designed that they can be turned out in quantity by + machinery._ + + =1st Offer:= Pieces 1 to 50 $1.00 + =2d Offer:= Pieces 51 to 105, with part (_C_) 3.50 + =3d Offer:= Pieces 1 to 105, with part (_C_) 4.00 + =4th Offer:= Complete Cabinet, parts (_A_), (_B_), (_C_) 5.00 + =5th Offer:= Apparatus only, all pieces assembled 4.60 + =6th Offer:= Complete Cabinet, all pieces assembled 5.60 + + =_Express charges must be paid by you. Estimates given._= + +A "Special Catalogue," pertaining to the above, with complete +price-list, will be mailed upon application. + + =THOMAS M. ST. JOHN, 407 West 51st St., New York City= + + + + +Fun With Telegraphy + +BOOK AND COMPLETE OUTFIT. + + +[Illustration] + +=TELEGRAPHY= is of the greatest importance to all civilized nations, +and upon it depend some of the world's most important enterprises. +Every boy and girl can make practical use of telegraphy in one way or +another, and the time it takes to learn it will be well spent. + + +=THE OUTFIT.=--Mr. St. John has worked for a number of years to produce +a telegraph outfit that would be simple, cheap, and practical for those +who wish to make a study of telegraphy. After making and experimenting +with nearly one hundred models, many of which were good, he has at last +perfected an instrument so simple, original, and effective that it is +now being made in large quantities. + +The sounders are so designed that they will work properly with any dry +cell of ordinary strength, and this is a great advantage for practice +lines. Dry batteries are cheap and clean, and there are no dangers from +acids. + +The outfit consists of the following articles, placed in a neat box: +One Book of Instruction, called "Fun With Telegraphy"; one Telegraph +"Key"; one Telegraph "Sounder"; Insulated Copper Wires for connections. +The "key" and "sounder" are mounted, with proper "binding-posts," upon +a base of peculiar construction, which aids in giving a large volume of +sound. + + +=CONTENTS OF BOOK.=--Telegraphy.--The Outfit.--A Complete Telegraph +Line.--Connections.--The Telegraph Key.--The Sounder.--The Battery.--A +Practice Line.--A Two-instrument Line.--Operation of Line.--The Morse +Telegraph Alphabet.--Aids to Learning Alphabet.--Cautions.--Office +Calls.--Receiving Messages.--Remember.--Extra Parts. + + +=ABOUT BATTERIES.=--For those who cannot easily secure batteries, we +will furnish small dry cells, post-paid, at 15 cents each, in order to +deliver the outfits complete to our customers. This price barely covers +the total cost to us, postage alone being 6 cents. + + _=FUN WITH TELEGRAPHY, including Book, Key, Sounder, + and Wire (no battery), post-paid, 50 cents, by=_ + + =THOMAS M. ST. JOHN, 848 Ninth Ave., New York= + + + + +Tool Sets for Students + + +The following tool sets have been arranged especially for those who +wish to make use of the designs contained in "How Two Boys Made Their +Own Electrical Apparatus," "Real Electric Toy-Making for Boys," +"Electric Instrument-Making," etc. It is very poor economy to waste +valuable time and energy in order to save the cost of a few extra tools. + +=NOTE.=--Save money by buying your tools in sets. We do not pay express +or freight charges at the special prices below. + +=FOR $1.00.=--One _Steel Punch_; round, knurled head.--One light +_Hammer_; polished, nickel-plated, varnished handle.--One _Iron Clamp_; +japanned, 2¼ in.--One _Screw-Driver_; tempered and polished blade, +cherry stained hardwood handle, nickel ferrule.--One _Wrench_; retinned +skeleton frame, gilt adjusting wheel.--One _Awl_; tempered steel +point, turned and stained wood handle, with ferrule.--One _Vise_; full +malleable, nicely retinned, 1-3/8 in. jaws, full malleable screw with +spring.--One pair _Steel Pliers_; 4 in. long, polished tool steel, +unbreakable, best grooved jaw.--One pair of _Shears_; carbonized steel +blades, hardened edge, nickel-plated, heavy brass nut and bolt.--One +_File_; triangular, good steel.--One _File Handle_; good wood, brass +ferrule.--One _Foot Rule_; varnished wood, has English and metric +system.--One _Soldering Set_; contains soldering iron, solder, resin, +sal ammoniac, and directions. One _Center-Punch_; finely tempered steel. + +=FOR $2.00.=--All that is contained in the $1.00 set of tools, together +with the following: One pair of _Tinner's Shears_; cut, 2¾ in., cast +iron, hardened, suitable for cutting thin metal.--One _Hollow Handle +Tool Set_; very useful; polished handle holds 10 tools, gimlet, +brad-awls, chisel, etc.--One _Try Square_; 6-in. blue steel blade, +marked in 1/8s, strongly riveted.--One 1-lb. _Hammer_; full size, +polished head, wedged varnished hardwood handle.--One _Hack Saw_; steel +frame, 9½-in. polished steel blade, black enamel handle; very useful. + +=FOR $3.50.=--Two _Steel Punches_; different sizes, one solid round, +knurled head, polished; the other, point and head brightly polished, +full nickel, center part knurled.--One _Light Hammer_; polished and +nickel plated, varnished handle.--One regular _Machinist's Hammer_; +ball peen, solid cast steel, with varnished hardwood handle; a +superior article.--Two _Iron Clamps_; one opens 2¼ in., the other +3 in., japanned.--One _Screw-Driver_; tempered and polished blade, +firmly set in cherry stained hardwood handle with nickel ferrule.--One +_Wrench_; retinned, skeleton frame, gilt adjusting wheel.--One _Awl_; +tempered steel blade, ground to point, firmly set in turned and stained +handle with ferrule.--One _Steel Vise_; 2¼-in., jaws, steel screw, +bright polished jaws and handle; a good strong vise.--One pair of +_Steel Pliers_; 6 in. long, bright steel, flat nose, 2 wire-cutters, +practically unbreakable.--One pair of _Shears_; carbonized steel +blades, hardened edges, nickel plated, heavy brass nut and bolt.--One +_File_; triangular and of good steel.--One _File Handle_; good wood, +with brass ferrule.--One _Foot Rule_; varnished wood, has both the +English and metric systems.--One _Soldering Set_; contains soldering +iron, solder, resin, sal ammoniac, and directions; a very handy +article.--One _Center-Punch_; finely tempered steel.--One pair of +_Tinner's Shears_; these are best grade, inlaid steel cutting edges, +polished and tempered, japanned handles; thoroughly reliable.--One +_Hollow Handle Tool Set_; very useful; the polished handle holds 10 +tools, gimlet, chisel, brad-awl, etc.--One _Try Square_; 6-in. blue +steel blade, marked both sides in 1/8s, strongly riveted with brass +rivets.--One _Hack Saw_; steel frame, 9½-in. polished steel blade, +black enamel handle; very useful for sawing small pieces of wood. + +=FOR $5.00= will be included everything in the $3.50 offer, and the +following: One _Glue-Pot_; medium size, with brush and best wood +glue; inside pot has hinge cover.--One _Ratchet Screw-Driver_; great +improvement over ordinary screw-drivers; well made and useful.--One +_Hand Drill_; frame malleable iron; hollow screw top holding 6 drills; +bores from 1-16 to 3-16-in. holes; solid gear teeth; 3-jawed nickel +plated chuck; a superior tool, and almost a necessity. + + =GIVE THE BOY A SET OF TOOLS= + + =THOMAS M. ST. JOHN, 848 Ninth Ave., New York= + + + + +REAL ELECTRIC TOY-MAKING FOR BOYS + + _By_ THOMAS M. ST. JOHN, Met. E. + + + This book contains 140 pages and over one hundred + original drawings, diagrams, and full-page plates. + It measures 5 x 7½ in., and is bound in cloth. + + Price, post-paid, $1.00 + + +=CONTENTS:= _Chapter_ I. Toys Operated by Permanent Magnets.--II. +Toys Operated by Static Electricity.--III. Making Electromagnets for +Toys.--IV. Electric Batteries.--V. Circuits and Connections.--VI. Toys +Operated by Electromagnets. VII. Making Solenoids for Toys.--VIII. +Toys Operated by Solenoids.--IX. Electric Motors.--X. Power, +Speed, and Gearing.--XI. Shafting and Bearings.--XII. Pulleys and +Winding-Drums.--XIII. Belts and Cables.--XIV. Toys Operated by +Electric Motors.--XV. Miscellaneous Electric Toys.--XVI. Tools.--XVII. +Materials.--XVIII. Various Aids to Construction. + +While planning this book, Mr. St. John definitely decided that he would +not fill it with descriptions of complicated, machine-made instruments +and apparatus, under the name of "Toy-Making," for it is just as +impossible for most boys to get the parts for such things as it is +for them to do the required machine work even after they have the raw +materials. + +Great care has been taken in designing the toys which are described +in this book, in order to make them so simple that any boy of average +ability can construct them out of ordinary materials. The author can +personally guarantee the designs, for there is no guesswork about +them. Every toy was made, changed, and experimented with until it was +as simple as possible; the drawings were then made from the perfected +models. + +As the result of the enormous amount of work and experimenting which +were required to originate and perfect so many new models, the author +feels that this book may be truly called "Real Electric Toy-Making for +Boys." + + =Every Boy Should Make Electrical Toys.= + + + + +The Electric Shooting Game> + +A MOST ORIGINAL AND FASCINATING GAME PATENT APPLIED FOR AND COPYRIGHTED + + +[Illustration] + +_=SHOOTING BY ELECTRICITY=_ + +=The Electric Shooting Game= is an entirely new idea, and one that +brings into use that most mysterious something--_electricity_. The +game is so simple that small children can play it, and as there are +no batteries, acids, or liquids of any kind, there is absolutely no +danger. The electricity is of such a nature that it is perfectly +harmless--but very active. + +The "_game-preserve_" is neat and attractive, being printed in colors, +and the birds and animals are well worth hunting. Each has a fixed +value--and some of them must not be shot at all--so there is ample +opportunity for a display of skill in bringing down those which count +most. + +"_Electric bullets_" are actually shot from the "_electric gun_" by +electricity. This instructive game will furnish a vast amount of +amusement to all. + + _=The "Game-Preserve,"--the "Electric Gun,"--the + "Shooting-Box,"--the "Electric Bullets,"--in fact, the + entire electrical outfit, together with complete illustrated + directions, will be sent in a neat box, Post-Paid, upon + receipt of 50 cents, by=_ + + =THOMAS M. ST. 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Containing study-charts, practice devices +and special methods for accurate, rapid work with +figures.</div> + +<div class='center'><i><b>Ask Your Bookseller, Stationer, or Toy Dealer for our<br /> +Books, Games, Puzzles, Educational Amusements, Etc.</b></i><br /> + +—————————<br /> +CATALOGUE UPON APPLICATION<br /> +—————————<br /> +Thomas M. St. John, 407 West 51st St., New York.<br /> +</div> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_iii" id="Page_iii">[iii]</a></span></p> + + + + +<h1>Things A Boy Should<br /> +Know About<br /> +Electricity</h1> + +<div class='center'> +BY<br /> +<span class='author'>THOMAS M. ST. JOHN, Met. E.</span><br /> + +<div class='authorof'>Author of "Fun With Magnetism," "Fun With Electricity,"<br /> +"How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus,"<br /> +"The Study of Elementary Electricity<br /> +and Magnetism by Experiment," etc.<br /> +</div> + + +<br /><br /> +<i>SECOND</i> <img src="images/i_003.png" width="107" height="115" alt="emblem" /> +<i>EDITION</i><br /> +<br /><br /><br /><br /> +<small>NEW YORK</small><br /> +THOMAS M. ST. JOHN<br /> +407 West 51st Street<br /> +<small>1903</small><br /> +</div> +<hr class="chap" /> +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_iv" id="Page_iv">[iv]</a></span></p> + + + + +<div class='copyright'> +Copyright, 1900.<br /> +By <span class="smcap">Thomas M. St. John</span>.<br /> +</div> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_v" id="Page_v">[v]</a></span></p> + + + + +<h2>THINGS A BOY SHOULD KNOW +ABOUT ELECTRICITY</h2> + + + +<hr class="chap" /> +<h2><a id="TABLE_OF_CONTENTS"></a>TABLE OF CONTENTS</h2> + + + + +<div class="center"> +<table border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Contents"> +<tr><td align="left" colspan='2'><span class="smcap"><small>Chapter</small></span></td><td align="right"><span class="smcap"><small>Page</small></span></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">I.</td><td align="left">About Frictional Electricty</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_7">7</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">II.</td><td align="left">About Magnets and Magnetism</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_21">21</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">III.</td><td align="left">How Electricity is Generated by the Voltaic Cell,</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_32">32</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">IV.</td><td align="left">Various Voltaic Cells,</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_36">36</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">V.</td><td align="left">About Push-Buttons, Switches and Binding-Posts,</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_43">43</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">VI.</td><td align="left">Units and Apparatus for Electrical Measurements,</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_48">48</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">VII.</td><td align="left">Chemical Effects of the Electric Current,</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_58">58</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">VIII.</td><td align="left">How Electroplating and Electrotyping are Done,</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_60">60</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">IX.</td><td align="left">The Storage Battery, and How it Works,</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_63">63</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">X.</td><td align="left">How Electricity is Generated by Heat,</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_68">68</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">XI.</td><td align="left">Magnetic Effects of the Electric Current,</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_71">71</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">XII.</td><td align="left">How Electricity is Generated by Induction,</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_77">77</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">XIII.</td><td align="left">How the Induction Coil Works,</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_80">80</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">XIV.</td><td align="left">The Electric Telegraph, and How it Sends Messages,</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_84">84</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">XV.</td><td align="left">The Electric Bell and Some of its Uses,</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_91">91</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">XVI.</td><td align="left">The Telephone and How it Transmits Speech,</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_95">95</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">XVII.</td><td align="left">How Electricity is Generated by Dynamos,</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_101">101</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">XVIII.</td><td align="left">How the Electric Current is Transformed,</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_109">109</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">XIX.</td><td align="left">How Electric Currents are Distributed for Use,</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_114">114</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">XX.</td><td align="left">How Heat is Produced by the Electric Current,</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_124">124</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">XXI.</td><td align="left">How Light is Produced by the Incandescent Lamp,</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_129">129</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">XXII.</td><td align="left">How Light is Produced by the Arc Lamp,</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_135">135</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">XXIII.</td><td align="left">X-Rays, and How the Bones of the Human Body are Photographed,</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_141">141</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">XXIV.</td><td align="left">The Electric Motor, and How it Does Work,</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_147">147</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">XXV.</td><td align="left">Electric Cars, Boats and Automobiles,</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_154">154</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">XXVI.</td><td align="left">A Word About Central Stations,</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_162">162</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">XXVII.</td><td align="left">Miscellaneous Uses of Electricity,</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_165">165</a></td></tr> +</table></div> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_vi" id="Page_vi">[vi]</a></span></p> + + + + +<h2>TO THE READER</h2> + + +<p>For the benefit of those who wish to make their own +electrical apparatus for experimental purposes, references +have been made throughout this work to the "Apparatus +Book;" by this is meant the author's "How Two Boys +Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus."</p> + +<p>For those who wish to take up a course of elementary +electrical experiments that can be performed with simple, +home-made apparatus, references have been made to +"Study;" by this is meant "The Study of Elementary +Electricity and Magnetism by Experiment."</p> + +<div class='sig'> +<span class="smcap">The Author.</span><br /> +</div> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_7" id="Page_7">[7]</a></span></p> + + + + +<h2>Things A Boy Should Know About +Electricity</h2> + + + +<hr class="chap" /> +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_I"></a>CHAPTER I.<br /> +<small>ABOUT FRICTIONAL ELECTRICITY.</small></h2> + + +<p><b><a id="par_1"></a>1. Some Simple Experiments.</b> Have you ever +shuffled your feet along over the carpet on a winter's +evening and then quickly touched your finger to the +nose of an unsuspecting friend? Did +he jump when a bright spark leaped +from your finger and struck him fairly +on the very tip of his sensitive nasal +organ?</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 184px;"> +<img src="images/i_007.png" width="184" height="342" alt="black cat" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 1.</div> +</div> + +<p>Did you ever succeed in proving to +the pussy-cat, Fig. 1, that something +unusual occurs when you thoroughly +rub his warm fur with your hand? Did +you notice the bright sparks that passed +to your hand when it was held just above +the cat's back? You should be able to +see, hear, and feel these sparks, especially when the air +is dry and you are in a dark room.</p> + +<p>Did you ever heat a piece of paper before the fire until +it was real hot, then lay it upon the table and rub it from +end to end with your hand, and finally see it cling to the +wall?</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_8" id="Page_8">[8]</a></span></p> + +<p>Were you ever in a factory where there were large +belts running rapidly over pulleys or wheels, and where +large sparks would jump to your hands when held near +the belts?</p> + +<p>If you have never performed any of the four experiments +mentioned, you should try them the first time a +chance occurs. There are dozens of simple, fascinating +experiments that may be performed with this kind of +electricity.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_2"></a>2. Name.</b> As this variety of electricity is made, or +generated, by the friction of substances upon each other, +it is called <i>frictional</i> electricity. It is also called <i>static</i> +electricity, because it generally stands still upon the surface +of bodies and does not "flow in currents" as easily +as some of the other varieties. Static electricity may be +produced by induction +as well as by friction.</p> + +<div class="figleft" style="width: 406px;"> +<img src="images/i_008.png" width="406" height="378" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 2.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_3"></a>3. History.</b> It has +been known for over +2,000 years that certain +substances act queerly +when rubbed. Amber +was the first substance +upon which electricity +was produced by friction, +and as the Greek +name for amber is +<i>elektron</i>, bodies so affected were said to be <i>electrified</i>. +When a body, like ebonite, is rubbed with a flannel +cloth, we say that it becomes <i>charged with electricity</i>. +Just what happens to the ebonite is not clearly understood.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_9" id="Page_9">[9]</a></span> +We know, however, that it will attract light +bodies, and then quickly repel them if they be conductors. +Fig. 2 shows a piece of tissue-paper jumping toward a +sheet of ebonite that has been electrified with a flannel +cloth.</p> +<div class="figright" style="width: 237px;"> +<img src="images/i_009.png" width="237" height="326" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 3.</div> +</div> +<p><b><a id="par_4"></a>4. Conductors and Non-Conductors.</b> Electricity +can be produced upon glass and ebonite because they do +not carry or conduct it away. If a piece of iron be +rubbed, the electricity passes from the iron into the +earth as fast as it is generated, because the iron is a <i>conductor</i> +of electricity. Glass is an <i>insulator</i> or <i>non-conductor</i>. +Frictional electricity resides upon the outside, +only, of conductors. A hollow tin box +will hold as great a charge as a solid +piece of metal having the same outside +size and shape. When frictional +electricity passes from one place to +another, sparks are produced. Lightning +is caused by the passage of +static electricity from a cloud to the +earth, or from one cloud to another. +In this case air forms the conductor. +(For experiments, see "Study," +Chapter VII.)</p> + + + +<p><b><a id="par_5"></a>5. Electroscopes.</b> A piece of carbon, pith, or even +a small piece of damp tissue-paper will serve as an electroscope +to test the presence of static electricity. The pith +is usually tied to a piece of silk thread which is a non-conductor. +Fig. 3 shows the ordinary form of <i>pith-ball +electroscope</i>.</p> +<div class="figleft" style="width: 308px;"> +<img src="images/i_010.png" width="308" height="476" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 4.</div> +</div> + +<p>The <i>leaf electroscope</i> is a very delicate apparatus. Gold-leaf<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_10" id="Page_10">[10]</a></span> +is generally used, but aluminum-leaf will stand +handling and will do for all ordinary purposes. Fig. 4 +shows a common form, the glass being used to keep +currents of air from the leaves and at the same time to +insulate them from the earth.</p> + +<p>Electroscopes are used to show the presence, relative +amount, or kind of static +electricity on a body. +(See "Study," Chapter +XI.)</p> + + +<p><b><a id="par_6"></a>6. Two Kinds of +Electrification.</b> It can +be shown that the electrification +produced on all +bodies by friction is not +the same; for example, +that generated with glass +and silk is not the same +as that made with ebonite +and flannel. It has been +agreed to call that produced +by glass and silk +<i>positive</i>, and that by +ebonite and flannel <i>negative</i>. +The signs + and - are used for positive and +negative.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_7"></a>7. Laws of Electrification.</b> (1) Charges of the +same kind repel each other; (2) charges of unlike kinds +attract each other; (3) either kind of a charge attracts +and is attracted by a neutral body.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_8"></a>8. Static Electric Machines.</b> In order to produce<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_11" id="Page_11">[11]</a></span> +static electricity in quantities for experiments, some +device is necessary.</p> + +<p>The <i>electrophorus</i> (e-lec-troph´-o-rus) is about the simplest +form of machine. Fig. 5 shows a simple electrophorus +in which are two insulators and one conductor. +The ebonite sheet E S is used with a flannel cloth to generate +the electricity. The metal cover E C is lifted by the +insulating handle E R. The cover E C is placed upon +the thoroughly charged sheet E S, and then it is touched +for an instant with the finger, before lifting it by E R. +The charge upon E C can then be +removed by bringing the hand near +it. The bright spark that passes +from E C to the hand indicates that +E C has discharged itself into the +earth. The action of the electrophorus +depends upon induction. (For +experiments, details of action, +induced electrification, etc., see +"The Study of Elementary Electricity and Magnetism +by Experiment," Chapters VIII. and IX.)</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 264px;"> +<img src="images/i_011.png" width="264" height="265" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 5.</div> +</div> + +<p><i>The first electric machine</i> consisted of a ball of sulphur +fastened to a spindle which could be turned by a crank. +By holding the hands or a pad of silk upon the revolving +ball, electricity was produced.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 558px;"> +<img src="images/i_012a.jpg" width="558" height="374" alt="" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 6.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 551px;"> +<img src="images/i_012b.jpg" width="551" height="397" alt="" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 7.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_9"></a>9. The Cylinder Electric Machine</b> consists, as +shown in Fig. 6, of a glass cylinder so mounted that it +can be turned by a crank. Friction is produced by a +pad of leather C, which presses against the cylinder as it +turns. Electric sparks can be taken from the large "conductors" +which are insulated from the earth. The opposite<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_12" id="Page_12">[12]</a><br /><a name="Page_13" id="Page_13">[13]</a></span> +electricities unite with sparks across D and E. If +use is to be made of the electricity, either the rubber or +the prime conductor must be connected with the ground. +In the former case positive electricity is obtained; in the +latter, negative.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_10"></a>10. The Plate Electrical Machine.</b> Fig. 7 also +shows an old form of machine. Such machines are made +of circular plates of glass or ebonite, two rubbing pads +being usually employed, one on each side of the plate. +One operator is seen on an insulated stool (Fig. 7), the +electricity passing through him before entering the earth +by way of the body of the man at the right.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 565px;"> +<img src="images/i_013.jpg" width="565" height="385" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 8.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_11"></a>11. The Toepler-Holtz Machine</b>, in one form, is +shown in Fig. 8. The electricity is produced by the +principle of induction, and not by mere friction. This +machine, used in connection with condensers, produces +large sparks.</p> +<div class="figleft" style="width: 274px;"> +<img src="images/i_014a.png" width="274" height="335" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 9.</div> +</div> +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_14" id="Page_14">[14]</a></span></p> + +<p><b><a id="par_12"></a>12. The Wimshurst Machine</b> is of recent date, and +not being easily affected by atmospheric changes, is very +useful for ordinary laboratory work. Fig. 9 shows one +form of this machine.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_13"></a>13. Influence Machines +for Medical Purposes</b> are +made in a large variety of +forms. A Wimshurst machine +is generally used as an exciter +to charge the plates of the +large machine when they lose +their charge on account of +excessive moisture in the +atmosphere. Fig. 10 shows a +large machine.</p> + + + +<p><b><a id="par_14"></a>14. Uses of Electrical +Machines.</b> Static electricity has been used for many +years in the laboratory +for experimental +purposes, for +charging condensers, +for medical purposes, +etc. It is +now being used for +X-ray work, and +considerable advancement +has been +made within a few +years in the construction +and efficiency +of the machines.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 379px;"> +<img src="images/i_014b.png" width="379" height="355" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 10.</div> +</div> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_15" id="Page_15">[15]</a></span></p> + +<p>With the modern machines large sparks are produced +by merely turning a crank, enough electricity being produced +to imitate a small thunderstorm. The sparks of +home-made lightning will jump several inches.</p> + +<p>Do not think that electricity is generated in a commercial +way by static electric machines. The practical +uses of static electricity are very few when compared +with those of current electricity from batteries and +dynamos.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_15"></a>15. Condensation of Static Electricity.</b> By means +of apparatus called <i>condensers</i>, a terrific charge of static +electricity may be stored. Fig. 11 shows the most +common form of condenser, known as the <i>Leyden jar</i>. +It consists of a glass jar with an inside and outside coating +of tin-foil.</p> + + + +<div class="center"> +<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" summary="drawings"> +<tr><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 212px;"> +<img src="images/i_015a.png" width="212" height="353" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 11.</div> +</div></td><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 335px;"> +<img src="images/i_015b.png" width="335" height="267" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 12.</div> +</div></td></tr> +</table></div> + + + + +<p><i>To charge</i> the jar it is held in the hand so that the outside +coating shall be connected with the earth, the sparks<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_16" id="Page_16">[16]</a></span> +from an electric machine being passed to the knob at the +top, which is connected by a chain to the inside coating.</p> + +<p><i>To discharge</i> the jar, Fig. 12, a conductor with an +insulating handle is placed +against the outside coat; +when the other end of the +conductor is swung over +towards the knob, a bright +spark passes between them. +This device is called a discharger. +Fig. 13 shows a +discharge through ether +which the spark ignites.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 294px;"> +<img src="images/i_016a.png" width="294" height="298" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 13.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_16"></a>16. The Leyden Battery</b>, +Fig. 14, consists of +several jars connected in such a way that the area of the +inner and outer coatings is greatly increased. The battery +has a larger capacity +than one of its +jars. (For Experiments +in Condensation, +see "Study," +Chapter X.)</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 333px;"> +<img src="images/i_016b.png" width="333" height="278" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 14.</div> +</div> +<div class="figright" style="width: 263px;"> +<img src="images/i_017a.png" width="263" height="323" alt="drawing of a man" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 15.</div> +</div> +<p><b><a id="par_17"></a>17. Electromotive +Force of Static +Electricity.</b> Although +the sparks of +static electricity are +large, the <i>quantity</i> of electricity is very small. It would +take thousands of galvanic cells to produce a spark an +inch long. While the quantity of static electricity is<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_17" id="Page_17">[17]</a></span> +small, its potential, or electromotive force (E. M. F.), +is very high. We say that an ordinary gravity cell has +an E. M. F. of a little over one volt. Five such cells +joined in the proper way +would have an E. M. F. of a +little over five volts. You +will understand, then, what +is meant when we say that the +E. M. F. of a lightning flash +is millions of volts.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_18"></a>18. Atmospheric Electricity.</b> +The air is usually +electrified, even in clear +weather, although its cause is +not thoroughly understood. +In 1752 it was proved by +Benjamin Franklin (Fig. 15), with his famous kite +experiment, that atmospheric and frictional electricities +are of the same nature. By means of a kite, the string +being wet by the rain, he succeeded, during a thunderstorm, +in drawing sparks, charging +condensers, etc.</p> + + + +<div class="figleft" style="width: 240px;"> +<img src="images/i_017b.png" width="240" height="204" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 16.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_19"></a>19. Lightning</b> may be produced +by the passage of electricity +between clouds, or between a +cloud and the earth (Fig. 16), +which, with the intervening air, +have the effect of a condenser. +When the attraction between +the two electrifications gets great enough, a spark passes. +When the spark has a zigzag motion it is called <i>chain<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_18" id="Page_18">[18]</a></span> +lightning</i>. In hot weather flashes are often seen which +light whole clouds, no thunder being heard. This is +called <i>heat lightning</i>, and is generally considered to be +due to distant discharges, +the light of +which is reflected by +the clouds. The +lightning flash represents +billions of volts.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 346px;"> +<img src="images/i_018.jpg" width="346" height="635" alt="drawing street with hole in ground" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 17.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_20"></a>20. Thunder</b> is +caused by the violent +disturbances produced +in the air by lightning. +Clouds, hills, +etc., produce echoes, +which, with the original +sound, make the +rolling effect.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_21"></a>21. Lightning-Rods</b>, +when well +constructed, often prevent +violent discharges. +Their pointed +prongs at the top +allow the negative +electricity of the earth +to pass quietly into the air to neutralize the positive in +the cloud above. In case of a discharge, or stroke of +lightning, the rods aid in conducting the electricity to +the earth. The ends of the rods are placed deep in the +earth, Fig. 17.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_19" id="Page_19">[19]</a></span></p> + +<p><b><a id="par_22"></a>22. St. Elmo's Fire.</b> Electrification from the earth +is often drawn up from the earth through the masts of +ships, Fig. 18, to neutralize that in the clouds, and, as it +escapes from the points of the masts, light is produced.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 449px;"> +<img src="images/i_019.jpg" width="449" height="600" alt="drawing of a ship" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 18.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_23"></a>23. Aurora Borealis</b>, also called Northern Lights, are<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_20" id="Page_20">[20]</a></span> +luminous effects, Fig. 19, often seen in the north. They +often occur at the same time with magnetic storms, when +telegraph and telephone work may be disturbed. The +exact cause of this light is not known, but it is thought +by many to be due to disturbances in the earth's magnetism +caused by the action of the sun.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 474px;"> +<img src="images/i_020.jpg" width="474" height="471" alt="drawing of a sunrise or sunset that is supposed to be the Northern lights" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 19.</div> +</div> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_21" id="Page_21">[21]</a></span></p> + + + + +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_II"></a>CHAPTER II.<br /> +<small>ABOUT MAGNETS AND MAGNETISM.</small></h2> + + +<div class="figright" style="width: 91px;"> +<img src="images/i_021a.png" width="91" height="164" alt="drawing of magnet" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 20</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_24"></a>24. Natural Magnets.</b> Hundreds of years ago it +was discovered that a certain ore of iron, called lodestone, +had the power of picking up small pieces of iron. It was +used to indicate the north and south line, and it was discovered +later that small pieces of steel could be permanently +magnetized by rubbing them upon the lodestone.</p> + + +<p><b><a id="par_25"></a>25. Artificial Magnets.</b> Pieces of steel, when magnetized, +are called artificial magnets. They are made in +many forms. The electromagnet is also an artificial +magnet; this will be treated separately.</p> + + +<p><b><a id="par_26"></a>26. The Horseshoe Magnet</b>, Fig. 20, is, however, +the one with which we are the most familiar. +They are always painted red, but the red paint +has nothing to do with the magnetism.</p> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 513px;"> +<img src="images/i_022a.png" width="513" height="62" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 21.</div> +</div> +<div class="figleft" style="width: 133px;"> +<img src="images/i_022b.png" width="133" height="361" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 22.</div> +</div> +<p>The little end-piece is called the keeper, or +armature; it should always be kept in place +when the magnet is not in use. The magnet +itself is made of steel, while the armature is +made of soft iron. Steel retains magnetism +for a long time, while soft iron loses it almost instantly. +The ends of the magnet are called its <i>poles</i>, and nearly +all the strength of the magnet seems to reside at the +poles, the curved part having no attraction for outside +bodies. One of the poles of the magnet is marked with +a line, or with the letter N. This is called the north +pole of the magnet, the other being its south pole.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_22" id="Page_22">[22]</a></span></p> + + + +<p><b><a id="par_27"></a>27. Bar Magnets</b> are straight magnets. Fig. 21 +shows a round bar magnet. The screw in the end is for +use in the telephone, described later.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_28"></a>28. Compound Magnets.</b> When several thin steel +magnets are riveted together, a compound +magnet is formed. These can be +made with considerable strength. Fig. +22 shows a compound horseshoe magnet. +Fig. 23 shows a form of compound bar +magnet used in telephones. The use of +the coil of wire will be explained later. +A thick piece of steel can not be magnetized +through and through. In the compound +magnet we have the effect of a +thick magnet practically magnetized +through and through.</p> + + + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 539px;"> +<img src="images/i_022c.png" width="539" height="130" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 23.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_29"></a>29. Magnetic and Diamagnetic +Bodies.</b> Iron, and substances containing +iron, are the ones most readily attracted by a magnet. +Iron is said to be <i>magnetic</i>. Some substances, like +nickel, for example, are visibly attracted by very strong<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_23" id="Page_23">[23]</a></span> +magnets only. Strange as it may seem, some substances +are actually repelled by strong magnets; these are called +<i>diamagnetic</i> bodies. Brass, copper, zinc, etc., are not +visibly affected by a magnet. +Magnetism will act through +paper, glass, copper, lead, +etc.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 250px;"> +<img src="images/i_023a.png" width="250" height="93" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 24.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_30"></a>30. Making Magnets.</b> +One of the strangest properties +that a magnet has is its power to give magnetism to +another piece of steel. If a sewing-needle be properly +rubbed upon one of the poles of a magnet, it will become +strongly magnetized +and will retain its magnetism +for years. Strong +permanent magnets are +made with the aid of +electromagnets. Any +number of little magnets +may be made from a horseshoe +magnet without injuring +it.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 312px;"> +<img src="images/i_023b.jpg" width="312" height="418" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 25.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_31"></a>31. Magnetic Needles +and Compasses.</b> If a +bar magnet be suspended +by a string, or floated +upon a cork, which can +easily be done with the +magnet made from a sewing-needle, Fig. 24, it will +swing around until its poles point north and south. Such +an arrangement is called a <i>magnetic needle</i>. In the regular<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_24" id="Page_24">[24]</a></span> +<i>compass</i>, a magnetic needle is supported upon a pivot. +Compasses have been used for many centuries by mariners +and others. Fig. 25 shows an ordinary pocket +compass, and Fig. 26 a form of mariner's compass, in +which the small bar magnets are fastened to a card +which floats, the whole being so mounted that it keeps a +horizontal position, even though the vessel rocks.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 506px;"> +<img src="images/i_024.jpg" width="506" height="428" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 26.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_32"></a>32. Action of Magnets Upon Each Other.</b> By +making two small sewing-needle magnets, you can easily +study the laws of attraction and repulsion. By bringing +the two north poles, or the two south poles, near each +other, a repulsion will be noticed. Unlike poles attract +each other. The attraction between a magnet and iron +is mutual; that is, each attracts the other. Either pole +of a magnet attracts soft iron.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_25" id="Page_25">[25]</a></span></p> + +<p>In magnetizing a needle, either end may be made a +north pole at will; in fact, the poles of a weak magnet +can easily be reversed by properly rubbing it upon a +stronger magnet.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_33"></a>33. Theory of Magnetism.</b> Each little particle of a +piece of steel or iron is supposed to be a magnet, even +before it touches a magnet. When these little magnets +are thoroughly mixed up in the steel, they pull in all +sorts of directions upon each other and tend to keep the +steel from attracting outside bodies. When a magnet is +properly rubbed upon a bar of steel, the north poles of the +little molecular magnets of the steel are all made to point +in the same direction. As the north poles help each +other, the whole bar can attract outside bodies.</p> + +<p>By jarring a magnet its molecules are thoroughly +shaken up; in fact, most of the magnetism can be +knocked out of a weak magnet by hammering it.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_34"></a>34. Retentivity.</b> The power that a piece of steel has +to hold magnetism is called <i>retentivity</i>. Different kinds +of steel have different retentivities. A sewing-needle of +good steel will retain magnetism for years, and it is +almost impossible to knock the magnetism out by +hammering it. Soft steel has very little retentivity, +because it does not contain much carbon. Soft iron, +which contains less carbon than steel, holds magnetism +very poorly; so it is not used for permanent magnets. +A little magnetism, however, will remain in the soft iron +after it is removed from a magnet. This is called <i>residual +magnetism</i>.</p> +<div class="figleft" style="width: 313px;"> +<img src="images/i_026a.png" width="313" height="412" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 27.</div> +</div> +<p><b><a id="par_35"></a>35. Heat and Magnetism.</b> Steel will completely +lose its magnetism when heated to redness, and a magnet<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_26" id="Page_26">[26]</a></span> +will not attract red-hot iron. The molecules of a piece +of red-hot iron are in such a state of rapid vibration that +they refuse to be brought into line by the magnet.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_36"></a>36. Induced Magnetism.</b> +A piece of soft iron +may be induced to become +a magnet by holding it +near a magnet, absolute +contact not being necessary. +When the soft iron is removed, +again, from the influence +of the magnet, its +magnetism nearly all disappears. +It is said to have +<i>temporary</i> magnetism; it +had <i>induced</i> magnetism. If +a piece of soft iron be held +near the north pole of a +magnet, as in Fig. 27, +poles will be produced in the soft iron, the one nearest +the magnet being the south pole, and the other the north +pole.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 263px;"> +<img src="images/i_026b.png" width="263" height="82" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 28.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_37"></a>37. Magnetic Field.</b> If a bar magnet be laid upon +the table, and a compass be moved about it, the compass-needle +will be attracted by +the magnet, and it will point +in a different direction for +every position given to the +compass. This strange +power, called magnetism, reaches out on all sides of a +magnet. The magnet may be said to act by induction<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_27" id="Page_27">[27]</a></span> +upon the compass-needle. The space around the magnet, +in which this inductive action takes place, is called the +<i>magnetic field</i>. Fig. 28 shows some of the positions +taken by a compass-needle when moved about on one side +of a bar magnet.</p> + + +<div class="center"> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="drawings"> +<tr><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 228px;"> +<img src="images/i_027a.jpg" width="228" height="600" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 29.</div> +</div></td><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 283px;"> +<img src="images/i_027b.jpg" width="283" height="588" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 30.</div> +</div></td></tr> +</table></div> + + + + + +<p><b><a id="par_38"></a>38. Magnetic Figures</b> can be made by sprinkling iron<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_28" id="Page_28">[28]</a></span> +filings upon a sheet of paper under which is placed a +magnet. Fig. 29 shows a magnetic figure made with an +ordinary bar magnet. The magnet was placed upon the +table and over this was laid +a piece of smooth paper. +Fine iron filings were sifted +upon the paper, which was +gently tapped so that the +filings could arrange themselves. +As each particle of +iron became a little magnet, +by induction, its poles were +attracted and repelled by +the magnet; and when the +paper was tapped they +swung around to their final +positions. Notice that the +filings have arranged themselves +in lines. These lines +show the positions of some +of the <i>lines of magnetic force</i> +which surrounded the +magnet.</p> + +<p>These lines of force pass +from the north pole of a +magnet through the air on +all sides to its south pole.</p> + +<div class="figleft" style="width: 253px;"> +<img src="images/i_028.jpg" width="253" height="600" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 31.</div> +</div> + +<p>Fig. 30 shows a magnetic +figure made from two bar +magnets placed side by side, their unlike poles being +next to each other. Fig. 31 shows the magnetic figure<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_29" id="Page_29">[29]</a></span> +of a horseshoe magnet with round poles, the poles being +uppermost.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_39"></a>39. The Use of Armatures.</b> A magnet attracts +iron most strongly at its poles, because it is at the poles +that the greatest number of lines of force pass into the +air. Lines of force pass easily through soft iron, which +is said to be a good conductor of them. Air is not a +good conductor of the lines of force; in order, then, for +the lines of force to pass from the north pole of a magnet +to its south pole, they must overcome this resistance of +the air, unless the armature is in place. A magnet will +gradually grow weaker when its armature is left off.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_40"></a>40. Terrestrial Magnetism.</b> As the compass-needle +points to the north and south, the earth must act like a +magnet. There is a place very far north, about a thousand +miles from the north pole of the earth, which is +called the earth's north magnetic pole. Compass-needles +point to this place, and not to the earth's real north pole. +You can see, then, that if a compass be taken north of +this magnetic pole, its north pole will point south. Lines +of force pass from the earth's north magnetic pole +through the air on all sides of the earth and enter the +earth's south magnetic pole. The compass-needle, in +pointing toward the north magnetic pole, merely takes +the direction of the earth's lines of force, just as the particles +of iron filings arrange themselves in the magnetic +figures.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_41"></a>41. Declination.</b> As the magnetic needle does not +point exactly to the north, an angle is formed between +the true north and south line and the line of the needle. +In Fig. 32 the line marked N S is the true north and<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_30" id="Page_30">[30]</a></span> +south line. The <i>angle of variation</i>, or the declination, is +the angle A between the line N S and the compass-needle.</p> + + + +<div class="center"> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="drawings"> +<tr><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 65px;"> +<img src="images/i_030a.png" width="65" height="148" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 32.</div> +</div></td><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 177px;"> +<img src="images/i_030b.png" width="177" height="71" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 33.</div> +</div></td></tr> +</table></div> + + + + +<p><b><a id="par_42"></a>42. Dip or Inclination.</b> If a piece of steel be carefully +balanced upon a support, and then magnetized, it +will be found that it will no longer balance. The north +pole will <i>dip</i> or point downward. Fig. 33 shows what +happens to a needle when it is held in different positions +over a bar magnet. It +simply takes the directions +of the lines of force as +they pass from the north +to the south pole of the +magnet. As the earth's +lines of force pass in curves +from the north to the south +magnetic pole, you can +see why the magnetic +needle dips, unless its +south pole is made heavier +than its north. Magnetic +needles are balanced after they are magnetized.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 306px;"> +<img src="images/i_030c.png" width="306" height="347" alt="drawings" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 34.</div> +</div> + +<p>Fig. 34 shows a simple form of dipping needle. These +are often used by geologists and miners. In the hands<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_31" id="Page_31">[31]</a></span> +of the prospector, the miner's compass, or dipping +needle, proves a serviceable guide to the discovery and +location of magnetic iron ore. In this instrument the +magnetic needle is carefully balanced upon a horizontal +axis within a graduated circle, and in which the needle +will be found to assume a position inclined to the horizon. +This angle of deviation is called the <i>inclination</i> or <i>dip</i>, +and varies in different latitudes, and even at different +times in the same place.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_43"></a>43. The Earth's Inductive Influence.</b> The earth's +magnetism acts inductively upon pieces of steel or iron +upon its surface. If a piece of steel or iron, like a stove +poker, for example, be held in a north and south line +with its north end dipping considerably, it will be in the +best position for the magnetism of the earth to act upon +it; that is, it will lie in the direction taken by the earth's +lines of force. If the poker be struck two or three times +with a hammer to shake up its molecules, we shall find, +upon testing it, that it has become magnetized. By this +method we can pound magnetism right out of the air with +a hammer. If the magnetized poker be held level, in an +east and west direction, it will no longer be acted upon to +advantage by the inductive influence of the earth, and +we can easily hammer the magnetism out of it again. +(For experiments on magnets and magnetism see +"Study," Part I.)</p> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_32" id="Page_32">[32]</a></span></p> + + + + +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_III"></a>CHAPTER III.<br /> +<small>HOW ELECTRICITY IS GENERATED BY THE VOLTAIC +CELL.</small></h2> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 371px;"> +<img src="images/i_032.png" width="371" height="420" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 35.</div> +</div> +<p><b><a id="par_44"></a>44. Early Experiments.</b> In 1786 Galvani, an +Italian physician, made experiments to study the effect of +static electricity upon the nervous excitability of animals, +and especially upon the frog. He found that electric +machines were not +necessary to produce +muscular contractions +or kicks of the +frog's legs, and that +they could be produced +when two different +metals, Fig. +35, like iron and +copper, for example, +were placed in proper +contact with a nerve +and a muscle and +then made to touch +each other. Galvani +first thought that the +frog generated the electricity instead of the metals.</p> + +<p>Volta proved that the electricity was caused by the +contact of the metals. He used the condensing electroscope +as one means of proving that two dissimilar metals +become charged differently when in contact. Volta also<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_33" id="Page_33">[33]</a></span> +carried out his belief by constructing +what is called a <i>Voltaic Pile</i>. He +thought that by making several pairs +of metals so arranged that all the +little currents would help each other, +a strong current could be generated. +Fig. 36 shows a <i>pile</i>, it being made by +placing a pair of zinc and copper discs +in contact with one another, then laying +on the copper disc a piece of +flannel soaked in brine, then on top of +this another pair, etc., etc. By connecting +the first zinc and the last +copper, quite a little current was produced. +This was a start from which +has been built our present knowledge +of electricity. Strictly speaking, +electricity is not generated by combinations +of metals or by cells; they +really keep up a difference of potential, +as will be seen.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 193px;"> +<img src="images/i_033a.png" width="193" height="575" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 36.</div> +</div> + + + +<div class="center"> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="drawings"> +<tr><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 114px;"> +<img src="images/i_033b.png" width="114" height="122" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 37.</div> +</div></td><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 130px;"> +<img src="images/i_033c.png" width="130" height="168" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 38.</div> +</div></td></tr> +</table></div> + + + + +<p><b><a id="par_45"></a>45. The Simple Cell.</b> It has been stated that two +different kinds of electrifications may be produced by +friction; one positive, the other negative. Either can be +produced, at will, by using proper materials. +Fig. 37 shows a +section of a <i>simple cell</i>; +Fig. 38 shows another view. +Cu is a piece of copper, +and Zn a piece of zinc. +When they are placed in<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_34" id="Page_34">[34]</a></span> +dilute sulphuric acid, it can be shown by delicate apparatus +that they become charged differently, because the +acid acts differently upon the plates. They become +charged by chemical action, and not by friction. The +zinc is gradually dissolved, and it is this chemical burning +of the zinc that furnishes energy for the electric current +in the simple cell. The electrification, or charge, on +the plates tends to flow from the place of higher to the +place of lower potential, just as water tends to flow down +hill. If a wire be joined to the two metals, a constant +current of electricity will flow through it, because the +acid continues to act upon the plates. The simple cell +is a <i>single-fluid</i> cell, as but one liquid is used in its construction.</p> + +<p><b>45a. Plates and Poles.</b> The metal strips used in +voltaic cells are called <i>plates</i> or <i>elements</i>. The one most +acted upon by the acid is called the positive (+) plate. +In the simple cell the zinc is the + plate, and the copper +the negative (-) plate. The end of a wire attached to +the - plate is called the + pole, or electrode. Fig. 37 +shows the negative (-) electrode as the end of the wire +attached to the + plate.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_46"></a>46. Direction of Current.</b> In the cell the current +passes from the zinc to the copper; that is, from the positive +to the negative plate, where bubbles of hydrogen +gas are deposited. In the wire connecting the plates, +the current passes from the copper to the zinc plate. In +most cells, carbon takes the place of copper. (See +"Study," § 268.)</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_47"></a>47. Local Currents; Amalgamation.</b> Ordinary +zinc contains impurities such as carbon, iron, etc., and<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_35" id="Page_35">[35]</a></span> +when the acid comes in contact with these, they form +with the zinc a small cell. This tends to eat away the +zinc without producing useful currents. The little currents +in the cell from this cause are called <i>local currents</i>. +(See "Study," Exp. 111, § 273.) This is largely overcome +by coating the zinc with mercury. This process is +called <i>amalgamation</i>. It makes the zinc act like pure +zinc, which is not acted upon by dilute sulphuric acid +when the current does not pass. (See "Study," § 257, +274.)</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_48"></a>48. Polarization of Cells.</b> Bubbles of hydrogen gas +are formed when zinc is dissolved by an acid. In the +ordinary simple cell these bubbles collect on the copper +plate, and not on the zinc plate, as might be expected. +The hydrogen is not a conductor of electricity, so this +film of gas holds the current back. The hydrogen acts +like a metal and sets up a current that opposes the zinc +to the copper current. Several methods are employed to +get rid of the hydrogen. (See "Study," § 278, 279, +280.)</p> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_36" id="Page_36">[36]</a></span></p> + + + + +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_IV"></a>CHAPTER IV.<br /> +<small>VARIOUS VOLTAIC CELLS.</small></h2> + + +<p><b><a id="par_49"></a>49. Single-Fluid and Two-Fluid Cells.</b> The simple +cell (§ 45) is a single-fluid cell. The liquid is called +the <i>electrolyte</i>, and this must act upon one of the plates; +that is, chemical action must take place in order to produce +a current. The simple cell polarizes rapidly, so +something must be used with the dilute sulphuric acid to +destroy the hydrogen bubbles. This is done in the +<i>bichromate of potash cell</i>.</p> + +<p>In order to get complete depolarization—that is, to +keep the carbon plate almost perfectly free from hydrogen, +it is necessary to use <i>two-fluid cells</i>, or those to +which some solid depolarizer is added to the one fluid.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_50"></a>50. Open and Closed Circuit Cells.</b> If we consider +a voltaic cell, the wires attached to it, and perhaps some +instrument through which the current passes, we have an +<i>electric circuit</i>. When the current passes, the circuit is +<i>closed</i>, but when the wire is cut, or in any way disconnected +so that the current can not pass, the circuit is +<i>open</i> or <i>broken</i>. (See "Study," § 266.)</p> + +<p><i>Open Circuit Cells</i> are those which can give momentary +currents at intervals, such as are needed for bells, telephones, +etc. These must have plenty of time to rest, as +they polarize when the circuit is closed for a long time. +The <i>Leclanché</i> and <i>dry</i> cells are the most common open +circuit cells.</p> + +<p><i>Closed Circuit Cells.</i> For telegraph lines, motors, etc.,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_37" id="Page_37">[37]</a></span> +where a current is needed for some time, the cell must be +of such a nature that it will not polarize quickly; it must +give a strong and constant current. The <i>bichromate</i> and +<i>gravity cells</i> are examples of this variety. (See "Study," +§ 286.)</p> +<div class="figleft" style="width: 215px;"> +<img src="images/i_037.png" width="215" height="395" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 39.</div> +</div> +<p><b><a id="par_51"></a>51. Bichromate of Potash Cells</b> are very useful for +general laboratory work. They are especially useful for +operating induction coils, small +motors, small incandescent lamps, +for heating platinum wires, etc. +These cells have an E.M.F. of +about 2 volts. Dilute sulphuric +acid is used as the exciting fluid, +and in this is dissolved the bichromate +of potash which keeps +the hydrogen bubbles from the +carbon plate. (See "Apparatus +Book," § 26.) Zinc and carbon +are used for the plates, the + +pole being the wire attached to +the carbon.</p> + + + +<p>Fig. 39 shows one form of bichromate +cell. It furnishes a large quantity of current, +and as the zinc can be raised from the fluid, it may be +kept charged ready for use for many months, and can be +set in action any time when required by lowering the +zinc into the liquid. Two of these cells will burn a one +candle-power miniature incandescent lamp several hours. +The carbon is indestructible.</p> + +<blockquote> + +<p><b>Note.</b> For various forms of home-made cells, see "Apparatus +Book," Chapter I., and for battery fluids see Chapter II.</p></blockquote> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_38" id="Page_38">[38]</a></span></p> + +<p><b><a id="par_52"></a>52. The Grenet Cell.</b> Fig. 40 is another form of +bichromate cell. The carbon plates are left in the fluid +constantly. The zinc plate should be raised when the +cell is not in use, to keep it from being uselessly dissolved.</p> + + +<div class="center"> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="drawings"> +<tr><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 210px;"> +<img src="images/i_038a.png" width="210" height="409" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 40.</div> +</div></td><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 208px;"> +<img src="images/i_038b.png" width="208" height="347" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 41.</div> +</div> +</td></tr> +</table></div> + + + + +<p><b><a id="par_53"></a>53. Plunge Batteries.</b> Two or more cells are often +arranged so that their elements can be quickly lowered +into the acid solution. Such a combination, Fig. 41, is +called a <i>plunge battery</i>. The binding-posts are so arranged +that currents of different strengths can be taken from the +combination. The two binding-posts on the right of the +battery will give the current of one cell; the two binding-posts +on the left of the battery will give the current of +two cells, and the two end binding-posts will give the +current of all three cells. When not in use the elements +must always be hung on the hooks and kept out of the +solution.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_39" id="Page_39">[39]</a></span></p> + +<p><b><a id="par_54"></a>54. Large Plunge Batteries</b>. Fig. 42, are arranged +with a winch and a bar above the cells; these afford a +ready and convenient means of lifting or lowering the +elements and avoiding waste. In the battery shown, +Fig. 42, the zincs are 4×6 inches; the carbons have the +same dimensions, but there are two carbon plates to each +zinc, thus giving double the carbon surface.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 419px;"> +<img src="images/i_039a.png" width="419" height="263" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 42.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_55"></a>55. The Fuller Cell</b>, Fig. 43, is another type of +bichromate cell, used largely for long-distance telephone +service, for telephone exchange +and switch service, for running +small motors, etc. It consists of a +glass jar, a carbon plate, with +proper connections, a clay porous +cup, containing the zinc, which is +made in the form of a cone. A +little mercury is placed in the +porous cup to keep the zinc well +amalgamated. Either bichromate +of potash or bichromate of soda can +be used as a depolarizer.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 211px;"> +<img src="images/i_039b.png" width="211" height="313" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 43.</div> +</div> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_40" id="Page_40">[40]</a></span></p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 204px;"> +<img src="images/i_040a.png" width="204" height="289" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 44.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_56"></a>56. The Gravity Cell</b>, sometimes called the <i>bluestone</i> +or <i>crowfoot</i> cell, is used largely for telegraph, police, and +fire-alarm signal service, laboratory +and experimental work, or whenever +a closed circuit cell is required. The +E.M.F. is about one volt. This is a +modified form of the Daniell cell. Fig. +44 shows a home-made gravity cell.</p> + +<p>A copper plate is placed at the +bottom of the glass jar, and upon this +rests a solution of copper sulphate +(bluestone). The zinc plate is supported +about four inches above the +copper, and is surrounded by a solution +of zinc sulphate which floats upon the top of the +blue solution. An insulated wire reaches from the copper +to the top of the cell and forms +the positive pole. (See "Apparatus +Book," § 11 to 15, for home-made +gravity cell, its regulation, +etc. For experiments with two-fluid +Daniell cell, see "Study," +Exp. 113, § 281 to 286.)</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 225px;"> +<img src="images/i_040b.png" width="225" height="431" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 45.</div> +</div> + +<p><b>56a. Bunsen Cells,</b> Fig. 45, are +used for motors, small incandescent +lamps, etc. A carbon rod is inclosed +in a porous cup, on the +outside of which is a cylinder of +zinc that stands in dilute sulphuric +acid, the carbon being in +nitric acid.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_41" id="Page_41">[41]</a></span></p> + +<p><b><a id="par_57"></a>57. The Leclanché Cell</b> is an open circuit cell. Sal +ammoniac is used as the exciting fluid, carbon and zinc +being used for plates. Manganese dioxide is used as the +depolarizer; this surrounds the +carbon plate, the two being +either packed together in a +porous cup or held together in the form of cakes. The +porous cup, or pressed cake, stands in the exciting fluid. +The E. M. F. is about 1.5 volts.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 170px;"> +<img src="images/i_041a.png" width="170" height="238" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 46.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 221px;"> +<img src="images/i_041b.png" width="221" height="334" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 47.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 556px;"> +<img src="images/i_041.png" width="556" height="347" alt="drawings" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 48.</div> +</div> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_42" id="Page_42">[42]</a></span></p> + + +<p>Fig. 46 shows a form with porous cup. The binding-post +at the top of the carbon plate forms the + electrode, +the current +leaving the cell at this +point.</p> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 362px;"> +<img src="images/i_042a.png" width="362" height="326" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 49.</div> +</div> + +<p><i>The Gonda Prism +Cell</i> (Fig. 47), is a +form of Leclanché in +which the depolarizer +is in the form of a +cake.</p> +<div class="figright" style="width: 245px;"> +<img src="images/i_042b.png" width="245" height="336" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 50.</div> +</div> +<p><b><a id="par_58"></a>58. Dry Cells</b> are +open circuit cells, and +can be carried about, +although they are +moist inside. The + pole is the end of the carbon plate. +Zinc is used as the outside case and + plate. Fig. 48 +shows the ordinary forms.</p> + +<p>Fig. 49 shows a number of +dry cells arranged in a box +with switch in front, so that the +current can be regulated at will.</p> + + + +<p><b><a id="par_59"></a>59. The Edison-Lelande +Cells</b>, Fig. 50, are made in +several sizes and types. Zinc +and copper oxide, which is +pressed into plates, form the +elements. The exciting fluid +consists of a 25 per cent. solution +of caustic potash in water. +They are designed for both open and closed circuit work.</p> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_43" id="Page_43">[43]</a></span></p> + + + + +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_V"></a>CHAPTER V.<br /> +<small>ABOUT PUSH-BUTTONS, SWITCHES AND BINDING-POSTS.</small></h2> + + +<p><b><a id="par_60"></a>60. Electrical Connections.</b> In experimental work, +as well as in the everyday work of the electrician, electrical +connections must constantly be made. One wire +must be joined to another, just for a moment, perhaps, +or one piece of apparatus must be put in an electric circuit +with other apparatus, or the current must be turned +on or off from motors, lamps, etc. In order to conveniently +and quickly make such connections, apparatus +called push-buttons, switches and binding-posts are used.</p> + + +<div class="center"> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="drawings"> +<tr><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 185px;"> +<img src="images/i_043a.png" width="185" height="74" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 51.</div> +</div></td><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 340px;"> +<img src="images/i_043b.png" width="340" height="108" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 52.</div> +</div></td></tr> +</table></div> + + +<p><b><a id="par_61"></a>61. Push-Buttons.</b> The simple act of pressing your +finger upon a movable button, or knob, may ring a bell +a mile away, or do some other equally wonderful thing. +Fig. 51 shows a simple push-button, somewhat like a +simple key in construction. If we cut a wire, through +which a current is passing, then join one of the free ends +to the screw A and the other end to screw C, we shall be +able to let the current pass at any instant by pressing the +spring B firmly upon A.</p> + +<p>Push-buttons are made in all sorts of shapes and sizes. +Fig. 52 gives an idea of the general internal construction.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_44" id="Page_44">[44]</a></span> +The current enters A by one wire, and leaves by another +wire as soon as the button is pushed and B is forced +down to A. The bottom of the little button rests upon +the top of B.</p> + +<p>Fig. 53 shows a <i>Table Clamp-Push</i> for use on dining-tables, +card-tables, chairs, desks, and other movable furniture. +Fig. 54 shows a combination of push-button, +speaking-tube, and letter-box used in city apartment +houses. Fig. 55 shows an <i>Indicating Push</i>. The buzzer +indicates, by the sound, whether the call has been heard; +that is, the person called answers back.</p> + +<div class="center"> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="drawings"> +<tr><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 381px;"> +<img src="images/i_044a.png" width="381" height="408" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 53.</div> +</div></td><td align="left"> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 140px;"> +<img src="images/i_044b.png" width="140" height="452" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 54.</div> +</div></td></tr> +</table></div> + + +<p><i>Modifications</i> of ordinary push-buttons are used for +floor push-buttons, on doors, windows, etc., for burglar-alarms, +for turning off or on lights, etc., etc. (See<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_45" id="Page_45">[45]</a></span> +"Apparatus Book," +Chapter III., for home-made +push-buttons.)</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 301px;"> +<img src="images/i_045a.png" width="301" height="422" alt="draiwng" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 55.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_62"></a>62. Switches</b> have a +movable bar or plug of +metal, moving on a pivot, +to make or break a circuit, +or transfer a current from +one conductor to another.</p> + +<p>Fig. 56 shows a <i>single +point switch</i>. The current +entering the pivoted +arm can go no farther +when the switch is open, +as shown. To close the +circuit, the arm is pushed +over until it presses down upon the contact-point. For +neatness, both wires are joined to the under side of the +switch or to binding-posts.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 340px;"> +<img src="images/i_045b.png" width="340" height="281" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 56.</div> +</div> + +<p>Fig. 57 shows a <i>knife switch</i>. Copper blades are +pressed down between copper spring clips to close the +circuit. The handle is +made of insulating material.</p> + +<p><i>Pole-changing +switches</i>, Fig. 58, are +used for changing or +reversing the poles of +batteries, etc.</p> + +<p>Fig. 59 shows a +home-made switch, useful<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_46" id="Page_46">[46]</a></span> +in connection with +resistance coils. By joining +the ends of the coils +A, B, C, D, with the +contact-points 1, 2, 3, +etc., more or less resistance +can be easily thrown +in by simply swinging +the lever E around to +the left or right. If E +be turned to 1, the +current will be +obliged to pass +through all the +coils A, B, etc., +before it can pass +out at Y. If E +be moved to 3, +coils A and B will +be cut out of the circuit, +thus decreasing the resistance +to the current on its +way from X to Y. Current +regulators are made +upon this principle. (See +"Apparatus Book," Chapter +IV., for home-made +switches.)</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 328px;"> +<img src="images/i_046a.png" width="328" height="288" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 57.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 398px;"> +<img src="images/i_046b.png" width="398" height="223" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 58.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 291px;"> +<img src="images/i_046c.png" width="291" height="331" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 59.</div> +</div> + +<p><i>Switchboards</i> are made +containing from two or +three to hundreds of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_47" id="Page_47">[47]</a></span> +switches, and are used in telegraph and telephone work, +in electric light stations, etc., etc. (See Chapter on +Central Stations.) Fig. 60 shows a switch used for incandescent +lighting +currents.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 375px;"> +<img src="images/i_047a.jpg" width="375" height="360" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 60.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 551px;"> +<img src="images/i_047b.jpg" width="551" height="246" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 61.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_63"></a>63. Binding-Posts</b> +are used to +make connections +between two pieces +of apparatus, between +two or more +wires, between a +wire and any apparatus, +etc., etc. +They allow the +wires to be quickly +fastened or unfastened +to the apparatus. A large part of the apparatus +shown in this book has binding-posts attached. Fig. 61 +shows a few of the common forms used. (See "Apparatus +Book," Chapter V., for home-made binding-posts.)</p> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_48" id="Page_48">[48]</a></span></p> + + + + +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_VI"></a>CHAPTER VI.<br /> +<small>UNITS AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENTS.</small></h2> + + +<p><b><a id="par_64"></a>64. Electrical Units.</b> In order to measure electricity +for experimental or commercial purposes, standards or +units are just as necessary as the inch or foot for measuring +distances.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_65"></a>65. Potential; Electromotive Force.</b> If water in +a tall tank be allowed to squirt from two holes, one near +the bottom, the other near the top, it is evident that the +force of the water that comes from the hole at the bottom +will be the greater. The pressure at the bottom is greater +than that near the top, because the "head" is greater.</p> + +<p>When a spark of static electricity jumps a long distance, +we say that the charge has a high <i>potential</i>; that is, it +has a high electrical pressure. Potential, for electricity, +means the same as pressure, for water. The greater the +potential, or <i>electromotive force</i> (E.M.F.) of a cell, the +greater its power to push a current through wires. (See +"Study," § 296 to 305, with experiments.)</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_66"></a>66. Unit of E.M.F.; the Volt.</b>—In speaking of +water, we say that its pressure is so many pounds to the +square inch, or that it has a fall, or head, of so many +feet. We speak of a current as having so many volts; +for example, we say that a wire is carrying a 110-volt +current. The volt is the unit of E.M.F. An ordinary +gravity cell has an E.M.F. of about one volt. This +name was given in honor of Volta.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_49" id="Page_49">[49]</a></span></p> + +<p><b><a id="par_67"></a>67. Measurement of Electromotive Force.</b> There +are several ways by which the E.M.F. of a cell, for +example, can be +measured. It is +usually measured +<i>relatively</i>, by comparison +with the +E. M. F. of some +standard cell. (See +"Study," Exp. +140, for measuring +the E. M. F. of a +cell by comparison +with the two-fluid cell.)</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 386px;"> +<img src="images/i_049a.jpg" width="386" height="292" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 62.</div> +</div> + +<p><i>Voltmeters</i> are instruments by means of which E. M. F. +can be read on a printed scale. They are a variety of +galvanometer, and are made with coils of such high +resistance, compared with the resistance of a cell or +dynamo, that the E. M. F. +can be read direct. The +reason for this will be seen +by referring to Ohm's law +("Study," § 356); the +resistance is so great that +the strength of the current +depends entirely upon +the E. M. F.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 312px;"> +<img src="images/i_049b.jpg" width="312" height="297" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 63.</div> +</div> + +<p>Voltmeters measure +electrical pressure just as +steam gauges measure the pressure of steam. Fig. 62 +shows one form of voltmeter. Fig. 63 shows a voltmeter<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_50" id="Page_50">[50]</a></span> +with illuminated dial. An electrical bulb behind the +instrument furnishes light so that the readings can be +easily taken.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_68"></a>68. Electrical Resistance.</b> Did you ever ride down +hill on a hand-sled? How easily the sled glides over the +snow! What happens, though, when you strike a bare +place, or a place where some evil-minded person has +sprinkled ashes? Does the sled pass easily over bare +ground or ashes? Snow offers +very little <i>resistance</i> to the sled, +while ashes offer a great resistance.</p> + +<div class="figleft" style="width: 243px;"> +<img src="images/i_050.png" width="243" height="303" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 64.</div> +</div> + +<p>All substances do not allow the +electric current to pass through +them with the same ease. Even +the liquid in a cell tends to hold +the current back and offers <i>internal +resistance</i>. The various +wires and instruments connected +to a cell offer <i>external resistance</i>. +(See "Study," Chapter XVIII., for experiments, +etc.)</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_69"></a>69. Unit of Resistance.</b> <b>The Ohm</b> is the name given +to the unit of resistance. About 9 ft. 9 in. of No. 30 +copper wire, or 39 feet 1 in. of No. 24 copper wire, will +make a fairly accurate ohm.</p> + +<p><i>Resistance coils</i>, having carefully measured resistances, +are made for standards. (See "Apparatus Book," +Chapter XVII., for home-made resistance coils.) Fig. +64 shows a commercial form of a standard resistance coil. +The coil is inclosed in a case and has large wires leading<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_51" id="Page_51">[51]</a></span> +from its ends for connections. Fig. 65 gives an idea of +the way in which coils are wound and used with plugs to +build up <i>resistance boxes</i>, Fig. 66.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_70"></a>70. Laws of Resistance.</b> 1. The resistance of a +wire is directly proportional +to its length, provided its +cross-section, material, etc., +are uniform.</p> + +<p>2. The resistance of a wire +is inversely proportional to its +area of cross-section; or, in +other words, inversely proportional +to the square of its +diameter, other things being +equal.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 273px;"> +<img src="images/i_051a.png" width="273" height="255" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 65.</div> +</div> + +<p>3. The resistance of a wire depends upon its material, +as well as upon its length, size, etc.</p> + +<p>4. The resistance of a wire increases as its temperature +rises. (See "Study," Chapters XVIII. and XIX., for +experiments on +resistance, its +measurement, +etc.)</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 373px;"> +<img src="images/i_051b.png" width="373" height="237" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 66.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_71"></a>71. Current +Strength.</b> The +strength of a current +at the end of +a circuit depends +not only upon the +<i>electrical pressure</i>, or E. M. F., which drives the current, +but also upon the <i>resistance</i> which has to be overcome.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_52" id="Page_52">[52]</a></span> +The greater the resistance the weaker the current at the +end of its journey.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_72"></a>72. Unit of Current Strength; The Ampere.</b> A +current having an E. M. F. of <i>one volt</i>, pushing its way +through a resistance of <i>one ohm</i>, would have a unit of +strength, called <i>one ampere</i>. This current, one ampere +strong, would deposit, under proper conditions, .0003277 +gramme of copper in +<i>one second</i> from a solution +of copper sulphate.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_73"></a>73. Measurement +of Current Strength.</b> +A magnetic needle is +deflected when a current +passes around it, +as in instruments like +the galvanometer. The +<i>galvanoscope</i> merely indicates +the presence of +a current. <i>Galvanometers</i> +measure the +strength of a current, +and they are made in many forms, depending upon the +nature and strength of the currents to be measured. +Galvanometers are standardized, or calibrated, by special +measurements, or by comparison with some standard instrument, +so that when the deflection is a certain number +of degrees, the current passing through it is known to +be of a certain strength.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 348px;"> +<img src="images/i_052a.jpg" width="348" height="405" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 67.</div> +</div> + +<p>Fig. 67 shows an <i>astatic galvanometer</i>. Fig. 68 shows +a <i>tangent galvanometer</i>, in which the strength of the current<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_53" id="Page_53">[53]</a></span> +is proportional to the tangent of the angle of deflection. +Fig. 69 shows a <i>D'Arsonval galvanometer</i>, in which +a coil of wire is suspended between the +poles of a permanent horseshoe magnet. +The lines of force are concentrated +by the iron core of the coil. +The two thin suspending wires convey +the current to the coil. A ray of light +is reflected from the small mirror and +acts as a pointer as in other forms of +reflecting galvanometers.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 182px;"> +<img src="images/i_053a.png" width="182" height="259" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 68.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_74"></a>74. The Ammeter</b>, Fig. 70, is a +form of galvanometer in which the strength of a current, +in amperes, can be read. In these the strength of current +is proportional to the angular deflections. The coils are +made with a small resistance, +so that the current +will not be greatly reduced +in strength in passing +through them.</p> + + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 307px;"> +<img src="images/i_053.png" width="307" height="449" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 69.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_75"></a>75. Voltameters</b> +measure the strength of a +current by chemical means, +the quantity of metal deposited +or gas generated +being proportional to the +time that the current flows +and to its strength. In +the <i>water voltameter</i>, Fig. +71, the hydrogen and +oxygen produced in a<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_54" id="Page_54">[54]</a></span> +given time are +measured. (See +"Study," Chapter +XXI.)</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 379px;"> +<img src="images/i_054a.png" width="379" height="304" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 70.</div> +</div> + +<p>The <i>copper voltameter</i> +measures the +amount of copper +deposited in a given +time by the current. +Fig. 72 shows one +form. The copper +cathode is weighed +before and after the current flows. The weight of +copper deposited and the time taken are used to calculate +the current strength.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 551px;"> +<img src="images/i_054b.png" width="551" height="402" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 71.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_76"></a>76. Unit of Quantity</b>; <b>The Coulomb</b> is the quantity +of electricity given, in <i>one second</i>, by a current having a<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_55" id="Page_55">[55]</a></span> +strength of one +ampere. Time is +an important element +in considering +the work a current +can do.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 368px;"> +<img src="images/i_055a.jpg" width="368" height="295" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 72.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_77"></a>77. Electrical +Horse-power</b>; +<b>The Watt</b> is the +unit of electrical +power. A current +having the strength of one ampere, and an E. M. F. of +one volt has a unit of power. 746 watts make one electrical +horse-power. Watts = amperes × volts. Fig. 73 +shows a direct reading wattmeter based on the international +volt and ampere. They save taking simultaneous +ammeter and voltmeter readings, which are otherwise +necessary to +get the product +of volts and amperes, +and are also +used on alternating +current +measurements.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 391px;"> +<a href="images/i_055b-big.jpg"><img src="images/i_055b.jpg" width="391" height="353" alt="drawing" /></a> +<div class="caption">Fig. 73.</div> +</div> + +<p>There are also +forms of wattmeters, +Fig. 74, +in which the watts +are read from +dials like those on +an ordinary gas-meter, the records being permanent.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_56" id="Page_56">[56]</a></span></p> + +<p>Fig. 75 shows a voltmeter V, and ammeter A, so placed +in the circuit that readings can be taken. D represents +a dynamo. A is placed so that the whole current passes +through it, while V is placed +between the main wires to +measure the difference in +potential. The product of the +two readings in volts and +amperes gives the number of +watts.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 277px;"> +<img src="images/i_056a.jpg" width="277" height="260" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 74.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_78"></a>78. Chemical Meters</b> also +measure the quantity of current +that is used; for example, +one may be placed in the cellar +to measure the quantity of current used to light the +house.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 414px;"> +<img src="images/i_056b.png" width="414" height="160" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 75.</div> +</div> + +<p>Fig. 76 shows a chemical meter, a part of the current +passing through a jar containing zinc plates and a solution +of zinc sulphate. Metallic zinc is dissolved from +one plate and deposited upon the other. The increase in +weight shows the amount of chemical action which is +proportional to the ampere hours. Knowing the relation +between the quantity of current that can pass through +the solution to that which can pass through the meter by<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_57" id="Page_57">[57]</a></span> +another conductor, a calculation can be made which will +give the current used. A lamp is so arranged that it +automatically lights before the meter gets to the freezing-point; +this warms it up to the proper temperature, at +which point the light goes out again.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 469px;"> +<a href="images/i_057-big.jpg"><img src="images/i_057.jpg" width="469" height="303" alt="drawing" /></a> +<div class="caption">Fig. 76.</div> +</div> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_58" id="Page_58">[58]</a></span></p> + + + + +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_VII"></a>CHAPTER VII.<br /> +<small>CHEMICAL EFFECTS OF THE ELECTRIC CURRENT.</small></h2> + + +<p><b><a id="par_79"></a>79. Electrolysis.</b> It has been seen that in the voltaic +cell electricity is generated by chemical action. Sulphuric +acid acts upon zinc and dissolves it in the cell, +hydrogen is produced, etc. When this process is reversed, +that is, when the electric current is passed +through some solutions, they are decomposed, or broken +up into their constituents. This process is called <i>electrolysis</i>, +and the compound decomposed is the <i>electrolyte</i>. +(See "Study," § 369, etc., with experiments.)</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 533px;"> +<img src="images/i_058.jpg" width="533" height="393" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 77.</div> +</div> + +<p>Fig. 77 shows how water can be decomposed into its +two constituents, hydrogen and oxygen, there being +twice as much hydrogen formed as oxygen.</p> + +<p>Fig. 78 shows a glass jar in which are placed two metal<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_59" id="Page_59">[59]</a></span> +strips, A and C, these being connected with two cells. +In this jar may be placed various conducting solutions to +be tested. If, for example, we use a solution of copper +sulphate, its chemical formula being CuSO<sub>4</sub>, the current +will break it up into Cu (copper) and SO<sub>4</sub>. The Cu will +be deposited upon C as the current passes from A to C +through the solution. A is called the <i>anode</i>, and C the +<i>cathode</i>.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 374px;"> +<img src="images/i_059a.jpg" width="374" height="302" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 78.</div> +</div> + +<p>Fig. 79 shows another form of jar used to study the +decomposition of solutions by the electric +current.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 140px;"> +<img src="images/i_059b.jpg" width="140" height="183" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig 79.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_80"></a>80. Ions.</b> When a solution is decomposed +into parts by a current, the parts are +called the <i>Ions</i>. When copper sulphate +(Cu SO<sub>4</sub>) is used, the ions are Cu, which is +a metal, and SO<sub>4</sub>, called an acid radical. +When silver nitrate (Ag NO<sub>3</sub>) is used, Ag +and NO<sub>3</sub> are the ions. The metal part of the compound +goes to the cathode.</p> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_60" id="Page_60">[60]</a></span></p> + + + + +<h2>CHAPTER VIII.<br /> +<small>HOW ELECTROPLATING AND ELECTROTYPING ARE DONE.</small></h2> + + +<p><b><a id="par_81"></a>81. Electricity and Chemical Action.</b> We have +just seen, Chapter VII., that the electric current has the +power to decompose certain compounds when they are in +solution. By choosing the right solutions, then, we shall +be able to get copper, silver, and other metals set free by +electrolysis.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_82"></a>82. Electroplating</b> consists in coating substances +with metal with the aid of the electric current. If we +wish to electroplate a piece of metal with copper, for +example, we can use the arrangement shown in Fig. 78, +in which C is the cathode plate to be covered, and A is a +copper plate. The two are in a solution of copper sulphate, +and, as explained in § 79, the solution will be +decomposed. Copper will be deposited upon C, and the +SO<sub>4</sub> part of the solution will go to the anode A, which it +will attack and gradually dissolve. The SO<sub>4</sub>, acting upon +the copper anode, makes CuSO<sub>4</sub> again, and this keeps the +solution at a uniform strength. The amount of copper +dissolved from the copper anode equals, nearly, the +amount deposited upon the cathode. The metal is carried +in the direction of the current.</p> + +<p>If we wish to plate something with silver or gold, it +will be necessary to use a solution of silver or gold for +the electrolyte, a plate of metallic silver or gold being +used for the anode, as the case may be.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_61" id="Page_61">[61]</a></span></p> + +<p>Great care is used in cleaning substances to be plated, +all dirt and grease being carefully removed.</p> + +<p>Fig. 80 shows a plating bath in which several articles +can be plated at the same time by hanging them upon a +metal bar which really forms a part of the cathode. If, +for example, we wish to plate knives, spoons, etc., with +silver, they would be hung from the bar shown, each +being a part of the cathode. The vat would contain a +solution of silver, and from the other bar would be hung +a silver plate having a surface about equal to that of the +combined knives, etc.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 486px;"> +<img src="images/i_061.jpg" width="486" height="265" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 80.</div> +</div> + +<p>Most metals are coated with copper before they are +plated with silver or gold. When plating is done on a +large scale, a current from a dynamo is used. For +experimental purposes a Gravity cell will do very well. +(See "Study," § 374 to 380 with experiments.)</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_83"></a>83. Electrotyping.</b> It was observed by De La Rue +in 1836 that in the Daniell cell an even coating of copper +was deposited upon the copper plate. From this was +developed the process of electrotyping, which consists in<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_62" id="Page_62">[62]</a></span> +making a copy in metal of a wood-cut, page of type, etc. +A mould or impression of the type or coin is first +made in wax, or other suitable material. These moulds +are, of course, the reverse of the original, and as they do +not conduct electricity, have to be coated with graphite. +This thin coating lines the mould with conducting +material so that the current can get to every part of the +mould. These are then hung upon the cathode in a bath +of copper sulphate as described in § 82. The electric +current which passes through the vat deposits a thin +layer of metallic copper next to the graphite. When this +copper gets thick enough, the wax is melted away from +it, leaving a thin shell of copper, the side next to the +graphite being exactly alike in shape to the type, but +made of copper. These thin copper sheets are too thin +to stand the pressure necessary on printing presses, so +they are strengthened by backing them with soft metal +which fills every crevice, making solid plates about ¼ in. +thick. These plates or <i>electrotypes</i> are used to print +from, the original type being used to set up another page.</p> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_63" id="Page_63">[63]</a></span></p> + + + + +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_IX"></a>CHAPTER IX.<br /> +<small>THE STORAGE BATTERY, AND HOW IT WORKS.</small></h2> + + +<p><b><a id="par_84"></a>84. Polarization.</b> It has been stated that a simple +cell polarizes rapidly on account of hydrogen bubbles that +form upon the copper plate. They tend to send a current +in the opposite direction to that of the main current, +which is thereby weakened.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 356px;"> +<img src="images/i_063.jpg" width="356" height="243" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 81.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_85"></a>85. Electromotive Force of Polarization.</b> It has +been shown, Fig. 71, that water can be decomposed by +the electric current. +Hydrogen and +oxygen have a +strong attraction or +chemical affinity for +each other, or they +would not unite to +form water. This +attraction has to be +overcome before the +water can be decomposed. As soon as the decomposing +current ceases to flow, the gases formed try to rush together +again; in fact, if the water voltameter be disconnected +from the cells and connected with a galvanoscope, +the presence of a current will be shown. This voltameter +will give a current with an E. M. F. of nearly 1.5 +volts; so it is evident that we must have a current with a +higher voltage than this to decompose water. This<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_64" id="Page_64">[64]</a></span> +E. M. F., due to polarization, is called the E. M. F. of +polarization.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_86"></a>86. Secondary or Storage Batteries</b>, also called +<i>accumulators</i>, do not really store electricity. They must +be charged by a current before they can give out any +electricity. Chemical changes are produced in the storage +cells by the charging current just as they are in voltameters, +electroplating solutions, etc.; so it is potential +chemical energy that is really +stored. When the new products +are allowed to go back +to their original state, by +joining the electrodes of the +charged cell, a current is produced.</p> + +<p>Fig. 81 shows two lead +plates, A and B, immersed in +dilute sulphuric acid, and +connected with two ordinary +cells. A strong current will +pass through the liquid between +A and B at first, but it +will quickly become weaker, as chemical changes take +place in the liquid. This may be shown by a galvanometer +put in the circuit before beginning the experiment. +By disconnecting the wires from the cells and +joining them to the galvanometer, it will be shown that +a current comes from the lead plates. This arrangement +may be called a simple storage cell. Regular storage cells +are charged with the current from a dynamo. (See +"Study," Exp. 151.)</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 272px;"> +<img src="images/i_064.jpg" width="272" height="349" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 82.</div> +</div> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_65" id="Page_65">[65]</a></span></p> + +<p>The first storage cells were made of plain lead plates, +rolled up in such a way that they were close to each +other, but did not touch. These were placed in dilute +sulphuric acid. They were charged in alternate directions +several times, until the lead became properly acted +upon, at which time the cell would furnish a current.</p> + +<p>A great improvement was made in 1881, by Faure, who +coated the plates with red lead.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 507px;"> +<img src="images/i_065.jpg" width="507" height="346" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 83.</div> +</div> + +<p>The method now generally practiced is to cast a frame +of lead, with raised right-angled ribs on each side, thus +forming little depressed squares, or to punch a lead plate +full of holes, which squares or holes are then filled with +a pasty mixture of red oxide of lead in positive plates, +and with litharge in negatives. In a form called the +chloride battery, instead of cementing lead oxide paste +into or against a lead framing in order to obtain the +necessary active material, the latter is obtained by a +strictly chemical process.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_66" id="Page_66">[66]</a></span></p> + +<p>Fig. 82 shows a storage cell with plates, etc., contained +in a glass jar. Fig. 83 shows a cell of 41 plates, set up in +a lead-lined wood tank. Fig. 84 shows three cells joined +in series. Many storage cells are used in central electric +light stations to help the dynamos during the "rush" +hours at night. They are charged during the day when +the load on the dynamos is not heavy.</p> + +<p>Fig. 85 shows another form of storage cell containing +a number of plates.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 466px;"> +<img src="images/i_066.jpg" width="466" height="321" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 84.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_87"></a>87. The Uses of Storage Batteries</b> are almost +numberless. The current can be used for nearly everything +for which a constant current is adapted, the following +being some of its applications: Carriage propulsion; +electric launch propulsion; train lighting; yacht lighting; +carriage lighting; bicycle lighting; miners' lamps; dental, +medical, surgical, and laboratory work; phonographs; +kinetoscopes; automaton pianos; sewing-machine motors; +fan motors; telegraph; telephone; electric bell; electric<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_67" id="Page_67">[67]</a></span> +fire-alarm; heat regulating; railroad switch and signal +apparatus.</p> + +<p>By the installing of a storage plant many natural but +small sources of power may be utilized in furnishing light +and power; sources which otherwise are not available, +because not large enough to supply maximum demands. +The force of the tides, of small water powers from irrigating +ditches, and even of the wind, come under this +heading.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 306px;"> +<img src="images/i_067.jpg" width="306" height="364" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 85.</div> +</div> + +<p>As a regulator of pressure, in case of fluctuations in +the load, the value of a storage plant is inestimable. +These fluctuations of load are particularly noticeable in +electric railway plants, where the demand is constantly +rising and falling, sometimes jumping from almost nothing +to the maximum, and <i>vice versa</i>, in a few seconds. +If for no other reason than the prevention of severe +strain on the engines and generators, caused by these +fluctuations of demand, a storage plant will be valuable.</p> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_68" id="Page_68">[68]</a></span></p> + + + + +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_X"></a>CHAPTER X.<br /> +<small>HOW ELECTRICITY IS GENERATED BY HEAT.</small></h2> + + +<p><b><a id="par_88"></a>88. Thermoelectricity</b> is the name given to electricity +that is generated by heat. If a strip of iron, I, be connected +between two strips of copper, C C, these being +joined by a copper wire, C W, we shall have an arrangement +that will generate a current when heated at either +of the junctions between C and I. When it is heated +at A the current will +flow as shown by +arrows, from C to I. +If we heat at B, the +current will flow in +the opposite direction +through the metals, +although it will still +go from C to I as before. Such currents are called +<i>thermoelectric currents</i>.</p> + +<div class="figleft" style="width: 345px;"> +<img src="images/i_068.jpg" width="345" height="196" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 86.</div> +</div> + +<p>Different pairs of metals produce different results. +Antimony and bismuth are generally used, because the +greatest effect is produced by them. If the end of a strip +of bismuth be soldered to the end of a similar strip of +antimony, and the free ends be connected to a galvanometer +of low resistance, the presence of a current will be +shown when the point of contact becomes hotter than the +rest of the circuit. The current will flow from bismuth<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_69" id="Page_69">[69]</a></span> +to antimony across the joint. By cooling the juncture +below the temperature of the rest of the circuit, a current +will be produced in the opposite direction to the above. +The energy of the current is kept up by the heat absorbed, +just as it is kept up by chemical action in the voltaic +cell.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_89"></a>89. Peltier Effect.</b> If an electric current be passed +through pairs of metals, the parts at the junction become +slightly warmer or cooler than before, depending upon +the direction of the current. This action is really the +reverse of that in which currents are produced by heat.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 309px;"> +<img src="images/i_069.jpg" width="309" height="201" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 87.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_90"></a>90. Thermopiles.</b> As the E.M.F. of the current +produced by a single pair of metals is very small, several +pairs are usually joined in series, so that the different +currents will help each other by flowing in the same direction. +Such combinations are called thermoelectric piles, +or simply <i>thermopiles</i>.</p> + +<p>Fig. 87 shows such an arrangement, in which a large +number of elements are placed in a small space. The +junctures are so arranged that the alternate ones come +together at one side.</p> + +<p>Fig. 88 shows a thermopile connected with a galvanometer.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_70" id="Page_70">[70]</a></span> +The heat of a match, or the cold of a piece of ice, +will produce a current, even if held at some distance from +the thermopile. The galvanometer should be a short-coil +astatic one. (See "Study," Chapter XXIV., for +experiments and home-made thermopile.)</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 570px;"> +<img src="images/i_070.jpg" width="570" height="400" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 88.</div> +</div> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_71" id="Page_71">[71]</a></span></p> + + + + +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_XI"></a>CHAPTER XI.<br /> +<small>MAGNETIC EFFECTS OF THE ELECTRIC CURRENT.</small></h2> + + +<p><b><a id="par_91"></a>91. Electromagnetism</b> is the name given to magnetism +that is developed by electricity. We have seen that +if a magnetic needle be placed in the field of a magnet, its +N pole will point in the direction taken by the lines of +force as they pass from the N to the S pole of the magnet.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 398px;"> +<img src="images/i_071.jpg" width="398" height="294" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 89.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_92"></a>92. Lines of Force about a Wire.</b> When a current +passes through a wire, the magnetic needle placed over or +under it tends to take a position at right angles to the +wire. Fig. 89 shows such a wire and needle, and how +the needle is deflected; it twists right around from its N +and S position as soon as the current begins to flow. +This shows that the lines of force pass <i>around</i> the wire +and not in the direction of its length. The needle does +not swing entirely perpendicular to the wire, that is, to<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_72" id="Page_72">[72]</a></span> +the E and W line, because the earth is at the same time +pulling its N pole toward the N.</p> + +<p>Fig. 90 shows a bent wire through which a current +passes from C to Z. If you look along the wire from C +toward the points A and B, you will see that <i>under</i> the +wire the lines of force pass to the left. Looking along +the wire from Z toward D you will see that the lines of +force pass opposite to the above, as the current comes +<i>toward</i> you. This is learned by experiment. (See +"Study," Exp. 152, § 385, etc.)</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 269px;"> +<img src="images/i_072a.png" width="269" height="203" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 90.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 185px;"> +<img src="images/i_072b.png" width="185" height="94" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 91.</div> +</div> + +<p><i>Rule.</i> Hold the right hand with the thumb extended +(Fig. 89) and with the fingers pointing in the direction of +the current, the palm being toward the needle and on +the opposite side of the wire from the needle. The north-seeking +pole will then be deflected in the direction in +which the thumb points.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_93"></a>93. Current Detectors.</b> As there is a magnetic field +about a wire when a current passes through it, and as the +magnetic needle is affected, we have a means of detecting +the presence of a current. When the current is strong it +is simply necessary to let it pass once over or under a +needle; when it is weak, the wire must pass several +times above and below the needle, Fig. 91, to give the +needle motion. (See "Apparatus Book," Chapter XIII., +for home-made detectors.)</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_73" id="Page_73">[73]</a></span></p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 336px;"> +<img src="images/i_073a.png" width="336" height="209" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 92.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_94"></a>94. Astatic Needles and Detectors.</b> By arranging +two magnetized needles with their poles opposite each +other, Fig. 92, an <i>astatic needle</i> is formed. The pointing-power +is almost nothing, although their magnetic +fields are retained. This combination +is used to detect feeble +currents. In the ordinary detector, +the tendency of the needle +to point to the N and S has to be +overcome by the magnetic field +about the coil before the needle +can be moved; but in the <i>astatic detector</i> and <i>galvanoscope</i> +this pointing-power is done away with. Fig. 93 +shows a simple <i>astatic galvanoscope</i>. Fig. 67 shows an +astatic galvanometer for measuring weak currents.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 352px;"> +<img src="images/i_073b.png" width="352" height="437" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 93.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_95"></a>95. Polarity of Coils.</b> When a current of electricity +passes through a coil of wire, the +coil acts very much like a magnet, +although no iron enters into its +construction. The coil becomes +magnetized by the electric current, +lines of force pass from it +into the air, etc. Fig. 94 shows a +coil connected to copper and zinc +plates, so arranged with cork that +the whole can float in a dish of +dilute sulphuric acid. The current +passes as shown by the +arrows, and when the N pole of a magnet is brought +near the right-hand end, there is a repulsion, showing +that that end of the coil has a N pole.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_74" id="Page_74">[74]</a></span></p> + +<p><i>Rule.</i> When you face the right-hand end of the coil, +the current is seen to pass around it in an anti-clockwise +direction; this produces a N pole. When the current +passes in a clockwise direction a S pole is produced.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 228px;"> +<img src="images/i_074.png" width="228" height="333" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 94.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_96"></a>96. Electromagnets.</b> +A coil of wire has a stronger +field than a straight wire +carrying the same current, +because each turn adds its +field to the fields of the +other turns. By having the +central part of the coil +made of iron, or by having +the coil of insulated wire +wound upon an iron <i>core</i>, +the strength of the magnetic +field of the coil is +greatly increased.</p> + +<p>Lines of force do not +pass as readily through air +as through iron; in fact, +lines of force will go out of their way to go through +iron. With a coil of wire the lines of force pass from its +N pole through the air on all sides of the coil to its S +pole; they then pass through the inside of the coil and +through the air back to the N pole. When the resistance +to their passage through the coil is decreased by the +core, the magnetic field is greatly strengthened, and we +have an <i>electromagnet</i>.</p> + +<p>The coil of wire temporarily magnetizes the iron core; +it can permanently magnetize a piece of steel used as<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_75" id="Page_75">[75]</a></span> +a core. (See "Study," Chapter XXII., for experiments.)</p> + + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 520px;"> +<img src="images/i_075.png" width="520" height="389" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 95.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_97"></a>97. Forms of Electromagnets.</b> Fig. 95 shows a +<i>straight, or bar electromagnet</i>. Fig. 96 shows a simple +form of <i>horseshoe electromagnet</i>. As this form is not easily +wound, the coils are generally wound on two separate +cores which are then joined by a <i>yoke</i>. The yoke +merely takes the place of the curved part shown in Fig. +96. In Fig. 97 is shown the ordinary form of horseshoe +electromagnet used for all sorts of electrical instruments. +(See "Apparatus Book," Chapter IX., for home-made +electromagnets.)</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_98"></a>98. Yokes and Armatures.</b> In the horseshoe magnet +there are two poles to attract and two to induce. The +lines of force pass through the yoke on their way from +one core to the other, instead of going through the air.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_76" id="Page_76">[76]</a></span> +This reduces the resistance to them. If we had no yoke +we should simply have two straight electromagnets, and +the resistance to the lines of force would be so great that +the total strength would be much reduced. Yokes are +made of soft iron, as well as the cores and armature. The +<i>armature</i>, as with permanent horseshoe magnets, is +strongly drawn toward the poles. As soon as the current +ceases to flow, the attraction also ceases.</p> + + + +<div class="center"> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="drawings"> +<tr><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 192px;"> +<img src="images/i_076a.jpg" width="192" height="215" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 96</div> +</div></td><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 272px;"> +<img src="images/i_076b.jpg" width="272" height="177" alt="drawings" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 97.</div> +</div></td></tr> +</table></div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 263px;"> +<img src="images/i_076c.png" width="263" height="98" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 98.</div> +</div> + +<p>Beautiful magnetic figures can be made with horseshoe +magnets. Fig. 98 shows that the coils must be joined so +that the current can pass around the cores in opposite +directions to make unlike poles. (See "Study," Exp. +164 to 173.)</p> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_77" id="Page_77">[77]</a></span></p> + + + + +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_XII"></a>CHAPTER XII.<br /> +<small>HOW ELECTRICITY IS GENERATED BY INDUCTION.</small></h2> + + +<p><b><a id="par_99"></a>99. Electromagnetic Induction.</b> We have seen that +a magnet has the power to act through space and induce +another piece of iron or steel to become a magnet. A +charge of static electricity can induce a charge upon +another conductor. We have now to see how a <i>current</i> +of electricity in one conductor can induce a current in +another conductor, not in any way connected with the +first, and how a magnet and a coil can generate a current.</p> + + + +<div class="center"> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="drawings"> +<tr><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 362px;"> +<img src="images/i_077a.png" width="362" height="187" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 99.</div> +</div></td><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 109px;"> +<img src="images/i_077b.png" width="109" height="265" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 100.</div> +</div></td></tr> +</table></div> + + + + +<p><b><a id="par_100"></a>100. Current from Magnet and Coil.</b> If a bar magnet, +Fig. 99, be suddenly thrust into a hollow coil of +wire, a momentary current of electricity will be generated +in the coil. No current passes when the magnet and coil +are still; at least one of them must be in motion. Such a +current is said to be <i>induced</i>, and is an <i>inverse</i> one when<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_78" id="Page_78">[78]</a></span> +the magnet is inserted, and a <i>direct</i> one when the magnet +is withdrawn from the coil.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_101"></a>101. Induced Currents and Lines of Force.</b> Permanent +magnets are constantly sending out thousands of +lines of force. Fig. 100 shows a bar magnet entering a +coil of wire; the number of lines of force is increasing, +and the induced current passes in an anti-clockwise direction +when looking down into the coil along the lines of +force. This produces an indirect current. If an iron +core be used in the coil, the induced current will be +greatly strengthened.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 538px;"> +<img src="images/i_078.jpg" width="538" height="315" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 101.</div> +</div> + +<p>It takes force to move a magnet through the center of +a coil, and it is this work that is the source of the induced +current. We have, in this simple experiment, the key to +the action of the dynamo and other electrical machines.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_102"></a>102. Current from two Coils.</b> Fig. 101 shows two +coils of wire, the smaller being connected to a cell, the +larger to a galvanometer. By moving the small coil up<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_79" id="Page_79">[79]</a></span> +and down inside of the large one, induced currents are +generated, first in one direction and then in the opposite. +We have here two entirely separate circuits, in no way +connected. The <i>primary</i> current comes from the cell, +while the <i>secondary</i> current is an induced one. By placing +a core in the small coil of Fig. 101, the induced current +will be greatly strengthened.</p> + +<p>It is not necessary to have the two coils so that one or +both of them can move. They may be wound on the +same core, or otherwise arranged as in the induction coil. +(See "Study," Chapter XXV., for experiments on +induced currents.)</p> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_80" id="Page_80">[80]</a></span></p> + + + + +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_XIII"></a>CHAPTER XIII.<br /> +<small>HOW THE INDUCTION COIL WORKS.</small></h2> + + +<p><b><a id="par_103"></a>103. The Coils.</b> We saw, § 102, that an induced +current was generated when a current-carrying coil, Fig. +101, was thrust into another coil connected with a galvanometer. +The galvanometer was used merely to show the +presence of the current. The <i>primary coil</i> is the one +connected with the cell; the other one is called the <i>secondary +coil</i>.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 459px;"> +<img src="images/i_080.jpg" width="459" height="289" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 102.</div> +</div> + +<p>When a current suddenly begins to flow through a coil, +the effect upon a neighboring coil is the same as that produced +by suddenly bringing a magnet near it; and when +the current stops, the opposite effect is produced. It is +evident, then, that we can keep the small coil of Fig. 101 +with its core inside of the large coil, and generate induced +currents by merely making and breaking the primary +circuit.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_81" id="Page_81">[81]</a></span></p> + +<p>We may consider that when the primary circuit is +closed, the lines of force shoot out through the turns of +the secondary coil just as they do when a magnet or a +current-carrying coil is thrust into it. Upon opening the +circuit, the lines of force cease to exist; that is, we may +imagine them drawn in again.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_104"></a>104. Construction.</b> Fig. 102 shows one form of +home-made induction coil, given here merely to explain +the action and connections. Nearly all induction coils +have some form of automatic current interrupter, placed +in the primary circuit, to rapidly turn the current off +and on.</p> +<div class="figleft" style="width: 202px;"> +<img src="images/i_081.png" width="202" height="153" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 103.</div> +</div> +<p><i>Details of Figs. 102 and 103.</i> Wires 5 and 6 are the +ends of the primary coil, while +wires 7 and 8 are the terminals of +the secondary coil. The primary +coil is wound on a bolt which +serves as the core, and on this +coil is wound the secondary which +consists of many turns of fine wire. +The wires from a battery should be joined to binding-posts +W and X, and the handles, from which the shock is +felt, to Y and Z. Fig. 103 shows the details of the interrupter.</p> + + + +<p>If the current from a cell enters at W, it will pass +through the primary coil and out at X, after going +through 5, R, F, S I, B, E and C. The instant the +current passes, the bolt becomes magnetized; this attracts +A, which pulls B away from the end of S I, thus automatically +opening the circuit. B at once springs back to +its former position against SI, as A is no longer attracted;<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_82" id="Page_82">[82]</a></span> +the circuit being closed, the operation is rapidly +repeated.</p> + +<p>A <i>condenser</i> is usually connected to commercial forms. +It is placed under the wood-work and decreases sparking +at the interrupter. (See "Apparatus Book," Chapter +XI., for home-made induction coils.)</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 384px;"> +<img src="images/i_082.jpg" width="384" height="241" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 104.</div> +</div> + +<p>Fig. 104 shows one form of coil. The battery wires +are joined to the binding-posts at the left. The secondary +coil ends in two rods, and the spark jumps from one to +the other. The interrupter and a switch are shown at +the left.</p> + +<p>Fig. 105 shows a small coil for medical purposes. A +dry cell is placed under the coil and all is included in +a neat box. The handles form the terminals of the +secondary coil.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_105"></a>105. The Currents.</b> It should be noted that the +current from the cell does not get into the secondary coil. +The coils are thoroughly insulated from each other. The +secondary current is an induced one, its voltage depending +upon the relative number of turns of wire there are<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_83" id="Page_83">[83]</a></span> +in the two coils. (See Transformers.) The secondary +current is an alternating one; that is, it flows in one +direction for an instant and then immediately reverses its +direction. The rapidity of the alternations depends upon +the speed of the interrupter. Coils are made that give a +secondary current with an enormous voltage; so high, in +fact, that the spark will pass many inches, and otherwise +act like those produced by static electric machines.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 328px;"> +<img src="images/i_083.jpg" width="328" height="267" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 105.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_106"></a>106. Uses of Induction Coils.</b> Gas-jets can be +lighted at a distance with the spark from a coil, by extending +wires from the secondary coil to the jet. Powder +can be fired at a distance, and other things performed, +when a high voltage current is needed. Its use in medicine +has been noted. It is largely used in telephone work. +Of late, great use has been made of the secondary current +in experiments with vacuum-tubes, X-ray work, etc.</p> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_84" id="Page_84">[84]</a></span></p> + + + + +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_XIV"></a>CHAPTER XIV.<br /> +<small>THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, AND HOW IT SENDS +MESSAGES.</small></h2> + + +<p><b><a id="par_107"></a>107. The Complete Telegraph Line</b> consists of +several instruments, switches, etc., etc., but its essential +parts are: The <i>Line</i>, or wire, which connects the different +stations; the <i>Transmitter</i> or <i>Key</i>; the <i>Receiver</i> or +<i>Sounder</i>, and the <i>Battery</i> or <i>Dynamo</i>.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_108"></a>108. The Line</b> is made of strong copper, iron, or soft +steel wire. To keep the current in the line it is insulated, +generally upon poles, by glass insulators. For +very short lines two wires +can be used, the line wire +and the return; but for long +lines the earth is used as a +return, a wire from each +end being joined to large metal plates sunk in the earth.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 269px;"> +<img src="images/i_084.jpg" width="269" height="91" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 106.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_109"></a>109. Telegraph Keys</b> are merely instruments by +which the circuit can be conveniently and rapidly opened +or closed at the will of the operator. An ordinary push-button +may be used to turn the current off and on, but it +is not so convenient as a key.</p> + +<p>Fig. 106 shows a side view of a simple key which can +be put anywhere in the circuit, one end of the cut wire +being attached to X and the other to Y. By moving the +lever C up and down according to a previously arranged +set of signals, a current will be allowed to pass to a distant<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_85" id="Page_85">[85]</a></span> +station. As X and Y are insulated from each other, +the current can pass only when C presses against Y.</p> + +<p>Fig. 107 shows a regular key, with switch, which is +used to allow the current to pass through the instrument +when receiving a message.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 432px;"> +<img src="images/i_085a.jpg" width="432" height="167" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 107.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_110"></a>110. Telegraph Sounders</b> receive the current from +some distant station, and with its electromagnet produce +sounds that can be translated into messages.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 491px;"> +<img src="images/i_085b.jpg" width="491" height="119" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 108.</div> +</div> + +<p>Fig. 108 shows simply an electromagnet H, the coil +being connected in series with a key K and a cell D C. +The key and D C are shown by a top view. The lever +of K does not touch the other metal strap until it is +pressed down. A little above the core of H is held a +strip of iron, on armature I. As soon as the circuit is +closed at K, the current rushes through the circuit, and +the core attracts I making a distinct <i>click</i>. As soon as +K is raised, I springs away from the core, if it has been<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_86" id="Page_86">[86]</a></span> +properly held. In regular instruments a click is also +made when the armature springs back again.</p> + +<p>The time between the two clicks can be short or long, +to represent <i>dots</i> or <i>dashes</i>, +which, together with <i>spaces</i>, +represent letters. (For +Telegraph Alphabet and +complete directions for +home-made keys, sounders, +etc., see "Apparatus +Book," Chapter XIV.)</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 275px;"> +<img src="images/i_086a.jpg" width="275" height="225" alt="" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 109.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 501px;"> +<img src="images/i_086b.jpg" width="501" height="331" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 110.</div> +</div> + +<p>Fig. 109 shows a form of +home-made sounder. Fig. +110 shows one form of telegraph sounder. Over the poles +of the horseshoe electromagnet is an armature fixed to a +metal bar that can rock up and down. The instant the +current passes through the coils the armature comes +down until a stop-screw strikes firmly upon the metal +frame, making the down click. As soon as the distant<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_87" id="Page_87">[87]</a></span> +key is raised, the armature is firmly pulled back and +another click is made. The two clicks differ in sound, +and can be readily recognized by the operator.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_111"></a>111. Connections for Simple Line.</b> Fig. 111 shows +complete connections for a home-made telegraph line. +The capital letters are used for the right side, R, and +small letters for the left side, L. Gravity cells, B and b, +are used. The <i>sounders</i>, S and s, and the <i>keys</i>, K and k, +are shown by a top view. The broad black lines of S and +s represent the armatures which are directly over the +electromagnets. The keys have switches, E and e.</p> + +<p>The two stations, R and L, may be in the same room, +or in different houses. +The <i>return wire</i>, R W, +passes from the copper +of b to the zinc of B. +This is important, as the +cells must help each +other; that is, they are +in series. The <i>line wire</i>, +L W, passes from one +station to the other, and the return may be through the +wire, R W, or through the earth; but for short lines a +wire is best.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 323px;"> +<img src="images/i_087.jpg" width="323" height="206" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 111.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_112"></a>112. Operation of Simple Line.</b> Suppose two boys, +R (right) and L (left) have a line. Fig. 111 shows that +R's switch, E, is open, while e is closed. The entire +circuit, then, is broken at but one point. As soon as R +presses his key, the circuit is closed, and the current from +both cells rushes around from B, through K, S, L W, s, +k, b, R W, and back to B. This makes the armatures of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_88" id="Page_88">[88]</a></span> +S and s come down with a click at the same time. As +soon as the key is raised, the armatures lift and make +the up-click. As soon as R has finished, he closes his +switch E. As the armatures are then held down, L +knows that R has finished, so he opens his switch e, and +answers R. Both E and e are closed when the line is not +in use, so that either can open his switch at any time and +call up the other. Closed circuit cells must be used for +such lines. On very large lines dynamos are used to +furnish the current.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_113"></a>113. The Relay.</b> Owing to the large resistance of +long telegraph lines, the current is weak when it reaches +a distant station, and not strong enough to work an +ordinary sounder. To get around this, relays are used; +these are very delicate instruments that replace the +sounder in the line wire circuit. Their coils are usually +wound with many turns of fine wire, so that a feeble +current will move its nicely adjusted armature. The +relay armature merely acts as an automatic key to open +and close a local circuit which includes a battery and +sounder. The line current does not enter the sounder; it +passes back from the relay to the sending station through +the earth.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 564px;"> +<img src="images/i_088.jpg" width="564" height="95" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 112.</div> +</div> + +<p>Fig. 112 gives an idea of simple relay connections. +The key K, and cell D C, represent a distant sending +station. E is the electromagnet of the relay, and R A is<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_89" id="Page_89">[89]</a></span> +its armature. L W and R W represent the line and +return wires. R A will vibrate toward E every time K +is pressed, and close the local circuit, which includes a +local battery, L B, and a sounder. It is evident that as +soon as K is pressed the sounder will work with a good +strong click, as the local battery can be made as strong +as desired.</p> + +<p>Fig. 113 shows a regular instrument which opens and +closes the local circuit at the top of the armature.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 403px;"> +<img src="images/i_089.jpg" width="403" height="235" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 113.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_114"></a>114. Ink Writing Registers</b> are frequently used +instead of sounders. Fig. 114 shows a writing register +that starts itself promptly at the opening of the circuit, +and stops automatically as soon as the circuit returns to +its normal condition. A strip of narrow paper is slowly +pulled from the reel by the machine, a mark being made +upon it every time the armature of an inclosed electromagnet +is attracted. When the circuit is simply closed +for an instant, a short line, representing a <i>dot</i>, is made.</p> + +<p>Registers are built both single pen and double pen. +In the latter case, as the record of one wire is made with<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_90" id="Page_90">[90]</a></span> +a fine pen, and the other with a coarse pen, they can +always be identified. The record being blocked out upon +white tape in solid black color, in a series of clean-cut +dots and dashes, it can be read at a glance, and as it is +indelible, it may be read years afterward. Registers are +made for local circuits, for use in connection with relays, +or for direct use on main lines, as is usually desirable in +fire-alarm circuits.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 508px;"> +<img src="images/i_090.jpg" width="508" height="423" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 114.</div> +</div> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_91" id="Page_91">[91]</a></span></p> + + + + +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_XV"></a>CHAPTER XV.<br /> +<small>THE ELECTRIC BELL AND SOME OF ITS USES.</small></h2> + + +<p><b><a id="par_115"></a>115. Automatic Current Interrupters</b> are used on +most common bells, as well as on induction coils, etc. +(See § 104.) Fig. 115 +shows a simple form +of interrupter. The +wire 1, from a cell D +C, is joined to an iron +strip I a short distance +from its end. The +other wire from D C passes to one end of the electromagnet +coil H. The remaining end of H is placed in +contact with I as shown, completing the circuit. As soon +as the current passes, I is pulled down and away from +the upper wire 2, breaking the circuit. I, being held by +its left-hand end firmly in the hand, immediately springs +back to its former position, closing the circuit again. +This action is repeated, the rapidity of the vibrations +depending somewhat upon the position of the wires on I. +In regular instruments a platinum point is used where<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_92" id="Page_92">[92]</a></span> +the circuit is broken; this stands +the sparking when the armature +vibrates.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 346px;"> +<img src="images/i_091a.jpg" width="346" height="151" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 115.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 528px;"> +<img src="images/i_091b.jpg" width="528" height="143" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 116.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_116"></a>116. Electric Bells</b> may be +illustrated by referring to Fig. +116, which shows a circuit similar +to that described in § 115, +but which also contains a key +K, in the circuit. This allows +the circuit to be opened and +closed at a distance from the +vibrating armature. The circuit +must not be broken at two +places at the same time, so wires +should touch at the end of I before +pressing K. Upon pressing K the armature I will +vibrate rapidly. By placing a small bell near the end of +the vibrating armature, so +that it will be struck by I at +each vibration, we should +have a simple electric bell. +This form of electric bell is +called a <i>trembling</i> bell, on +account of its vibrating armature.</p> + + + +<div class="center"> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="drawings"> +<tr><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 248px;"> +<img src="images/i_092a.jpg" width="248" height="401" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 117.</div> +</div></td><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 286px;"> +<img src="images/i_092b.jpg" width="286" height="303" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 118.</div> +</div></td></tr> +</table></div> + + + + +<p>Fig. 117 shows a form of +trembling bell with cover +removed. Fig. 118 shows a +<i>single-stroke</i> bell, used for +fire-alarms and other signal work. In this the armature +is attracted but once each time the current passes. As<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_93" id="Page_93">[93]</a></span> +many taps of the bell can be +given as desired by pressing +the push-button. Fig. 119 +shows a gong for railway +crossings, signals, etc. Fig. +120 shows a circuit including +cell, push-button, and bell, +with extra wire for lengthening +the line.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 260px;"> +<img src="images/i_093a.jpg" width="260" height="399" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 119.</div> +</div> + +<p><i>Electro-Mechanical Gongs</i> are +used to give loud signals for +special purposes. The mechanical +device is started by +the electric current when the +armature of the electromagnet +is attracted. Springs, weights, etc., are used as the +power. Fig. 121 shows a small bell of this kind.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 218px;"> +<img src="images/i_093b.jpg" width="218" height="316" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 120.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_117"></a>117. Magneto Testing Bells</b>, +Fig. 122, are really small hand-power +dynamos. The armature is +made to revolve between the poles +of strong permanent magnets, and +it is so wound that it gives a current +with a large E. M. F., so that +it can ring through the large resistance +of a long line to test it.</p> + +<p><i>Magneto Signal Bells</i>, Fig. 123, +are used as generator and bell in +connection with telephones. The +generator, used to ring a bell at a +distant station, stands at the bottom of the box. The<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_94" id="Page_94">[94]</a></span> +bell is fastened to the lid, and receives current from a +distant bell.</p> + +<div class="center"> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="drawings"> +<tr><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 166px;"> +<img src="images/i_094a.jpg" width="166" height="329" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 121.</div> +</div></td><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 308px;"> +<img src="images/i_094b.jpg" width="308" height="315" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 122.</div> +</div></td></tr> +<tr><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 317px;"> +<img src="images/i_094c.jpg" width="317" height="325" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 123.</div> +</div></td><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 242px;"> +<img src="images/i_094d.jpg" width="242" height="293" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 124.</div> +</div></td></tr> +</table></div> + + +<p><b><a id="par_118"></a>118. Electric Buzzers</b> have the same general construction +as electric bells; in fact, you will have a buzzer +by removing the bell from an ordinary electric bell. +Buzzers are used in places where the loud sound of a bell +would be objectionable. Fig. 124 shows the usual form +of buzzers, the cover being removed.</p> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_95" id="Page_95">[95]</a></span></p> + + + + +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_XVI"></a>CHAPTER XVI.<br /> +<small>THE TELEPHONE, AND HOW IT TRANSMITS SPEECH.</small></h2> + + +<p><b><a id="par_119"></a>119. The Telephone</b> is an instrument for reproducing +sounds at a distance, and electricity is the agent by +which this is generally accomplished. The part spoken +to is called the <i>transmitter</i>, and the part which gives +sound out again is called the <i>receiver</i>. Sound itself does +not pass over the line. While the same apparatus can be +used for both transmitter and receiver, they are generally +different in construction to get the best results.</p> + +<div class="center"> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="drawings"> +<tr><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 108px;"> +<img src="images/i_095.jpg" width="108" height="195" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 125.</div> +</div> +</td><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 166px;"> +<img src="images/i_095b.jpg" width="166" height="120" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 126.</div> +</div></td></tr> +</table></div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 397px;"> +<img src="images/i_095c.jpg" width="397" height="182" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 127.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_120"></a>120. The Bell or Magneto-transmitter</b> generates +its own current, and is, strictly speaking, a dynamo that<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_96" id="Page_96">[96]</a></span> +is run by the voice. It depends upon induction for its +action.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 542px;"> +<img src="images/i_096a.jpg" width="542" height="133" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 128.</div> +</div> + + +<div class="figright" style="width: 202px;"> +<img src="images/i_096b.jpg" width="202" height="205" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 129.</div> +</div> + +<p>Fig. 125 shows a coil of wire, H, with soft iron core, +the ends of the wires being connected to a delicate galvanoscope. +If one pole of the magnet H M be suddenly +moved up and down near the core, an alternating current +will be generated in the coil, the circuit being completed +through the galvanoscope. As H M approaches the core +the current will flow in one direction, and as H M is +withdrawn it will pass in the opposite direction. The +combination makes a miniature alternating dynamo.</p> + + +<p>If we imagine the soft iron core of H, Fig. 125, taken +out, and one pole of H M, or preferably that of a bar +magnet stuck through the coil, a feeble current will also +be produced by moving the soft iron +back and forth near the magnet's pole. +This is really what is done in the +Bell transmitter, soft iron in the shape +of a thin disc (D, Fig. 126) being +made to vibrate by the voice immediately +in front of a coil having a permanent +magnet for a core. The disc, +or <i>diaphragm</i>, as it is called, is fixed +near, but it does not touch, the magnet. It is under a +constant strain, being attracted by the magnet, so its<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_97" id="Page_97">[97]</a></span> +slightest movement changes the strength of the magnetic +field, causing more or less lines of force to shoot through +the turns of the coil and induce a current. The coil consists +of many turns of fine, insulated wire. The current +generated is an alternating one, and although exceedingly +small can force its way through a long length of wire.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 538px;"> +<img src="images/i_097a.jpg" width="538" height="84" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 130.</div> +</div> + +<p>Fig. 127 shows a section of a regular transmitter, and +Fig. 128 a form of compound magnet frequently used in +the transmitter. +Fig. 129 shows +a transmitter +with cords which +contain flexible +wires.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 418px;"> +<img src="images/i_097b.jpg" width="418" height="354" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 131.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_121"></a>121. The Receiver</b>, +for short +lines, may have +the same construction +as the +Bell transmitter. +Fig. 130 shows +a diagram of two +Bell receivers, either being used as the transmitter and +the other as the receiver. As the alternating current +goes to the distant receiver, it flies through the coil +first in one direction and then in the other. This alternately<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_98" id="Page_98">[98]</a></span> +strengthens and weakens the magnetic field +near the diaphragm, causing it to vibrate back and forth +as the magnet pulls more or less. The receiver diaphragm +repeats the vibrations in the transmitter. +Nothing but the induced electric current passes over the +wires.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 538px;"> +<img src="images/i_098a.jpg" width="538" height="82" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 132.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_122"></a>122. The Microphone.</b> If a current of electricity be +allowed to pass through a circuit like that shown in Fig. +131, which includes a battery, a Bell receiver, and a +microphone, any slight sound near the microphone will +be greatly magnified in the receiver. The microphone +consists of pieces of carbon so fixed that they form loose +contacts. Any slight movement of the carbon causes the +resistance to the current to be greatly changed. The +rapidly varying resistance allows more or less current to +pass, the result being that this pulsating current causes +the diaphragm to vibrate. The diaphragm has a constantly +varying pull upon it when the carbons are in any +way disturbed by the voice, or by the ticking of a watch, +etc. This principle has been made use of in carbon +transmitters, which are made in a large variety of forms.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 537px;"> +<img src="images/i_098b.jpg" width="537" height="83" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 133.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_123"></a>123. The Carbon Transmitter</b> does not, in itself,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_99" id="Page_99">[99]</a></span> +generate a current like the magneto-transmitter; it merely +produces changes in the strength of a current that flows +through it and that comes from +some outside source. In Fig. +132, X and Y are two carbon +buttons, X being attached to +the diaphragm D. Button Y +presses gently against X, allowing +a little current to pass +through the circuit which includes +a battery, D C, and a receiver, +R. When D is caused to +vibrate by the voice, X is made +to press more or less against Y, +and this allows more or less +current to pass through the circuit. +This direct undulating +current changes the pull upon +the diaphragm of R, causing it to vibrate and reproduce +the original sounds spoken into the transmitter. In +regular lines, of course, a receiver and transmitter are +connected at each end, together with bells, etc., for +signaling.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 250px;"> +<img src="images/i_099.jpg" width="250" height="427" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 134.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_124"></a>124. Induction Coils in Telephone Work.</b> As the +resistance of long telephone lines is great, a high electrical +pressure, or E.M.F. is desired. While the current +from one or two cells is sufficient to work the transmitter +properly, and cause undulating currents in the short line, +it does not have power enough to force its way over a +long line.</p> + +<p>To get around this difficulty, an induction coil, Fig. 133,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_100" id="Page_100">[100]</a></span> +is used to transform the battery +current, that flows through the +carbon transmitter and primary +coil, into a current with a high +E. M. F. The battery current +in the primary coil is undulating, +but always passes in the +same direction, making the +magnetic field around the core +weaker and stronger. This +causes an alternating current +in the secondary coil and main +line. In Fig. 133 P and S represent +the primary and secondary +coils. P is joined in series +with a cell and carbon transmitter; +S is joined to the distant +receiver. One end of S can be +grounded, the current completing +the circuit through the earth +and into the receiver through another +wire entering the earth.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 251px;"> +<img src="images/i_100a.jpg" width="251" height="568" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 135.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_125"></a>125. Various forms</b> of +telephones are shown in Figs. +134, 135, 136. Fig. 134 +shows a form of desk telephone; +Fig. 135 shows a +common form of wall telephone; +Fig. 136 shows head-telephones +for switchboard +operators.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 272px;"> +<img src="images/i_100b.jpg" width="272" height="264" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 136.</div> +</div> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_101" id="Page_101">[101]</a></span></p> + + + + +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_XVII"></a>CHAPTER XVII.<br /> +<small>HOW ELECTRICITY IS GENERATED BY DYNAMOS.</small></h2> + + +<p><b><a id="par_126"></a>126. The Dynamo</b>, <i>Dynamo-Electric Machine</i> or <i>Generator</i>, +is a machine for converting mechanical energy into +an electric current, through electromagnetic induction. +The dynamo is a machine that will convert steam power, +for example, into an electric current. Strictly speaking, +a dynamo creates electrical pressure, or electromotive +force, and not electricity, just as a force-pump creates +water-pressure, and not water. They are generally run +by steam or water power.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 357px;"> +<img src="images/i_101a.jpg" width="357" height="184" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 137.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_127"></a>127. Induced Currents.</b> We have already spoken +about currents being induced by moving a coil of wire in +a magnetic field. We shall now see how this principle +is used in the dynamo which is a generator of induced +currents.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 102px;"> +<img src="images/i_101b.jpg" width="102" height="199" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 138.</div> +</div> + +<p>Fig. 137 shows how a current can be generated by a +bar magnet and a coil of wire. Fig. 138 shows how a +current can be generated by a horseshoe magnet and a +coil of wire having an iron core. The ends of the coil are<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_102" id="Page_102">[102]</a></span> +to be connected to an astatic galvanoscope; this forms a +closed circuit. The coil may be moved past the magnet, +or the magnet past the coil.</p> + + + +<div class="center"> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="drawings"> +<tr><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 182px;"> +<img src="images/i_102a.jpg" width="182" height="234" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 139.</div> +</div></td><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 141px;"> +<img src="images/i_102b.jpg" width="141" height="174" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 140.</div> +</div></td></tr> +<tr><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 169px;"> +<img src="images/i_102c.jpg" width="169" height="172" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 141.</div> +</div></td><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 169px;"> +<img src="images/i_102d.jpg" width="169" height="173" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 142.</div> +</div></td></tr> +</table></div> + +<p>Fig. 139 shows how a current can be generated by two +coils, H being connected to an astatic galvanoscope and +E to a battery. By suddenly bringing E toward H or +the core of E past that of H, a current is produced. We +have in this arrangement the main features of a dynamo. +We can reverse the operation, holding E in one position +and moving H rapidly toward it. In this case H would +represent the armature and E the field-magnet. When +H is moved toward E, the induced current in H flows in +one direction, and when H is suddenly withdrawn from<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_103" id="Page_103">[103]</a></span> +E the current is reversed in H. (See "Study," Chapter +XXV., for experiments.)</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 294px;"> +<img src="images/i_103a.jpg" width="294" height="364" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 143.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_128"></a>128. Induced Currents +by Rotary Motion.</b> The +motions of the coils in +straight lines are not suitable +for producing currents +strong enough for commercial +purposes. In order +to generate currents of +considerable strength and +pressure, the coils of wire +have to be pushed past +magnets, or electromagnets, +with great speed. In the +dynamo the coils are so wound that they can be given +a rapid rotary motion as they fly past strong electromagnets. +In this way the +coil can keep on passing +the same magnets, in the +same direction, as long as +force is applied to the shaft +that carries them.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 298px;"> +<img src="images/i_103b.jpg" width="298" height="364" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 144.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_129"></a>129. Field-Magnets; +Armature; Commutator.</b> +What we need then, +to produce an induced +current by a rotary motion, +is a strong magnetic field, +a rotating coil of wire +properly placed in the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_104" id="Page_104">[104]</a></span> +field, and some means of leading the current from the +machine.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 259px;"> +<img src="images/i_104a.jpg" width="259" height="303" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 145.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 351px;"> +<img src="images/i_104b.jpg" width="351" height="252" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 146.</div> +</div> + +<p>If a loop of wire, Fig. 140, be so arranged on bearings +at its ends that it can be made +to revolve, a current will flow +through it in one direction +during one-half of the revolution, +and in the opposite direction +during the other half, it +being insulated from all external +conductors. This +agrees with the experiments +suggested in § 127, when the +current generated in a coil +passed in one direction during +its motion <i>toward</i> the strongest part of the field, and +in the opposite direction when the coil passed <i>out</i> of +it. A coil must be cut by lines of force to generate a +current. A current +inside of the machine, +as in Fig. 140, would +be of no value; it must +be led out to external +conductors where it +can do work. Some +sort of sliding contact +is necessary to connect +a revolving conductor +with outside stationary ones. The magnet, called the <i>field-magnet</i>, +is merely to furnish lines of magnetic force. The +one turn of wire represents the simplest form of <i>armature</i>.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_105" id="Page_105">[105]</a></span></p> + +<p>Fig. 141 shows the ends of a coil joined to two rings, X, +Y, insulated from each other, and rotating with the coil. +The two stationary pieces of carbon, A, B, called <i>brushes</i>, +press against the rings, and to these are joined wires, +which complete the circuit, and which lead out where the +current can do work. The arrows show the direction of +the current during one-half of a revolution. The rings +form a <i>collector</i>, and this arrangement gives an <i>alternating +current</i>.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 390px;"> +<img src="images/i_105.jpg" width="390" height="352" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 147.</div> +</div> + +<p>In Fig. 142 the ends of the coil are joined to the two +halves of a cylinder. These halves, X and Y, are insulated +from each other, and from the axis. The current +flows from X onto the brush A, through some external +circuit, to do the work, and thence back through brush +B onto Y. By the time that Y gets around to A, the +direction of the current in the loop has reversed, so that +it passes toward Y, but it still enters the outside circuit<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_106" id="Page_106">[106]</a></span> +through A, because Y is then in contact with A. This +device is called a <i>commutator</i>, and it allows a constant or +<i>direct current</i> to leave the machine.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 434px;"> +<img src="images/i_106.jpg" width="434" height="359" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 148.</div> +</div> + +<p>In regular machines, the field-magnets are electromagnets, +the whole or a part of the current from the dynamo +passing around them on its way out, to excite them and +make a powerful field between the poles. To lessen the +resistance to the lines of force on their way from the N to +the S pole of the field-magnets, the armature coils are +wound on an iron core; this greatly increases the strength +of the field, as the lines of force have to jump across but +two small air-gaps. There are many loops of wire on +regular armatures, and many segments to the commutator, +carefully insulated from each other, each getting its +current from the coil attached to it.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_130"></a>130. Types of Dynamos.</b> While there is an almost +endless number of different makes and shapes of dynamos,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_107" id="Page_107">[107]</a></span> +they may be divided into two great types; the <i>continuous</i> +or <i>direct current</i>, and the <i>alternating current</i> dynamo. +Direct current machines give out a current which constantly +flows in one direction, and this is because a commutator +is used. Alternating currents come from collectors +or rings, as shown in Fig. 141; and as an alternating +current cannot be used to excite the fields, an outside +current from a small direct current machine must be +used. These are called exciters.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 339px;"> +<img src="images/i_107.jpg" width="339" height="246" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 149.</div> +</div> + +<p>In direct current machines enough residual magnetism +is left in the field to induce a slight current in the armature +when the machine is started. This immediately +adds strength to the field-magnets, which, in turn, induce +a stronger current in the armature.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_131"></a>131. Winding of Dynamos.</b> There are several ways +of winding dynamos, depending upon the special uses to +be made of the current.</p> + +<p>The <i>series wound</i> dynamo, Fig. 143, is so arranged that +the entire current passes around the field-magnet cores +on its way from the machine. In the <i>shunt wound</i> dynamo, +Fig. 144, a part, only, of the current from the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_108" id="Page_108">[108]</a></span> +machine is carried around the field-magnet cores through +many turns of fine wire. The <i>compound wound</i> dynamo +is really a combination of the two methods just given. +In <i>separately-excited</i> dynamos, the current from a separate +machine is used to excite the field-magnets.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_132"></a>132. Various Machines.</b> Fig. 145 shows a hand +power dynamo which produces a current for experimental +work. Fig. 146 shows a magneto-electrical generator +which produces a current for medical use. Figs. 147, +148 show forms of dynamos, and Fig. 149 shows how arc +lamps are connected in series to dynamos.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 210px;"> +<img src="images/i_108.jpg" width="210" height="216" alt="drawing" /> +</div> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_109" id="Page_109">[109]</a></span></p> + + + + +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_XVIII"></a>CHAPTER XVIII.<br /> +<small>HOW THE ELECTRIC CURRENT IS TRANSFORMED.</small></h2> + + +<p><b><a id="par_133"></a>133. Electric Current and Work.</b> The amount of +work a current can do depends upon two factors; the +strength (amperes), and the pressure, or E. M. F. (volts). +A current of 10 amperes with a pressure of 1,000 volts = +10 × 1,000 = 10,000 watts. This furnishes the same +amount of energy as a current of 50 amperes at 200 volts; +50 × 200 = 10,000 watts.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_134"></a>134. Transmission of Currents.</b> It is often necessary +to carry a current a long distance before it is used. +A current of 50 amperes would need a copper conductor +25 times as large (sectional area) as one to carry the 10 +ampere current mentioned in § 133. As copper conductors +are very expensive, electric light companies, etc., +generally try to carry the current on as small a wire as +possible. To do this, the voltage is kept high, and the +amperage low. Thus, as seen in § 133, the current of +1,000 volts and 10 amperes could be carried on a much +smaller wire than the other current of equal energy. A +current of 1,000 volts, however, is not adapted for lights, +etc., so it has to be changed to lower voltage by some +form of transformer before it can be used.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_135"></a>135. Transformers</b>, like induction coils, are instruments +for changing the E. M. F. and strength of currents. +There is very little loss of energy in well-made +transformers. They consist of two coils of wire on one<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_110" id="Page_110">[110]</a></span> +core; in fact, an induction coil may be considered a transformer, +but in this a direct current has to be interrupted. +If the secondary coil has 100 times as many turns of wire +as the primary, a current of 100 volts can be taken from +the secondary coil when the primary current is but 1 +volt; but the <i>strength</i> (amperes) of this new current will +be but one-hundredth that of the primary current.</p> + +<p>By using the coil of fine wire as the primary, we can +lower the voltage and increase the strength in the same +proportion.</p> + + +<div class="center"> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="drawings"> +<tr><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 176px;"> +<img src="images/i_110a.jpg" width="176" height="282" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 150.</div> +</div></td><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 316px;"> +<img src="images/i_110b.jpg" width="316" height="292" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 151.</div> +</div></td></tr> +</table></div> + + + + +<p>Fig. 150 shows about the simplest form of transformer +with a solid iron core, on which are wound two coils, the +one, P, being the primary, and the other, S, the secondary. +Fig. 151 shows the general appearance of one make of +transformer. The operation of this apparatus, as already +mentioned, is to reduce the high pressure alternating +current sent out over the conductors from the dynamo, +to a potential at which it can be employed with convenience +and safety, for illumination and other purposes.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_111" id="Page_111">[111]</a></span> +They consist of two or more coils of wire most carefully +insulated from one another. A core or magnetic circuit +of soft iron, composed of very thin punchings, is then +formed around these coils, the purpose of the iron core +being to reduce the magnetic resistance and increase the +inductive effect. One set of these coils is connected with +the primary or high-pressure wires, while the other set, +which are called the secondary coils, is connected to the +house or low-pressure wires, or wherever the current is +required for use. The rapidly alternating current impulses +in the primary or high-pressure wires induce secondary +currents similar in form but opposite in direction +in the secondary coils. These current impulses are of a +much lower pressure, depending upon the ratio of the +number of turns of wire in the respective coils, it being +customary to wind transformers in such a manner as to +reduce from 1,000 or 2,000-volt primaries to 50 or 100-volt +secondaries, at which voltage the secondary current is +perfectly harmless.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 373px;"> +<img src="images/i_111.jpg" width="373" height="249" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 152.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_136"></a>136. Motor-Dynamos.</b> Fig. 152. These consist<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_112" id="Page_112">[112]</a></span> +essentially of two belt-type machines on a common base, +direct coupled together, one machine acting as a motor to +receive current at a certain voltage, and the other acting +as a dynamo to give out the current usually at a different +voltage. As they transform current from one voltage to +another, motor-dynamos are sometimes called Double +Field Direct Current Transformers. The larger sizes +have three bearings, one bearing being between the two +machines, while the smaller sizes have but two bearings, +the two armatures being fastened to a common +spider.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 379px;"> +<img src="images/i_112.jpg" width="379" height="293" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 153.</div> +</div> + +<p><i>Applications.</i> The uses to which motor-dynamos are +put are very various. They are extensively used in the +larger sizes as "Boosters," for giving the necessary extra +force on long electric supply circuits to carry the current +to the end with the same pressure as that which reaches +the ends of the shorter circuits from the station.</p> + +<p>Motor-dynamos have the advantage over dynamotors, +described later, of having the secondary voltage easily<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_113" id="Page_113">[113]</a></span> +and economically varied over wide ranges by means of a +regulator in the dynamo field.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_137"></a>137. Dynamotors.</b> Fig. 153. In Dynamotors the +motor and dynamo armatures are combined in one, thus +requiring a single field only. The primary armature +winding, which operates as a motor to drive the machine, +and the secondary or dynamo winding, which operates as +a generator to produce a new current, are upon the same +armature core, so that the armature reaction of one winding +neutralizes that of the other. They therefore have +no tendency to spark, and do not require shifting of the +brushes with varying load. Having but one field and +two bearings, they are also more efficient than motor-dynamos.</p> + +<p><i>Applications.</i> They have largely displaced batteries for +telegraph work. The size shown, occupying a space of +about 8-inch cube, and having an output of 40 watts, will +displace about 800 gravity cells, occupying a space of +about 10 feet cube. The cost of maintenance of such a +battery per year, exclusive of rent, is about $800, whereas +the 1-6 dynamotor can be operated at an annual expense +of $150.</p> + +<p>Dynamotors are largely used by telephone companies +for charging storage batteries, and for transforming from +direct to alternating current, for ringing telephone bells. +Electro-cautery, electroplating, and electric heating also +give use to dynamotors.</p> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_114" id="Page_114">[114]</a></span></p> + + + + +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_XIX"></a>CHAPTER XIX.<br /> +<small>HOW ELECTRIC CURRENTS ARE DISTRIBUTED FOR +USE.</small></h2> + + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 371px;"> +<img src="images/i_114a.jpg" width="371" height="152" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 154.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 222px;"> +<img src="images/i_114b.jpg" width="222" height="131" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 155.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 525px;"> +<img src="images/i_114c.jpg" width="525" height="199" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 156.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_138"></a>138. Conductors and Insulators.</b> To carry the +powerful current from the generating station to distant +places where it is to give heat, power, or light, or even +to carry the small current of a single cell from one +room to another, <i>conductors</i> must be used. To keep the +current from passing into the earth before it reaches its +destination <i>insulators</i> must be used. The form of conductors +and insulators used will depend upon the current and +many other conditions. It should be remembered that +the current has to be carried to the lamp or motor,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_115" id="Page_115">[115]</a></span> +through which it passes, and then back again to the +dynamo, to form a complete circuit. A break anywhere +in the circuit stops the current. Insulators are as important +as conductors.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 543px;"> +<a href="images/i_115a-big.jpg"><img src="images/i_115a.jpg" width="543" height="404" alt="drawing" /></a> +<div class="caption">Fig. 157.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 340px;"> +<img src="images/i_115b.jpg" width="340" height="159" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 158.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_139"></a>139. Mains, Service Wires, etc.</b> From the switchboard +the current flows out through the streets in large +conductors, or <i>mains</i>, +the supply being kept +up by the dynamos, +just as water-pressure +is kept up by the constant +working of +pumps. Branches, +called <i>service wires</i>, are +led off from the mains to supply houses or factories, one +wire leading the current into the house from one main,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_116" id="Page_116">[116]</a></span> +and a similar one leading it out of the house again to the +other main.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 331px;"> +<img src="images/i_116a.jpg" width="331" height="201" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 159.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 418px;"> +<img src="images/i_116b.jpg" width="418" height="254" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 160.</div> +</div> + +<p>In large buildings, pairs of wires, called <i>risers</i>, branch +out from the service +wires and carry the current +up through the +building. These have +still other branches—<i>floor +mains</i>, <i>etc.</i>, that +pass through halls, etc., +smaller branches finally +reaching the lamps. The +sizes of all of these wires depend upon how much current +has to pass through them. The mains in large cities are +usually placed underground. In some places they are +carried on poles.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 433px;"> +<img src="images/i_116c.jpg" width="433" height="99" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 161.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_140"></a>140. Electric Conduits</b> are underground passages for<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_117" id="Page_117">[117]</a></span> +electric wires, cables, etc. There are several ways of insulating +the conductors. Sometimes they are placed in +earthenware or iron +tubes, or in wood +that has been treated +to make it water-proof. +At short distances +are placed +man-holes, where the +different lengths are joined, and where branches are +attached.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 368px;"> +<img src="images/i_117a.jpg" width="368" height="160" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 162.</div> +</div> + +<p>Fig. 154 shows creosoted +wooden pipes; Fig. +155 shows another form of +wooden pipe. Fig. 156 +shows a coupling-box used +to join Edison tubes. The +three wires, used in the +three-wire system, are insulated +from each other, +the whole being surrounded +by an iron pipe +of convenient length for +handling. Fig. 157 +shows sections of man-holes +and various devices +used in conduit work.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 309px;"> +<img src="images/i_117b.jpg" width="309" height="505" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 163.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_141"></a>141. Miscellaneous +Appliances.</b> When the +current enters a house +for incandescent lighting purposes, for example, quite a<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_118" id="Page_118">[118]</a></span> +number of things are necessary. To measure the current +a meter is usually placed in the cellar. In new +houses the insulated conductors are usually run through +some sort of tube which +acts as a double protection, +all being hidden +from view. Fig. 158 +shows a short length of +iron tube with a lining +of insulating material. +Wires are often run +through tubes made of +rubber and various +other insulating materials.</p> + +<p>Where the current is to be put into houses after the +plastering has been done, the wires are usually run +through <i>mouldings</i> or supported by <i>cleats</i>. Fig. 159 +shows a cross-section of moulding. The insulated wires +are placed in the slots, which are then covered.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 339px;"> +<img src="images/i_118a.jpg" width="339" height="225" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 164.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 226px;"> +<img src="images/i_118b.jpg" width="226" height="222" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 165.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 348px;"> +<img src="images/i_118c.jpg" width="348" height="95" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 166.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 352px;"> +<img src="images/i_118d.jpg" width="352" height="112" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 167.</div> +</div> + +<p>Fig. 160 shows a form of porcelain cleat. These are +fastened to ceilings or walls, and firmly hold the insulated +wires in place. Fig. 161 shows a wood cleat. Fig. 162<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_119" id="Page_119">[119]</a></span> +shows small porcelain <i>insulators</i>. These may be screwed +to walls, etc., the wire being then fastened to them. Fig. +163 shows how telegraph wires are supported and +insulated. Fig. 164 shows how wires may be carried by +tree and insulated from +them.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 388px;"> +<img src="images/i_119a.jpg" width="388" height="297" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 168.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 286px;"> +<img src="images/i_119b.jpg" width="286" height="156" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 169.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 475px;"> +<img src="images/i_119c.jpg" width="475" height="86" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 170.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_142"></a>142. Safety Devices.</b> +We have seen that when +too large a current passes +through a wire, the wire +becomes heated and may +even be melted. Buildings +are wired to use certain currents, and if from any cause +much more current than the regular amount should +suddenly pass through the service wires into the house,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_120" id="Page_120">[120]</a></span> +the various smaller wires would become overheated, and +perhaps melt or start a fire. An accidental short circuit, +for example, would so reduce resistance that too much +current would suddenly rush through the wires. There +are several devices by which the over-heating of wires +is obviated.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 507px;"> +<img src="images/i_120.jpg" width="507" height="309" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Figs. 171 to 175.</div> +</div> + +<p>Fig. 165 shows a <i>safety fuse</i>, or <i>safety cut-out</i>, which +consists of a short length of easily fusible wire, called +<i>fuse wire</i>, placed in the circuit and supported by a porcelain +block. These wires are tested, different sizes being +used for different currents. As soon as there is any tendency +toward over-heating, the fuse <i>blows</i>; that is, it +promptly melts and opens the circuit before any damage +can be done to the regular conductors. Fig. 166 shows +a cross-section of a <i>fuse plug</i> that can be screwed into an +ordinary socket. The fuse wire is shown black.</p> + +<p>Fig. 167 shows a <i>fuse link</i>. These are also of fusible +material, and so made that they can be firmly held under +screw-heads. For heavy currents <i>fuse ribbons</i> are used,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_121" id="Page_121">[121]</a></span> +or several wires or links may be used side by side. Fig. +168 shows a <i>fusible rosette</i>. Fig. 169 shows two fuse +wires fixed between screw-heads, the current passing +through them in opposite directions, +both sides of the circuit being included. +Fig. 170 shows various +forms of cut-outs.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 185px;"> +<img src="images/i_121a.jpg" width="185" height="181" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 176.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_143"></a>143. Wires and Cables</b> are made +in many sizes. Figs. 171 to 175 show +various ways of making small conductors. +They are made very flexible, +for some purposes, by twisting many small copper wires +together, the whole being then covered with insulating +material.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 274px;"> +<img src="images/i_121b.jpg" width="274" height="270" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 177.</div> +</div> + +<p>Figs. 176, 177, show sections of submarine cables. +Such cables consist of copper conductors insulated with +pure gutta-percha. These are then surrounded by hempen +yarn or other elastic material, +and around the whole are +placed galvanized iron armor +wires for protection. Each +core, or conductor, contains a +conductor consisting of a +single copper wire or a strand +of three or more twisted +copper wires.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_144"></a>144. Lamp Circuits.</b> As +has been noted before, in +order to have the electric current do its work, we must +have a complete circuit. The current must be brought +back to the dynamo, much of it, of course, having been<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_122" id="Page_122">[122]</a></span> +used to produce light, heat, power, etc. For lighting +purposes this is accomplished in two principal ways.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 420px;"> +<img src="images/i_122a.jpg" width="420" height="153" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 178.</div> +</div> + +<p>Fig. 178 shows a number of lamps so arranged, "in +series," that the same current passes through them all, +one after the other. The total resistance of the circuit +is large, as all of the lamp resistances are added together.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 421px;"> +<img src="images/i_122b.jpg" width="421" height="160" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 179.</div> +</div> + +<p>Fig. 179 shows lamps arranged side by side, or "in +parallel," between the two main wires. The current +divides, a part going through each lamp that operates. +The total resistance of the circuit is not as large as in +the series arrangement, as the current has many small +paths in going from one main wire to the other. Fig. 179 +also shows the ordinary <i>two-wire system</i> for incandescent +lighting, the two main wires having usually a difference +of potential equal to 50 or 110 volts. These comparatively +small pressures require fairly large conductors.</p> + +<p><i>The Three-Wire System</i>, Fig. 180, uses the current<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_123" id="Page_123">[123]</a></span> +from two dynamos, arranged with three main wires. +While the total voltage is 220, one of the wires being +neutral, 110 volts can be had for ordinary lamps. This +voltage saves in the cost of conductors.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 397px;"> +<img src="images/i_123a.jpg" width="397" height="183" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 180.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 458px;"> +<img src="images/i_123b.jpg" width="458" height="255" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 181.</div> +</div> + +<p><i>The Alternating System</i>, Fig. 181, uses transformers. +The high potential of the current allows small main wires, +from which branches can be run to the primary coil of +the transformer. The secondary coil sends out an induced +current of 50 or 110 volts, while that in the primary +may be 1,000 to 10,000 volts.</p> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_124" id="Page_124">[124]</a></span></p> + + + + +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_XX"></a>CHAPTER XX.<br /> +<small>HOW HEAT IS PRODUCED BY THE ELECTRIC CURRENT.</small></h2> + + +<p><b><a id="par_145"></a>145. Resistance and Heat.</b> We have seen that all +wires and conductors offer resistance to the electric current. +The smaller the wire the greater its resistance. +Whenever resistance is offered to the current, heat is produced. +By proper appliances, the heat of resistance can +be used to advantage for many commercial enterprises. +Dynamos are used to +generate the current +for heating and lighting +purposes.</p> + +<div class="figleft" style="width: 321px;"> +<img src="images/i_124.jpg" width="321" height="219" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 182.</div> +</div> + +<p>Fig. 182 shows how +the current from two +strong cells can be +used to heat a short +length of very fine +platinum or German-silver wire. The copper conductors +attached to the cells do not offer very much resistance.</p> + +<p>It will be seen from the above that in all electrical work +the sizes of the wires used have to be such that they do +not overheat. The coils of dynamos, motors, transformers, +ampere-meters, etc., etc., become somewhat heated +by the currents passing through them, great care being +taken that they are properly designed and ventilated so +that they will not burn out.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 462px;"> +<img src="images/i_125a.jpg" width="462" height="442" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 183.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 241px;"> +<img src="images/i_125b.jpg" width="241" height="359" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 184.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_146"></a>146. Electric Welding.</b> Fig. 183 shows one form of +electric welding machine. The principle involved in<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_125" id="Page_125">[125]</a></span> +the art of electric welding is that of causing currents of +electricity to pass through the abutting ends of the pieces +of metal which are to be welded, +thereby generating heat at the +point of contact, which also becomes +the point of greatest resistance, +while at the same time +mechanical pressure is applied to +force the parts together. As +the current heats the metal at +the junction to the welding +temperature, the pressure follows +up the softening surface until a +complete union or weld is +effected; and, as the heat is first<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_126" id="Page_126">[126]</a></span> +developed in the interior of the parts to be welded, the +interior of the joint is as efficiently united as the visible +exterior. With such a method and apparatus, it is +found possible to accomplish not only the common kinds +of welding of iron and steel, but also of metals which +have heretofore resisted attempts at welding, and have +had to be brazed or soldered.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 555px;"> +<img src="images/i_126.jpg" width="555" height="582" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Figs. 185 to 189.</div> +</div> + +<p>The introduction of the electric transformer enables +enormous currents to be so applied to the weld as to spend +their energy just at the point where heating is required.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_127" id="Page_127">[127]</a></span> +They need, therefore, only to be applied for a few seconds, +and the operation is completed before the heat generated +at the weld has had time to escape by conduction to any +other part.</p> + +<p>Although the quantity of the current so employed in +the pieces to be welded is enormous, the potential at +which it is applied is extremely low, not much exceeding +that of the batteries of cells used for ringing electric bells +in houses.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 299px;"> +<img src="images/i_127.jpg" width="299" height="231" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 190.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_147"></a>147. Miscellaneous Applications.</b> Magneto Blasting +Machines are now in very common use for blasting +rocks, etc. Fig. 184 shows one, it being really a small +hand dynamo, occupying less than one-half a cubic foot +of space. The armature is made to revolve rapidly +between the poles of the field-magnet by means of a handle +that works up and down. The current is carried by +wires from the binding-posts to fuses. The heat generated +by resistance in the fuse ignites the powder or other +explosive.</p> + +<p><i>Electric soldering irons</i>, <i>flat-irons</i>, <i>teakettles</i>, <i>griddles</i>,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_128" id="Page_128">[128]</a></span> +<i>broilers</i>, <i>glue pots</i>, <i>chafing-dishes</i>, <i>stoves</i>, etc., etc., are now +made. Figs. 185 to 189 show some of these applications. +The coils for producing the resistance are inclosed in the +apparatus.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 320px;"> +<img src="images/i_128.jpg" width="320" height="227" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 191.</div> +</div> + +<p>Fig. 190 shows a complete electric kitchen. Any kettle +or part of the outfit can be made hot by simply turning +a switch. Fig. 191 shows an electric heater placed +under a car seat. Many large industries that make use +of the heating effects of the current are now being +carried on.</p> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_129" id="Page_129">[129]</a></span></p> + + + + +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_XXI"></a>CHAPTER XXI.<br /> +<small>HOW LIGHT IS PRODUCED BY THE INCANDESCENT +LAMP.</small></h2> + + +<div class="figleft" style="width: 277px;"> +<img src="images/i_129a.jpg" width="277" height="628" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 192.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 169px;"> +<img src="images/i_129b.jpg" width="169" height="270" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 193.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_148"></a>148. Incandescence.</b> We have just seen that the +electric current produces heat +when it flows through a conductor +that offers considerable +resistance to it. As soon as +this was discovered men began +to experiment to find whether +a practical light could also be +produced. It was found that +a wire could be kept hot by +constantly passing a current +through it, and that the light +given out from it became +whiter and whiter as the wire became hotter. The wire +was said to be <i>incandescent</i>, or glowing with heat. As<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_130" id="Page_130">[130]</a></span> +metal wires are good conductors of electricity, they had +to be made extremely fine to offer enough resistance; +too fine, in fact, to be properly handled.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_149"></a>149. The Incandescent Lamp.</b> Many substances +were experimented upon to find a proper material out of +which could be made a <i>filament</i> that would +give the proper resistance and at the same +time be strong and lasting. It was found +that hair-like pieces of carbon offered the +proper resistance to the current. When +heated in the air, however, carbon burns; so +it became necessary to +place the carbon filaments +in a globe from +which all the air had +been pumped before +passing the current through them. This proved to be a +success.</p> + +<div class="center"> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="lightbulbs"> +<tr><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 125px;"> +<img src="images/i_130a.jpg" width="125" height="559" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 194.</div> +</div> +</td><td align="left" valign='bottom'><div class="figcenter" style="width: 107px;"> +<img src="images/i_130b.jpg" width="107" height="352" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 195.</div> +</div></td><td align="left" valign='bottom'><div class="figcenter" style="width: 146px;"> +<img src="images/i_130c.jpg" width="146" height="176" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 196.</div> +</div></td></tr> +</table></div> + +<p>Fig. 192 shows the ordinary form of lamp. The <i>carbon +filament</i> is attached, by carbon paste, to short platinum +wires that are sealed in the glass, their lower ends being +connected to short copper wires that are joined to the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_131" id="Page_131">[131]</a></span> +terminals of the lamp. When the lamp is screwed into +its socket, the current can pass up one side of the filament +and down the other. The filaments used have been +made of every form of carbonized vegetable matter. +Bamboo has been largely used, fine strips being cut by +dies and then heated in air-tight boxes containing fine +carbon until they were thoroughly carbonized. This +baking of the bamboo produces a tough fiber of carbon. +Various forms of thread have been carbonized and used. +Filaments are now made by pressing finely pulverized +carbon, with a binding material, through small dies. The +filaments are made of such sizes and lengths that will +adapt them to the particular current with which they are +to be used. The longer the filament, the greater its +resistance, and the greater the voltage necessary to push +the current through it.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 463px;"> +<img src="images/i_131a.jpg" width="463" height="125" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 197.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 342px;"> +<img src="images/i_131b.jpg" width="342" height="86" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 198.</div> +</div> + +<p>After the filaments are properly attached, the air is +pumped from the bulb or globe. This is done with some +form of mercury pump, and the air is so thoroughly removed +from the bulb that about one-millionth only of the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_132" id="Page_132">[132]</a></span> +original air remains. Before sealing off the lamp, a current +is passed through the filament to drive out absorbed +air and gases, and these are carried +away by the pump. By proper treatment +the filaments have a uniform +resistance throughout, and glow uniformly +when the current passes.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 490px;"> +<img src="images/i_132a.jpg" width="490" height="288" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 199.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 188px;"> +<img src="images/i_132b.jpg" width="188" height="527" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 200.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_150"></a>150. Candle-Power.</b> A lamp is +said to have 4, 8, 16 or more candle-power. +A 16-candle-power lamp, for +example, means one that will give as +much light as sixteen standard +candles. A standard sperm candle +burns two grains a minute. The +candle-power of a lamp can be increased +by forcing a strong current +through it, but this shortens its life.</p> + +<p><i>The Current</i> used for incandescent +lamps has to be strong enough to +force its way through the filament and +produce a heat sufficient to give a<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_133" id="Page_133">[133]</a></span> +good light. The usual current has 50 or 110 volts, +although small lamps are made that can be run by two +or three cells. If the voltage of the current is less than +that for which the lamp was made, the light will be dim. +The filament can be instantly burned +out by passing a current of too high +pressure through it.</p> + +<p>Even with the proper current, +lamps soon begin to deteriorate, as +small particles of carbon leave the +filament and cling to the glass. +This is due to the evaporation, +and it makes the filament smaller, and a higher pressure +is then needed to force the current through the increased +resistance; besides this, the darkened bulb does not properly +let the light out. The current may be direct or +alternating.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 182px;"> +<img src="images/i_133a.jpg" width="182" height="194" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 201.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 529px;"> +<img src="images/i_133b.jpg" width="529" height="192" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 202.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_151"></a>151. The Uses</b> to which incandescent lamps are put +are almost numberless. Fig. 193 shows a decorative +lamp. Fancy lamps are made in all colors. Fig. 194 +shows a conic candle lamp, to imitate a candle. What +corresponds to the body of the candle (see figure B to C)<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_134" id="Page_134">[134]</a></span> +is a delicately tinted opal glass tube surmounted (see +figure A to B) by a finely proportioned conic lamp with +frosted globe. C to D in the figure represents +the regular base, and thus the relative +proportions of the parts are shown. Fig. +195 shows another form of candelabra lamp. Fig. 196 +shows small dental lamps. Fig. 197 shows a small lamp +with mirror for use in the throat. +Fig. 198 shows lamp with half +shade attached, used for library +tables. Fig. 199 shows an +electric pendant for several +lamps, with shade. Fig. 200 +shows a lamp guard. Fig. 201 +shows a lamp socket, into which +the lamp is screwed. Fig. 202 +shows incandescent bulbs joined +in parallel to the + and - mains. +Fig. 203 shows how the lamp +cord can be adjusted to desired +length. Fig. 204 shows a lamp with reflector placed on +a desk. Fig. 205 shows a form of shade and reflector.</p> + + +<div class="center"> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="drawings"> +<tr><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 128px;"> +<img src="images/i_134a.jpg" width="128" height="321" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 203</div> +</div></td><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 378px;"> +<img src="images/i_134b.jpg" width="378" height="217" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 204.</div> +</div></td></tr> +</table></div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 246px;"> +<img src="images/i_134c.jpg" width="246" height="357" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 205.</div> +</div> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_135" id="Page_135">[135]</a></span></p> + + + + +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_XXII"></a>CHAPTER XXII.<br /> +<small>HOW LIGHT IS PRODUCED BY THE ARC LAMP.</small></h2> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 292px;"> +<img src="images/i_135.jpg" width="292" height="571" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 206.</div> +</div> +<p><b><a id="par_152"></a>152. The Electric Arc.</b> When a strong current +passes from one carbon rod to another across an air-space, +an <i>electric arc</i> is produced. +When the ends of +two carbon rods touch, a +current can pass from one +to the other, but the imperfect +contact causes resistance +enough to heat the +ends red-hot. If the rods +be separated slightly, the +current will continue to +flow, as the intensely heated +air and flying particles of +carbon reduce the resistance +of the air-space.</p> + +<p>Fig. 206 shows two carbon +rods which are joined +to the two terminals of a +dynamo. The upper, or +positive, carbon gradually +wears away and becomes +slightly hollow. The +heated <i>crater</i>, as it is called, is the hottest part. The +negative carbon becomes pointed. The arc will pass in +a vacuum, and even under water.</p> + + + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_136" id="Page_136">[136]</a></span></p> + +<p>As the electric arc is extremely hot, metals are easily +vaporized in it; in fact, even the carbon rods themselves +slowly melt and vaporize. This extreme heat is used for +many industrial purposes.</p> + +<p>"The phenomenon of the electric arc was first noticed by +Humphrey Davy in 1800, and its explanation +appears to be the following: +Before contact the difference of potential +between the points is insufficient +to permit a spark to leap across even +1/10000 of an inch of air-space, but when +the carbons are made to touch, a current is established. +On separating the carbons, the momentary extra current +due to self-induction of the circuit, which possesses a high +electromotive force, can leap the short distance, and in +doing so volatilizes a small quantity of carbon between<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_137" id="Page_137">[137]</a></span> +the points. Carbon vapor, being a partial conductor, +allows the current to continue to flow across the gap, +provided it be not too wide; but as +the carbon vapor has a very high resistance +it becomes intensely heated +by the passage of the current, and the +carbon points also grow hot. Since, +however, solid matter is a better +radiator than gaseous matter, the +carbon points emit far more light +than the arc itself, though they are +not so hot. It is observed, also, that +particles of carbon are torn away +from the + electrode, which becomes +hollowed out to a cup-shape, and +some of these are deposited on the - electrode."</p> + + + +<div class="center"> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="drawings"> +<tr><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 180px;"> +<img src="images/i_136a.jpg" width="180" height="592" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 207.</div> +</div></td><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 349px;"> +<img src="images/i_136b.jpg" width="349" height="405" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 208.</div> +</div></td></tr> +</table></div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 184px;"> +<img src="images/i_137a.jpg" width="184" height="321" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 209.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_153"></a>153. Arc Lamps.</b> As the carbons gradually wear +away, some device is necessary to keep their ends the +right distance apart. If they +are too near, the arc is very +small; and if too far apart, +the current can not pass and +the light goes out. The +positive carbon gives the more +intense light and wears away +about twice as fast as the - +carbon, so it is placed above +the - carbon, to throw the +light downwards.</p> + + +<div class="center"> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="drawings"> +<tr><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 130px;"> +<img src="images/i_137b.jpg" width="130" height="248" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 210.</div> +</div> +</td><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 140px;"> +<img src="images/i_137c.jpg" width="140" height="254" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 211.</div> +</div></td></tr> +</table></div> + + + +<p>Arc lamps contain some device by which the proper +distance between the carbons can be kept. Most of them<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_138" id="Page_138">[138]</a></span> +grip the upper carbon and pull +it far enough above the lower +one to establish the arc. As +soon as the distance between +them gets too great again, the +grip on the upper carbon is +loosened, allowing the carbon to +drop until it comes in contact +with the lower one, thus starting +the current again. These +motions are accomplished by +electromagnets. Fig. 207 shows +a form of arc lamp with <i>single carbons</i> that will burn +from 7 to 9 hours.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 248px;"> +<img src="images/i_138a.jpg" width="248" height="314" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 212.</div> +</div> + +<div class="center"> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="drawings"> +<tr><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 151px;"> +<img src="images/i_138b.jpg" width="151" height="486" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 213.</div> +</div> +</td><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 332px;"> +<img src="images/i_138c.jpg" width="332" height="466" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 214.</div> +</div></td></tr> +</table></div> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_139" id="Page_139">[139]</a></span></p> + +<p>Fig. 208 shows the mechanism by which the carbons +are regulated. Fig. 209 shows a form of <i>double carbon</i>, +or <i>all-night</i> lamp, one set of carbons being first used, the +other set being automatically switched in at the proper +time.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 591px;"> +<img src="images/i_139.jpg" width="591" height="492" alt="drawing ship with a searchlight " /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 215.</div> +</div> + +<p>Figs. 210, 211 show forms of <i>short arc lamps</i>, for use +under low ceilings, so common in basements, etc.</p> + +<p>Fig. 212 shows a <i>hand-feed focussing</i> type of <i>arc lamp</i>. +In regular street lamps, the upper carbon only is fed by +mechanism, as it burns away about twice as fast as the +lower one, thus bringing the arc lower and lower. When<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_140" id="Page_140">[140]</a></span> +it is desired to keep the arc at the focus of a reflector, +both carbons must be fed.</p> + +<p>Fig. 213 shows a <i>theatre arc lamp</i>, used to throw a +strong beam of light from the balcony to the stage.</p> + +<p>Fig. 214 shows the arc lamp used as a search-light. +The reflector throws a powerful beam of light that can be +seen for miles; in fact, the light is used for signalling at +night. Fig. 215 shows how search-lights are used at +night on war-vessels.</p> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_141" id="Page_141">[141]</a></span></p> + + + + +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_XXIII"></a>CHAPTER XXIII.<br /> +<small>X-RAYS, AND HOW THE BONES OF THE HUMAN BODY +ARE PHOTOGRAPHED.</small></h2> + + +<div class="figleft" style="width: 95px;"> +<img src="images/i_141a.jpg" width="95" height="353" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 216.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 129px;"> +<img src="images/i_141b.jpg" width="129" height="399" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 217.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_154"></a>154. Disruptive Discharges.</b> We have seen, in the +study of induction coils, that a spark can jump several +inches between the terminals of the secondary coil. The +attraction between the two oppositely charged terminals +gets so great that it overcomes the resistance of the air-space +between them, a brilliant spark passes, and they are +discharged. This sudden discharge is said to be <i>disruptive</i>, +and it is accompanied by a flash of light and a loud +report. The <i>path</i> of the discharge may be nearly straight,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_142" id="Page_142">[142]</a></span> +or crooked, depending upon the nature of the material in +the gap between the terminals.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 431px;"> +<img src="images/i_142a.jpg" width="431" height="356" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 218.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 284px;"> +<img src="images/i_142b.jpg" width="284" height="173" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 219.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_155"></a>155. Effect of Air Pressure on Spark.</b> The disruptive +spark takes place in air at ordinary pressures. +The nature of the spark is greatly changed when the pressure +of the air decreases. Fig. 216 shows an air-tight glass +tube so arranged that the +air can be slowly removed +with an air-pump. The +upper rod shown can be +raised or lowered to increase +the distance between +it and the lower rod, these +acting as the terminals of +an induction coil. Before exhausting any air, the spark +will jump a small distance between the rods and act as +in open air. As soon as a small amount of air is removed,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_143" id="Page_143">[143]</a></span> +a change takes place. The spark is not so intense +and has no definite path, there being a general +glow throughout the tube. As the air pressure becomes +still less, the glow becomes brighter, until the entire tube +is full of purple light that is able to pass the entire +length of it; that is, the discharge takes place better in +rarefied air than it does in ordinary air.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_156"></a>156. Vacuum-Tubes.</b> As electricity passes through +rarefied gases much easier than +through ordinary air, regular +tubes, called <i>vacuum-tubes</i>, are +made for such study. Fig. 217 shows a plain tube of +this kind, platinum terminals being fused in the glass +for connections. These tubes are often made in complicated +forms, Fig. 218, with colored glass, and are +called <i>Geissler tubes</i>. They are often made in such a +way that the electrodes are in the shape of discs, etc., +and are called <i>Crookes tubes</i>, Fig. 219. A slight amount +of gas is left in the tubes.</p> + +<div class="center"> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="drawings"> +<tr><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 264px;"> +<img src="images/i_143a.jpg" width="264" height="388" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 220.</div> +</div></td><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 261px;"> +<img src="images/i_143b.jpg" width="261" height="290" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 220-A.</div> +</div></td></tr> +</table></div> + +<p><b><a id="par_157"></a>157. Cathode Rays.</b> The <i>cathode</i> is the electrode of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_144" id="Page_144">[144]</a></span> +a vacuum-tube by which the current leaves the tube, and +it has been known for some time that some kind of influence +passes in straight lines from this point. Shadows, +Fig. 219, are cast by such rays, a screen being placed in +their path.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_158"></a>158. X-Rays.</b> Professor Roentgen of Würzburg discovered +that when the cathode rays are allowed to fall +upon a solid body, the solid body gives out still other rays +which differ somewhat from the original cathode rays. +They can penetrate, more or less, through many bodies that +are usually considered opaque. The hand, for example, +may be used as a negative for producing a photograph of +the bones, as the rays do not pass equally well through +flesh and bone.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 527px;"> +<img src="images/i_144.jpg" width="527" height="485" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 221.</div> +</div> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_145" id="Page_145">[145]</a></span></p> + +<p>Fig. 220 shows a Crookes tube fitted with a metal plate, +so that the cathode rays coming from C will strike it. +The X-rays are given out from P. These rays are +invisible and are even given out where the cathode rays +strike the glass. Some chemical compounds are made +luminous by these rays; so screens are made and coated +with them in order that the shadows produced by the +X-rays can be seen by the eye. Professor Roentgen +named these the X-rays. Fig. 220-A shows a <i>fluoroscope</i> +that contains a screen covered with proper chemicals.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 454px;"> +<img src="images/i_145a.jpg" width="454" height="247" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 222.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 480px;"> +<img src="images/i_145b.jpg" width="480" height="239" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 223.</div> +</div> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_146" id="Page_146">[146]</a></span></p> + +<p><b><a id="par_159"></a>159. X-Ray Photographs.</b> Bone does not allow the +X-rays to pass through it as readily as flesh, so if the +hand be placed over a sensitized photographic plate, Fig. +221, and proper connections be made with the induction +coil, etc., the hand acts as a photographic negative. +Upon developing the plate, as in ordinary photography, a +picture or shadow of the bones will be seen. Fig. 222 +shows the arrangement of battery, induction coil, focus +tube, etc., for examining the bones of the human body.</p> + +<p>Fig. 223 shows the bones of a fish. Such photographs +have been very valuable in discovering the location of +bullets, needles, etc., that have become imbedded in the +flesh, as well as in locating breaks in the bones.</p> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_147" id="Page_147">[147]</a></span></p> + + + + +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_XXIV"></a>CHAPTER XXIV.<br /> +<small>THE ELECTRIC MOTOR, AND HOW IT DOES WORK.</small></h2> + + +<p><b><a id="par_160"></a>160. Currents and Motion.</b> We have seen, Chapter +XII., that when coils of wire are rapidly moved across a +strong magnetic field, a current of electricity is generated. +We have now to deal with the opposite of this; that is, +we are to study how <i>motion</i> can be produced by allowing +a current of electricity to pass through the armature of a +machine.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 479px;"> +<img src="images/i_147a.jpg" width="479" height="183" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 224.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 530px;"> +<img src="images/i_147b.jpg" width="530" height="284" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 225.</div> +</div> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_148" id="Page_148">[148]</a></span></p> + +<p>Fig. 224 shows, by diagram, a coil H, suspended so +that it can move easily, its ends being joined to a current +reverser, and this, in turn, to a dry cell D C. A +magnet, H M, will attract the core of H when no current +passes. When the current is allowed to pass first in one +direction and then in the opposite direction, by using the +reverser, the core of H will jump back and forth from one +pole of H M to the other. There are many ways by +which motion can be produced by the current, but to +have it practical, the motion must be a rotary one. (See +"Study," Chapter XXVI., for numerous experiments.)</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 479px;"> +<img src="images/i_148.jpg" width="479" height="435" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 226.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_161"></a>161. The Electric Motor</b> is a machine for transforming +electric energy into mechanical power. The construction +of motors is very similar to that of dynamos. They +have field-magnets, armature coils, commutator, etc.; in<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_149" id="Page_149">[149]</a></span> +fact, the armature of an ordinary direct current dynamo +will revolve if a current be passed through it, entering by +one brush and leaving by the other. There are many +little differences of construction, for mechanical and electrical +reasons, but we may say that the general construction +of dynamos and motors is the same.</p> + +<p>Fig. 225 shows a coil of wire, the ends of which are +connected to copper and zinc plates. These plates are +floated in dilute sulphuric acid, and form a simple cell +which sends a current through the wire, as shown by the +arrows.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 481px;"> +<a href="images/i_149-big.jpg"><img src="images/i_149.jpg" width="481" height="360" alt="drawing" /></a> +<div class="caption">Fig. 227.</div> +</div> + +<p>We have seen that a current-carrying wire has a magnetic +field and acts like a magnet; so it will be easily seen +that if a magnet be held near the wire it will be either +attracted or repelled, the motion depending upon the +poles that come near each other. As shown in the figure, +the N pole of the magnet repels the field of the wire,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_150" id="Page_150">[150]</a></span> +causing it to revolve. We see that this action is just the +reverse to that in galvanometers, where the coil is fixed, +and the magnet, or magnetic needle, is allowed to move. +As soon as the part of the +wire, marked A in Fig. +225, gets a little distance +from the pole, the opposite +side of the wire, B, begins +to be attracted by it, the +attraction getting stronger +and stronger, until it gets +opposite the N pole. If +the N pole were still held +in place, B would vibrate +back and forth a few times, and finally come to rest +near the pole. If, however, as soon as B gets opposite +N the S pole of the magnet be quickly turned toward +B, the coil will be repelled and the rotary motion will +continue.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 311px;"> +<img src="images/i_150.jpg" width="311" height="262" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 228.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 428px;"> +<img src="images/i_150b.jpg" width="428" height="294" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Figs. 229 to 231.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 296px;"> +<img src="images/i_151a.jpg" width="296" height="217" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 232.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 310px;"> +<a href="images/i_151b-big.jpg"><img src="images/i_151b.jpg" width="310" height="330" alt="drawing" /></a> +<div class="caption">Fig. 233.</div> +</div> + +<p>Let us now see how this helps to explain electric motors.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_151" id="Page_151">[151]</a></span> +We may consider the wire of Fig. 225 as one coil +of an armature, and the plates, C and Z, as the halves of +a commutator. In this arrangement, it must be noted, +the current always flows through the armature coil in the +same direction, the rotation +being kept up by reversing +the poles of the field-magnet. +In ordinary simple +motors the current is reversed +in the armature +coils, the field-magnets remaining +in one position +without changing the poles. +This produces the same effect as the above. The +current is reversed automatically as the brushes allow +the current to enter first one commutator bar and then +the opposite one as the armature revolves. The regular<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_152" id="Page_152">[152]</a></span> +armatures have many coils and many commutator bars, +as will be seen by examining the illustrations shown.</p> + +<p>The ordinary galvanometer may be considered a form +of motor. By properly opening +and closing the circuit, the rotary +motion of the needle can be kept +up as long as current is supplied. +Even an electric bell or telegraph +sounder may be considered a +motor, giving motion straight forward +and back.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_162"></a>162. The Uses of Motors</b> are +many. It would be impossible to +mention all the things that are +done with the power from motors. +A few illustrations will give an +idea of the way motors are attached +to machines.</p> + +<p>Fig. 226 shows one form of +motor, the parts being shown in +Fig. 227.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 221px;"> +<img src="images/i_152.jpg" width="221" height="662" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 234.</div> +</div> + +<p>Fig. 228 shows a fan motor run +by a battery. They are generally +run by the current from the street. +Figs. 229-231 show other forms of +fan motors. Fig. 232 shows an +electric hat polisher. A church +organ bellows is shown in Fig. 233, so arranged that it +can be pumped by an electric motor. Fig. 234 shows a +motor direct connected to a drill press.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_163"></a>163. Starting Boxes.</b> If too much current were<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_153" id="Page_153">[153]</a></span> +suddenly allowed to pass into the armature of a motor, +the coils would be over-heated, and perhaps destroyed, +before it attained its full speed. A rapidly revolving +armature will take more current, without being overheated, +than one not in motion. A motor at full speed +acts like a dynamo, and generates a current which tends +to flow from the machine in a direction opposite to that +which produces the motion. It is evident, then, that +when the armature is at rest, all the current turned on +passes through it without meeting with this opposing +current.</p> + + + +<div class="center"> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="drawings"> +<tr><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 278px;"> +<img src="images/i_153a.jpg" width="278" height="279" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 235.</div> +</div></td><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 210px;"> +<img src="images/i_153b.jpg" width="210" height="217" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 236.</div> +</div> +</td></tr> +</table></div> + +<p>Fig. 235 shows a starting, stopping, and regulating +box, inside of which are a number of German-silver resistance +coils properly connected to contact-points at the +top. By turning the knob, the field of the motor is immediately +charged first through resistance, then direct, +and then the current is put on the armature gradually +through a series of coils, the amount of current depending +upon the distance the switch is turned. Fig. 236 +shows a cross section of the same.</p> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_154" id="Page_154">[154]</a></span></p> + + + + +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_XXV"></a>CHAPTER XXV.<br /> +<small>ELECTRIC CARS, BOATS, AND AUTOMOBILES.</small></h2> + + +<p><b><a id="par_164"></a>164. Electric Cars</b>, as well as boats, automobiles, etc., +etc., are moved by the power that comes from electric +motors, these receiving current from the dynamos placed +at some "central station." We have already seen how +the motor can do many kinds of work. By properly +gearing it to the car wheels, motion can be given to them +which will move the car.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 582px;"> +<img src="images/i_154.jpg" width="582" height="242" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 237.</div> +</div> + +<p>Fig. 237 shows two dynamos which will be supposed to +be at a power house and which send out a current to +propel cars. From the figure it will be seen that the +wires over the cars, called trolley-wires, are connected to +the positive (+) terminals of the dynamos, and that the +negative (-) terminals are connected to the tracks. In +case a wire were allowed to join the trolley-wire and +track, we should have a short circuit, and current would +not only rush back to the dynamo without doing useful<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_155" id="Page_155">[155]</a></span> +work, but it would probably injure the machines. When +some of the current is allowed to pass through a car, +motion is produced in the motors, as has been explained. +As the number of cars increases, more current passes back +to the dynamos, which must +do more work to furnish +such current.</p> + +<p><i>Trolley-poles</i>, fastened to +the top of the cars and +which end in grooved +wheels, called <i>trolley-wheels</i>, +are pressed by springs +against the trolley-wires. +The current passes down +these through switches to +<i>controllers</i> at each end of +the car, one set being used +at a time.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 289px;"> +<img src="images/i_155a.jpg" width="289" height="593" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 238.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 298px;"> +<a href="images/i_155-big.jpg"><img src="images/i_155.jpg" width="298" height="156" alt="drawing" /></a> +<div class="caption">Fig. 239.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_165"></a>165. The Controllers</b>, as the name suggests, control +the speed of the car by allowing more or less current to +pass through the motors. The motors, resistance coils +and controllers are so connected with each other that +the amount of current used can be regulated.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_156" id="Page_156">[156]</a></span></p> + + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 477px;"> +<img src="images/i_156a.jpg" width="477" height="246" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 240.</div> +</div> + +<p>When the motorman turns the handle of the controller +to the first notch, the current passes through all of the +resistance wires placed under the car, then through one +motor after the other. The motors being joined in +series by the proper connections at the controller, the +greatest resistance is offered to the current and the car +runs at the slowest speed at this first notch. As more +resistance is cut out by turning the handle to other +notches, the car increases +its speed; but +as the resistance wires +become heated and the +heat passes into the +air, there is a loss of +energy. It is not +economical to run a +car at such a speed +that energy is wasted +as heat. As soon as +the resistance is all cut out, the current simply passes +through the motors joined in series. This gives a fairly<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_157" id="Page_157">[157]</a></span> +slow speed and one that is economical because all the +current tends to produce motion.</p> + +<p>By allowing the current to pass through the motors +joined in parallel, that is, by allowing each to take a part +of the current, the resistance is greatly reduced, and a +higher speed attained. This is not instantly done, however, +as too much strain would be put upon the motors. +As soon as the next notch is reached, the motors are +joined in parallel and the resistance also thrown in again. +By turning the handle still more, resistance is gradually +cut out, and the highest speed produced when the current +passes only through the motors in parallel.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 345px;"> +<img src="images/i_156b.jpg" width="345" height="280" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 241.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 167px;"> +<img src="images/i_157a.jpg" width="167" height="183" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 242.</div> +</div> + +<p>Fig. 238 represents a controller, by diagram, showing +the relative positions of the controller cylinder, reversing +and cut-out cylinders, arrangements for +blowing out the short electric arcs +formed, etc. A ratchet and pawl is provided, +which indicates positively the running +notches, at the same time permitting +the cylinder to move with ease. Fig. +239 shows a top view of the controller.</p> + +<div class="figleft" style="width: 213px;"> +<img src="images/i_157b.jpg" width="213" height="181" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 243.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_166"></a>166. Overhead and Underground Systems.</b> When +wires for furnishing current are placed over the tracks, as<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_158" id="Page_158">[158]</a></span> +in Fig. 237, we have the overhead system. In cities the +underground system is largely used. The location of the +conducting wires beneath the surface of the street removes +all danger to the public, and protects them from all interference, +leaving the street free from poles and wires.</p> + +<p>Fig. 240 shows a cross-section of an underground conduit. +The rails, R R, are supported by cast-iron yokes, A, +placed five feet apart, and thoroughly imbedded in concrete. +The conduit has sewer connections every 100 feet. +Conducting bars, C C, are placed on each side of the conduit, +and these are divided into sections of about 500 +feet. Insulators, D D, are placed every 15 feet. They +are attached to, and directly under, the slot-rails, the +stem passing through the conductor bar.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 140px;"> +<img src="images/i_157c.jpg" width="140" height="140" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 244.</div> +</div> + +<p>Figs. 240 and 241 show the plow E. The contact +plates are carried on coiled springs to allow a free motion. +Two guide-wheels, F F, are attached to the leg of the plow. +The conducting wires are carried up through the leg of +the plow.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_167"></a>167. Appliances.</b> A large number of articles are +needed in the construction of electric railroads. A few, +only, can be shown that are used for the overhead system. +Fig. 242 shows a pole insulator. Fig. 243 shows a feeder-wire +insulator. Fig. 244 shows a line suspension. Fig. +245 shows a form of right-angle cross which allows the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_159" id="Page_159">[159]</a></span> +trolley-wheels of crossing lines to pass. Fig. 246 shows +a switch. In winter a part of the current is allowed to +pass through electric heaters placed under the seats of +electric cars.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 296px;"> +<img src="images/i_158.jpg" width="296" height="98" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 245.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_168"></a>168. Electric Boats</b> are run by the current from +storage batteries which are usually placed under the +seats. An electric motor large enough to run a small +boat takes up very little room and is generally placed +under the floor. This leaves the entire boat for the use +of passengers. The motor is connected to the shaft that +turns the screw. Fig. 247 shows one design.</p> +<div class="figleft" style="width: 227px;"> +<img src="images/i_159a.jpg" width="227" height="289" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 246.</div> +</div> +<p><b><a id="par_169"></a>169. Electric Automobiles</b> represent the highest type +of electrical and mechanical construction. The <i>running-gear</i> +is usually made of the best cold-drawn seamless +steel tubing, to get the greatest strength from a given +weight of material. The wheels are made in a variety +of styles, but nearly all have ball bearings and pneumatic +tires. In the lightest styles the wheels have wire spokes.</p> + +<p>The <i>electric motors</i>, supported by the running-gear, are<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_160" id="Page_160">[160]</a></span> +geared to the rear wheels. The motors are made as +nearly dust-proof as possible.</p> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 533px;"> +<img src="images/i_160.jpg" width="533" height="264" alt="drawing long boat" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 247.</div> +</div> + +<p><i>Storage batteries</i> are put in a convenient place, depending +upon the design of the carriage, and from these the +motors receive the current. These can be charged from +the ordinary 110-volt lighting circuits or from private +dynamos. The proper plugs and attachments are usually +furnished by the various makers for connecting the +batteries with the street current, which is shut off when +the batteries are full by an automatic switch.</p> + +<p><i>Controllers</i> are used, as on electric cars, the lever for +starting, stopping, etc., being usually placed on the left-hand +side of the seat. The <i>steering</i> is done by a lever +that moves the front wheels. Strong brakes, and the +ability to quickly reverse the motors, allow electric carriages +to be stopped suddenly in case of accidents.</p> + +<p>Electric automobiles are largely used in cities, or where +the current can be easily had. The batteries must be +re-charged after they have run the motors for a certain +time which depends upon the speed and road, as well as<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_161" id="Page_161">[161]</a></span> +upon the construction. Where carriages are to be run +almost constantly, as is the case with those used for general +passenger service in cities, duplicate batteries are necessary, +so that one or two sets can be charged while another +is in use. Fig. 248 shows one form of electric vehicle, +the storage batteries being placed under and back of the +seat.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 531px;"> +<img src="images/i_161.jpg" width="531" height="425" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 248.</div> +</div> +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_162" id="Page_162">[162]</a></span></p> + + + + +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_XXVI"></a>CHAPTER XXVI.<br /> +<small>A WORD ABOUT CENTRAL STATIONS.</small></h2> + +<div class="figleft" style="width: 143px;"> +<img src="images/i_162.jpg" width="143" height="505" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 249.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_170"></a>170. Central Stations</b>, as the word implies, are places +where, for example, electricity is generated for the incandescent +or arc lights used in a certain neighborhood; +where telephone or telegraph messages +are sent to be resent to some other station; +where operators are kept to switch different +lines together, so that those on +one line can talk to those on another, +etc., etc. There are many kinds of central +stations, each requiring a large +amount of special apparatus to carry on +the work. Fig. 249 gives a hint in +regard to the way car lines get their +power from a central power station. +As a large part of the apparatus required +in ordinary central stations has already +been described, it is not necessary to go +into the details of such stations.</p> + + +<p>In lighting stations, for example, we +have three principal kinds of apparatus. +Boilers produce the steam that runs the +steam engines, and these run the dynamos +that give the current. Besides these there are many +other things needed. The electrical energy that goes over +the wires to furnish light, heat, and power, really comes +indirectly from the coal that is used to boil water and<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_163" id="Page_163">[163]</a></span> +convert it into steam. The various parts of the central +station merely aid in this transformation of energy.</p> + +<p>The dynamos are connected to the engines by belts, or<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_164" id="Page_164">[164]</a></span> +they are direct connected. Figs. 250, 251, show dynamos +connected to engines without belts.</p> + +<p>The current from the dynamos is led to large switchboards +which contain switches, voltmeters, ammeters, +lightning arresters, and various other apparatus for the +proper control and measurement of the current. From +the switchboard it is allowed to pass through the various +street mains, from which it is finally led to lamps, motors, +etc.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 519px;"> +<img src="images/i_163a.jpg" width="519" height="413" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 250.</div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 529px;"> +<img src="images/i_163b.jpg" width="529" height="328" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 251.</div> +</div> + +<p>Water-power is frequently used to drive the dynamos +instead of steam engines. The water turns some form of +water-wheel which is connected to the dynamos. At +Niagara Falls, for example, immense quantities of current +are generated for light, heat, power, and industrial purposes.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 125px;"> +<img src="images/i_164.jpg" width="125" height="150" alt="decoration" /> +</div> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_165" id="Page_165">[165]</a></span></p> + + + + +<h2><a id="CHAPTER_XXVII"></a>CHAPTER XXVII.<br /> +<small>MISCELLANEOUS USES OF ELECTRICITY.</small></h2> + + +<p><b><a id="par_171"></a>171. The Many Uses</b> to which the electric current is +put are almost numberless. New uses are being found +for it every day. Some of the common applications are +given below.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_172"></a>172. Automatic Electric Program Clocks</b>, Fig. +252, are largely used in all sorts of establishments, schools, +etc., for ringing bells at certain stated periods. The +lower dial shown has many contact-points that can be +inserted to correspond to given times. As this revolves, +the circuits are closed, one after the other, and it may be +so set that bells will be rung in different parts of the +house every five minutes, if desired.</p> + + + +<div class="center"> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="drawings"> +<tr><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 141px;"> +<img src="images/i_165a.jpg" width="141" height="339" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 252.</div> +</div></td><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 287px;"> +<a href="images/i_165b-big.jpg"><img src="images/i_165.jpg" width="287" height="287" alt="drawing" /></a> +<div class="caption">Fig. 253.</div> +</div></td></tr> +</table></div> + + + + +<p><b><a id="par_173"></a>173. Call Boxes</b> are used to send in calls of various<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_166" id="Page_166">[166]</a></span> +kinds to central stations. Fig. 253 shows one form. The +number of different calls provided includes messenger, carrier, +coupé, express wagon, doctor, laborer, police, fire, +together with three more, which may be made special to +suit the convenience of the individual customer. The +instruments are provided with apparatus for receiving a +return signal, the object of which is to notify the subscriber +that his call has been received and is having +attention.</p> + +<div class="center"> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="drawings"> +<tr><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 226px;"> +<a href="images/i_166a-big.jpg"><img src="images/i_166a.jpg" width="226" height="356" alt="drawing" /></a> +<div class="caption">Fig. 254.</div> +</div> +</td><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 230px;"> +<img src="images/i_166b.jpg" width="230" height="304" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 255.</div> +</div></td></tr> +</table></div> + +<p>Fig. 254 shows another form of call box, the handle +being moved around to the call desired. As it springs +back to the original position, an interrupted current +passes through the box to the central station, causing a +bell to tap a certain number of times, giving the call and +location of the box.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_174"></a>174. Electric Gas-Lighters.</b> Fig. 255 shows a +<i>ratchet burner</i>. The first pull of the chain turns on the +gas through a four-way gas-cock, governed by a ratchet-wheel<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_167" id="Page_167">[167]</a></span> +and pawl. The issuing gas is lighted by a wipe-spark +at the tip of the burner. Alternate pulls shut off +the gas. As the lever brings the attached wire A, in contact +with the wire B, a bright spark passes, which ignites +the gas, the burner being joined with a battery and induction +or spark coil.</p> + +<p><i>Automatic burners</i> are used when it is desired to light +gas at a distance from the push-button. Fig. 256 shows +one form. Two electromagnets are shown, one being +generally joined to a white push-button for turning on +the gas and lighting it, the other being joined to a black +button which turns off the gas when it is pressed. The +armatures of the magnets work the gas-valve. Sparks +ignite the gas, as explained above.</p> + + +<div class="center"> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="drawings"> +<tr><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 219px;"> +<img src="images/i_167a.jpg" width="219" height="323" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 256.</div> +</div></td><td align="left"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 273px;"> +<img src="images/i_167b.jpg" width="273" height="359" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 257.</div> +</div></td></tr> +</table></div> + + + + +<p><b><a id="par_175"></a>175. Door Openers.</b> Fig. 257 shows one form. +They contain electromagnets so arranged that when the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_168" id="Page_168">[168]</a></span> +armature is attracted by the pushing of a button anywhere +in the building, the door can be pushed open.</p> + +<p><b><a id="par_176"></a>176. Dental Outfits.</b> Fig. 258 shows a motor +arranged to run dental apparatus. The motor can be +connected to an ordinary incandescent +light socket. In case the current +gives out, the drills, etc., can +be run by foot power.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 214px;"> +<img src="images/i_168a.jpg" width="214" height="653" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 258.</div> +</div> + +<p><b><a id="par_177"></a>177. Annunciators</b> of various +kinds are used in hotels, factories, +etc., to indicate a certain room +when a bell rings at the office. +The bell indicates that some one +has called, and the annunciator +shows the location of the call by +displaying the number of the room +or its location. Fig. 259 shows a +small annunciator. They contain +electromagnets which are connected to push-buttons +located in the building, and which bring the numbers +into place as soon as the current passes through them.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 237px;"> +<img src="images/i_168.jpg" width="237" height="224" alt="drawing" /> +<div class="caption">Fig. 259.</div> +</div> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_169" id="Page_169">[169]</a></span></p> + + + + +<h2>INDEX.</h2> + + +<p>Numbers refer to paragraphs. See <a href="#TABLE_OF_CONTENTS">Table of Contents</a> for the +titles of the various chapters.</p> + +<div> +Action of magnets upon each other, <a href="#par_32">32</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Adjuster, for lamp cords, <a href="#par_151">151</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Air pressure, effect of spark upon, <a href="#par_155">155</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Aluminum-leaf, for electroscopes, <a href="#par_5">5</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Alternating current, <a href="#par_129">129</a>, <a href="#par_130">130</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">system of wiring for, <a href="#par_144">144</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Amalgamation of zincs, <a href="#par_47">47</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Amber, electrification upon, <a href="#par_3">3</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Ammeter, the, <a href="#par_74">74</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">how placed in circuit, <a href="#par_77">77</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Ampere, the, <a href="#par_72">72</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Annunciators, <a href="#par_177">177</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Anode, <a href="#par_79">79</a>, <a href="#par_82">82</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Apparatus for electrical measurements, <a href="#CHAPTER_VI">Chap. VI</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Appliances, for distribution of currents, <a href="#par_141">141</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">for electric railways, <a href="#par_167">167</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">for heating by electricity, <a href="#par_147">147</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Arc, the electric, <a href="#par_152">152</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Arc lamp, the, <a href="#par_153">153</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">how light is produced by, <a href="#CHAPTER_XXII">Chap. XXI</a>I.;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">double carbon, <a href="#par_153">153</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">hand-feed focussing, <a href="#par_153">153</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">for search-lights, <a href="#par_153">153</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">short, for basements, <a href="#par_153">153</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">single carbon, <a href="#par_153">153</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">for theater use, <a href="#par_153">153</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Armature, of dynamo, <a href="#par_127">127</a>, <a href="#par_129">129</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">of electromagnets, <a href="#par_98">98</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">of horseshoe magnet, <a href="#par_26">26</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">of motors, <a href="#par_161">161</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">uses of, <a href="#par_39">39</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Artificial magnets, <a href="#par_25">25</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Astatic, detectors, <a href="#par_94">94</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">galvanometer, <a href="#par_73">73</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">needles, <a href="#par_94">94</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Aurora borealis, <a href="#par_23">23</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Automatic, current interrupters, <a href="#par_104">104</a>, <a href="#par_115">115</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">gas lighters, <a href="#par_174">174</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">program clocks, <a href="#par_172">172</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Automobiles, <a href="#par_169">169</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">controllers for, <a href="#par_169">169</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">motors for, <a href="#par_169">169</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">steering of, <a href="#par_169">169</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">storage batteries for, <a href="#par_169">169</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +<br /> +Bamboo filaments, <a href="#par_149">149</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Bar magnets, <a href="#par_27">27</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">magnetic figures of, <a href="#par_38">38</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Batteries, large plunge, <a href="#par_54">54</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">plunge, <a href="#par_53">53</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">secondary, <a href="#par_86">86</a>;</span><br /> +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_170" id="Page_170">[170]</a></span><span style="margin-left: 1em;">storage, and how they work, <a href="#CHAPTER_IX">Chap. IX</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Bell, the electric, and some of its uses, <a href="#CHAPTER_XV">Chap. XV</a>.;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">electric, <a href="#par_116">116</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">magneto testing, <a href="#par_117">117</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">trembling, etc., <a href="#par_116">116</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Bell transmitter, <a href="#par_120">120</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Belts, electricity generated by friction upon, <a href="#par_1">1</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Benjamin Franklin, <a href="#par_18">18</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Bichromate of potash cells, <a href="#par_51">51</a>, etc.<br /> +<br /> +Binding-posts, <a href="#CHAPTER_V">Chap. V</a>.;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">common forms of, <a href="#par_63">63</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Blasting, by electricity, <a href="#par_147">147</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">electric machines for, <a href="#par_147">147</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Bluestone cell, <a href="#par_56">56</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Boats, electric, <a href="#par_168">168</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Boilers, use of in central stations, <a href="#par_170">170</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Bones, photographed by x-rays, <a href="#CHAPTER_XXIII">Chap. XXIII</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Boosters, <a href="#par_136">136</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Brushes, <a href="#par_129">129</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Bunsen cells, <a href="#par_56">56</a><i>a</i>.<br /> +<br /> +Burner, automatic, <a href="#par_174">174</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">for gas-lights, <a href="#par_174">174</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">ratchet, <a href="#par_174">174</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Buzzers, electric, <a href="#par_118">118</a>.<br /> +<br /> +<br /> +Cables and wires, <a href="#par_143">143</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Call boxes, electric, <a href="#par_173">173</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Carbon, in arc lamps, <a href="#par_152">152</a>, <a href="#par_153">153</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">filament, <a href="#par_149">149</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">transmitter, <a href="#par_123">123</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Carpet, electricity generated upon, <a href="#par_1">1</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Cars, electric, <a href="#par_164">164</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">controllers for, <a href="#par_165">165</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">heating by electricity, <a href="#par_167">167</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">overhead system for, <a href="#par_166">166</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">underground system for, <a href="#par_166">166</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Cat, electricity generated upon, <a href="#par_1">1</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Cathode, definition of, <a href="#par_79">79</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">rays, <a href="#par_157">157</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Cells, Bunsen, <a href="#par_56">56</a><i>a</i>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">bichromate of potash, <a href="#par_51">51</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">closed circuit, <a href="#par_50">50</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">dry, <a href="#par_58">58</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Edison-Lelande, <a href="#par_59">59</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">electricity generated by, <a href="#CHAPTER_III">Chap. III</a>.;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Fuller, <a href="#par_55">55</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Gonda, <a href="#par_57">57</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">gravity, <a href="#par_56">56</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Grenet, <a href="#par_52">52</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Leclanché, <a href="#par_57">57</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">open circuit, <a href="#par_50">50</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">plates and poles of, <a href="#par_45">45</a><i>a</i>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">polarization of, <a href="#par_48">48</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">simple, <a href="#par_45">45</a>, <a href="#par_49">49</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">single-fluid, <a href="#par_49">49</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">two-fluid, <a href="#par_49">49</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">various voltaic, <a href="#CHAPTER_IV">Chap. I</a>V.</span><br /> +<br /> +Central stations, <a href="#par_170">170</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">a word about, <a href="#CHAPTER_XXVI">Chap. XXVI</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Chain lightning, <a href="#par_19">19</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Chafing-dishes, electrical, <a href="#par_147">147</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Charging condensers, <a href="#par_15">15</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Chemical action, and electricity, <a href="#par_81">81</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Chemical effects of electric current, <a href="#CHAPTER_VII">Chap. VII</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Chemical meters, <a href="#par_78">78</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Church organs, pumped by motors, <a href="#par_162">162</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Circuits, electric, <a href="#par_50">50</a>;<br /> +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_171" id="Page_171">[171]</a></span><span style="margin-left: 1em;">for lamps, <a href="#par_144">144</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Cleats, porcelain, <a href="#par_141">141</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">wooden, <a href="#par_141">141</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Clocks, automatic electric, <a href="#par_172">172</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Closed circuit cells, <a href="#par_50">50</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Coils, induction, and how they work, <a href="#CHAPTER_XIII">Chap. XIII</a>.;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">induction, construction of, <a href="#par_104">104</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">method of joining, <a href="#par_98">98</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">primary and secondary, <a href="#par_103">103</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">resistance, <a href="#par_69">69</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">rotation of, <a href="#par_95">95</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">of transformers, <a href="#par_135">135</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Collectors on dynamos, <a href="#par_129">129</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Commutators, <a href="#par_129">129</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Compasses, magnetic, <a href="#par_31">31</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Compound, magnets, <a href="#par_28">28</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">wound dynamo, <a href="#par_131">131</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Condensation of static electricity, <a href="#par_15">15</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Condensers, <a href="#par_15">15</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">for induction coils, <a href="#par_104">104</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Conductors, and insulators, <a href="#par_4">4</a>, <a href="#par_138">138</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Conduits, electric, <a href="#par_140">140</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Connections, electrical, <a href="#par_60">60</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">for telegraph lines, <a href="#par_111">111</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Controllers, for automobiles, <a href="#par_169">169</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">for electric cars, <a href="#par_165">165</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Copper sulphate, effects of current on, <a href="#par_82">82</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">formula of, <a href="#par_79">79</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Copper voltameters, <a href="#par_75">75</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Cords, adjustable for lamps, <a href="#par_151">151</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Coulomb, the, <a href="#par_76">76</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Crater of hot carbons, <a href="#par_152">152</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Crookes tubes, <a href="#par_156">156</a>, <a href="#par_158">158</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Current, detectors, <a href="#par_93">93</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">direction of in cell, <a href="#par_46">46</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">from magnet and coil, <a href="#par_100">100</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">from two coils, <a href="#par_102">102</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">induced, <a href="#par_127">127</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">of induction coils, <a href="#par_105">105</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">interrupters, automatic, <a href="#par_104">104</a>, <a href="#par_115">115</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">local, <a href="#par_47">47</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">primary and secondary, <a href="#par_102">102</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">transformation of, <a href="#CHAPTER_XVIII">Chap. XVIII</a>.;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">transmission of, <a href="#par_134">134</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Currents, and motion, <a href="#par_160">160</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">how distributed for use, <a href="#CHAPTER_XIX">Chap. XIX</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Current strength, <a href="#par_71">71</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">measurement of, <a href="#par_73">73</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">unit of, <a href="#par_72">72</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Cylinder electric machines, <a href="#par_9">9</a>.<br /> +<br /> +<br /> +Daniell cell, <a href="#par_56">56</a>.<br /> +<br /> +D'Arsonval galvanometer, <a href="#par_73">73</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Declination, <a href="#par_41">41</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Decorative incandescent lamps, <a href="#par_151">151</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Dental, lamps, <a href="#par_151">151</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">outfits, <a href="#par_176">176</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Detectors, astatic, <a href="#par_94">94</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">current, <a href="#par_93">93</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Diamagnetic bodies, <a href="#par_29">29</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Diaphragm for telephones, <a href="#par_120">120</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Dip, of magnetic needle, <a href="#par_42">42</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Direct current, <a href="#par_129">129</a>, <a href="#par_130">130</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Direction of current in cell, <a href="#par_46">46</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Discharging condensers, <a href="#par_15">15</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Disruptive discharges, <a href="#par_154">154</a>.<br /> +<br /> +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_172" id="Page_172">[172]</a></span>Distribution of currents for use, <a href="#CHAPTER_XIX">Chap. XIX</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Door opener, electric, <a href="#par_175">175</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Dots and dashes, <a href="#par_110">110</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Drill press, run by motor, <a href="#par_162">162</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Dry cells, <a href="#par_58">58</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Dynamo, the, <a href="#par_126">126</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">alternating current, <a href="#par_130">130</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">commutator of, <a href="#par_129">129</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">compound wound, <a href="#par_131">131</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">direct current, <a href="#par_130">130</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">lamps connected to, <a href="#par_132">132</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">series wound, <a href="#par_131">131</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">shunt wound, <a href="#par_131">131</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">used as motor, <a href="#par_161">161</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">use of in central stations, <a href="#par_170">170</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">used with water power, <a href="#par_170">170</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Dynamos, electricity generated by, <a href="#CHAPTER_XVII">Chap. XVII</a>.;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">types of, <a href="#par_130">130</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">various machines, <a href="#par_132">132</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">winding of, <a href="#par_131">131</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Dynamotors, <a href="#par_137">137</a>.<br /> +<br /> +<br /> +Earth, inductive influence of, <a href="#par_43">43</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">lines of force about, <a href="#par_40">40</a>, <a href="#par_42">42</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Ebonite, electricity by friction upon, <a href="#par_3">3</a>, <a href="#par_4">4</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Edison-Lelande cells, <a href="#par_59">59</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Electric, automobiles, <a href="#par_169">169</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">bell, and some of its uses, <a href="#CHAPTER_XV">Chap. XV</a>.;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">boats, <a href="#par_168">168</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">buzzers, <a href="#par_118">118</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">cars, <a href="#par_164">164</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">conduits, <a href="#par_140">140</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">fans, <a href="#par_162">162</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">flat-irons, <a href="#par_146">146</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">gas lighters, <a href="#par_174">174</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">griddles, <a href="#par_147">147</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">kitchen, <a href="#par_147">147</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">lights, arc, <a href="#CHAPTER_XXII">Chap. XXII</a>.;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">lights, incandescent, <a href="#CHAPTER_XXII">Chap. XXI</a>.;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">machines, static, <a href="#par_7">7</a> to 13;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">machines, uses of, <a href="#par_14">14</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">motor, the, <a href="#par_161">161</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">motor, and how it does work, <a href="#CHAPTER_XXIV">Chap. XXIV</a>.;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">soldering irons, <a href="#par_146">146</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">telegraph, and how it sends messages, <a href="#CHAPTER_XIV">Chap. XIV</a>.;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">telephone, and how it transmits speech, <a href="#CHAPTER_XVI">Chap. XVI</a>.;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">welding, <a href="#par_146">146</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Electric current, and work, <a href="#par_133">133</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">and chemical action, <a href="#par_81">81</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">chemical effects of, <a href="#CHAPTER_VII">Chap. VII</a>.;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">how distributed for use, <a href="#CHAPTER_XIX">Chap. XIX</a>.;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">magnetic effects of, <a href="#CHAPTER_XI">Chap. XI</a>.;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">how transformed, <a href="#CHAPTER_XVIII">Chap. XVIII</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Electrical, connections, <a href="#par_60">60</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">horse-power, <a href="#par_77">77</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">measurements, <a href="#CHAPTER_VI">Chap. VI</a>.;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">resistance, <a href="#par_68">68</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">resistance, unit of, <a href="#par_69">69</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">units, <a href="#CHAPTER_VI">Chap. VI</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Electricity, about frictional, <a href="#CHAPTER_I">Chap. I</a>.;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">and chemical action, <a href="#par_81">81</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">atmospheric, <a href="#par_18">18</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">heat produced by, <a href="#CHAPTER_XX">Chap. XX</a>.;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">history of, <a href="#par_3">3</a>;</span><br /> +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_173" id="Page_173">[173]</a></span><span style="margin-left: 1em;">how generated upon cat, <a href="#par_1">1</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">how generated by dynamos, <a href="#CHAPTER_XVII">Chap. XVII</a>.;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">how generated by heat, <a href="#CHAPTER_X">Chap. X</a>.;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">how generated by induction, <a href="#CHAPTER_XII">Chap. XII</a>.;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">how generated by voltaic cell, <a href="#CHAPTER_III">Chap. III</a>.;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">origin of name, <a href="#par_2">2</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Electrification, kinds of, <a href="#par_6">6</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">laws of, <a href="#par_7">7</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Electrolysis, <a href="#par_79">79</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Electrolyte, <a href="#par_79">79</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Electromagnetic induction, <a href="#par_99">99</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Electromagnetism, <a href="#par_91">91</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Electromagnets, <a href="#par_96">96</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">forms of, <a href="#par_97">97</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Electro-mechanical gong, <a href="#par_116">116</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Electromotive force, defined, <a href="#par_65">65</a>, <a href="#par_71">71</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">measurement of, <a href="#par_67">67</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">of polarization, <a href="#par_85">85</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">of static electricity, <a href="#par_17">17</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">unit of, <a href="#par_66">66</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Electrophorus, the, <a href="#par_8">8</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Electroplating, <a href="#par_82">82</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Electroscopes, <a href="#par_5">5</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Electrotyping, <a href="#par_83">83</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Experiments, early, with currents, <a href="#par_44">44</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">some simple, <a href="#par_1">1</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +External resistance, <a href="#par_68">68</a>.<br /> +<br /> +<br /> +Fan motors, <a href="#par_162">162</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Field, magnetic, <a href="#par_37">37</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Field-magnets, <a href="#par_129">129</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Figures, magnetic, <a href="#par_38">38</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Filaments, carbon, <a href="#par_149">149</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">bamboo, etc., <a href="#par_149">149</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Fire, St. Elmo's, <a href="#par_22">22</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Flat-irons, electric, <a href="#par_147">147</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Floor mains, <a href="#par_139">139</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Fluoroscope, <a href="#par_158">158</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Force, and induced currents, <a href="#par_101">101</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">lines of magnetic, <a href="#par_38">38</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">lines of about a wire, <a href="#par_92">92</a>, <a href="#par_96">96</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">lines of about a magnet, <a href="#par_37">37</a>, <a href="#par_38">38</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Frictional electricity, about, <a href="#CHAPTER_I">Chap. I</a>.;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">location of charge of, <a href="#par_4">4</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">sparks from, <a href="#par_4">4</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Fuller cell, the, <a href="#par_55">55</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Fuse, link, <a href="#par_142">142</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">plug, <a href="#par_142">142</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">ribbons, <a href="#par_142">142</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">wire, <a href="#par_142">142</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Fusible rosettes, <a href="#par_142">142</a>.<br /> +<br /> +<br /> +Galvani, early experiments of, <a href="#par_44">44</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Galvanometers, <a href="#par_73">73</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">astatic, <a href="#par_73">73</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">considered as motor, <a href="#par_161">161</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">D'Arsonval, <a href="#par_73">73</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">tangent, <a href="#par_73">73</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Galvanoscope, <a href="#par_73">73</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">astatic, <a href="#par_94">94</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Gas lighters, electric, <a href="#par_174">174</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Geissler tubes, <a href="#par_156">156</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Generators, electric, <a href="#par_126">126</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Glass, electricity generated upon, <a href="#par_4">4</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Glue pots, electric, <a href="#par_147">147</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Gold-leaf, for electroscopes, <a href="#par_5">5</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Gold plating, <a href="#par_82">82</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Gonda cell, <a href="#par_57">57</a>.<br /> +<br /> +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_174" id="Page_174">[174]</a></span>Gong, electro-mechanical, <a href="#par_116">116</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Gravity cell, the, <a href="#par_56">56</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">replaced by dynamotors, <a href="#par_137">137</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Grenet cell, <a href="#par_52">52</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Griddles, electric, <a href="#par_147">147</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Guard, for lamps, <a href="#par_151">151</a>.<br /> +<br /> +<br /> +Heat, how generated by electricity, <a href="#CHAPTER_X">Chap. X</a>.;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">and magnetism, <a href="#par_35">35</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">and resistance, <a href="#par_145">145</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Heat lightning, <a href="#par_19">19</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Heaters, for cars, <a href="#par_167">167</a>.<br /> +<br /> +History of electricity, <a href="#par_3">3</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Horse-power, electrical, <a href="#par_77">77</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Horseshoe, permanent magnets, <a href="#par_26">26</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">electromagnets, <a href="#par_97">97</a>, <a href="#par_98">98</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Human body, bones of, photographed by x-rays, <a href="#CHAPTER_XXIII">Chap. XXIII</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Hydrogen, action of in cell, <a href="#par_48">48</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">attraction of for oxygen, <a href="#par_85">85</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Incandescence, <a href="#par_148">148</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Incandescent lamp, <a href="#par_149">149</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">candle-power of, <a href="#par_150">150</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">current for, <a href="#par_150">150</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">light produced by, <a href="#CHAPTER_XXI">Chap. XXI</a>.;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">construction of, <a href="#par_149">149</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">uses of, <a href="#par_151">151</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Inclination of magnetic needle, <a href="#par_42">42</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Indicating push-button, <a href="#par_61">61</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Induced currents, <a href="#par_127">127</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">and lines of force, <a href="#par_101">101</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">by rotary motion, <a href="#par_128">128</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">of induction coils, <a href="#par_105">105</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">of transformers, <a href="#par_135">135</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Induced magnetism, <a href="#par_36">36</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Induction, electricity generated by, <a href="#CHAPTER_XII">Chap. XII</a>.;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1.5em;">electromagnetic, <a href="#par_99">99</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Induction coils, condensers for, <a href="#par_104">104</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">construction of, <a href="#par_104">104</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">currents of, <a href="#par_105">105</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">how they work, <a href="#CHAPTER_XIII">Chap. XIII</a>.;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">in telephone work, <a href="#par_124">124</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">uses of, <a href="#par_106">106</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Inductive influence of earth, <a href="#par_43">43</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Influence machines for medical purposes, <a href="#par_13">13</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Ink writing registers, <a href="#par_114">114</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Insulating tubing, <a href="#par_141">141</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Insulators, <a href="#par_141">141</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">and conductors, <a href="#par_4">4</a>, <a href="#par_138">138</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">feeder-wire, <a href="#par_167">167</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">for poles, <a href="#par_167">167</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">porcelain, <a href="#par_141">141</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Internal resistance, <a href="#par_68">68</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Interrupters, automatic current, <a href="#par_104">104</a>, <a href="#par_115">115</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Ions, <a href="#par_80">80</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Iron, electricity upon, by friction, <a href="#par_4">4</a>.<br /> +<br /> +<br /> +Jar, Leyden, <a href="#par_15">15</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Jarring magnets, effects of, <a href="#par_33">33</a>.<br /> +<br /> +<br /> +Keeper of magnets, <a href="#par_26">26</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Keys, telegraph, <a href="#par_109">109</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Kinds of electrification, <a href="#par_6">6</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Kitchen, electric, <a href="#par_147">147</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Knife switch, <a href="#par_62">62</a>.<br /> +<br /> +<br /> +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_175" id="Page_175">[175]</a></span>Lamp, incandescent, candle-power of, <a href="#par_150">150</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">cord, adjustable, <a href="#par_151">151</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">current for, <a href="#par_150">150</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">dental, <a href="#par_151">151</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">for desks, <a href="#par_151">151</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">for throat, <a href="#par_151">151</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">guard for, <a href="#par_151">151</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">incandescent, <a href="#par_149">149</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">socket, <a href="#par_151">151</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">with half shade, <a href="#par_151">151</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Lamp, the arc, <a href="#par_153">153</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">how light is produced by, <a href="#CHAPTER_XXII">Chap. XXII</a>.;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">double carbon, <a href="#par_153">153</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">hand-feed focussing, <a href="#par_153">153</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">for search-lights, <a href="#par_153">153</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">single carbon, <a href="#par_153">153</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">short, for basements, <a href="#par_153">153</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">for theater use, <a href="#par_153">153</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Lamp circuits, alternating system, <a href="#par_144">144</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Lamps, in parallel, <a href="#par_144">144</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">lamps in series, <a href="#par_144">144</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">three-wire system, <a href="#par_144">144</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">two-wire system, <a href="#par_144">144</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Laws, of electrification, <a href="#par_7">7</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">of magnetic attraction, <a href="#par_32">32</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">of resistance, <a href="#par_70">70</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Leaf electroscopes, <a href="#par_5">5</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Leclanché cell, <a href="#par_57">57</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Leyden, battery, <a href="#par_16">16</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">jar, <a href="#par_15">15</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Light, how produced by arc lamp, <a href="#CHAPTER_XXII">Chap. XXII</a>.;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">how produced by incandescent lamp, <a href="#CHAPTER_XXI">Chap. XXI</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Lightning, <a href="#par_19">19</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">rods, <a href="#par_21">21</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Line, telegraph, <a href="#CHAPTER_XIV">Chap. XIV</a>.;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">connections for, <a href="#par_111">111</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">operation of, <a href="#par_112">112</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Line suspension, for trolley-wires, <a href="#par_167">167</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Line wire, <a href="#par_111">111</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Lines of force, conductors of, <a href="#par_39">39</a>, <a href="#par_96">96</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">about the earth, <a href="#par_40">40</a>, <a href="#par_42">42</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">and induced currents, <a href="#par_101">101</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">about a magnet, <a href="#par_38">38</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">about a wire, <a href="#par_92">92</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Local currents, <a href="#par_47">47</a>.<br /> +<br /> +<br /> +Magnetic, bodies, <a href="#par_29">29</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">declination, <a href="#par_41">41</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">effects of electric current, <a href="#CHAPTER_XI">Chap. XI</a>.;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">field, <a href="#par_37">37</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">figure of one bar magnet, <a href="#par_38">38</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">figure of two bar magnets, <a href="#par_38">38</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">figure of horseshoe magnet, <a href="#par_38">38</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">needle, dip of, <a href="#par_42">42</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">needles and compasses, <a href="#par_31">31</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Magnetism, and heat, <a href="#par_35">35</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">induced, <a href="#par_36">36</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">laws of, <a href="#par_32">32</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">residual, <a href="#par_34">34</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">retentivity, <a href="#par_34">34</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">temporary, <a href="#par_36">36</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">terrestrial, <a href="#par_40">40</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">theory of, <a href="#par_33">33</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Magneto, signal bells, <a href="#par_117">117</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">testing bells, <a href="#par_117">117</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">transmitter, <a href="#par_120">120</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Magnets, action upon each other, <a href="#par_32">32</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">artificial, <a href="#par_25">25</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">bar, <a href="#par_27">27</a>;</span><br /> +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_176" id="Page_176">[176]</a></span><span style="margin-left: 1em;">compound, <a href="#par_28">28</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">effects of jarring, <a href="#par_33">33</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">electro, <a href="#par_96">96</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">electro, forms of, <a href="#par_97">97</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">horseshoe, <a href="#par_26">26</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">and magnetism, about, <a href="#CHAPTER_II">Chap. II</a>.;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">making of, <a href="#par_30">30</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">natural, <a href="#par_24">24</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Mains, electric, <a href="#par_139">139</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Man-holes, in conduits, <a href="#par_140">140</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Measurements, electric, <a href="#CHAPTER_VI">Chap. VI</a>.;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">of current strength, <a href="#par_73">73</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">of E.M.F., <a href="#par_67">67</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Meters, chemical, <a href="#par_78">78</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">permanent record, <a href="#par_77">77</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Microphone, the, <a href="#par_122">122</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Motion and currents, <a href="#par_160">160</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Motor, acting like dynamo, <a href="#par_163">163</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">armature of, <a href="#par_161">161</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">controlling speed of, <a href="#par_165">165</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">electric, <a href="#par_161">161</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">electric, and how it does work, <a href="#CHAPTER_XXIV">Chap. XXIV</a>.;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">fans, <a href="#par_162">162</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">for automobiles, <a href="#par_169">169</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">for boats, <a href="#par_168">168</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">for pumping bellows, <a href="#par_162">162</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">for running drill press, <a href="#par_162">162</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">parts of, <a href="#par_162">162</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">starting boxes for, <a href="#par_163">163</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">uses of, <a href="#par_162">162</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Motor-dynamos, <a href="#par_136">136</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Mouldings, for wires, <a href="#par_141">141</a>.<br /> +<br /> +<br /> +Name, electricity, origin of, <a href="#par_2">2</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Natural magnets, <a href="#par_24">24</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Needles, astatic, <a href="#par_94">94</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">dipping, <a href="#par_42">42</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">magnetic, <a href="#par_31">31</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Negative electrification, <a href="#par_5">5</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Non-conductors, <a href="#par_4">4</a>.<br /> +<br /> +North pole, magnetic of earth, <a href="#par_40">40</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">of magnets, <a href="#par_26">26</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Northern lights, <a href="#par_23">23</a>.<br /> +<br /> +<br /> +Ohm, the, <a href="#par_69">69</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Open circuit cells, <a href="#par_50">50</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Openers, for doors, <a href="#par_175">175</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Outfits, dental, <a href="#par_175">175</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Overhead trolley system, <a href="#par_166">166</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Oxygen, attraction for hydrogen, <a href="#par_85">85</a>.<br /> +<br /> +<br /> +Parallel arrangement of lamps, <a href="#par_144">144</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Peltier effect, <a href="#par_89">89</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Pendant, electric, <a href="#par_151">151</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Pith-ball electroscope, <a href="#par_5">5</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Plate electrical machine, <a href="#par_10">10</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Plates of cells, <a href="#par_45">45</a><i>a</i>.<br /> +<br /> +Plunge batteries, <a href="#par_53">53</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">large, <a href="#par_54">54</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Polarity of coils, <a href="#par_95">95</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Polarization, <a href="#par_84">84</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">electromotive force of, <a href="#par_85">85</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">of cells, <a href="#par_48">48</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Pole-changing switch, <a href="#par_62">62</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Poles, of cells, <a href="#par_45">45</a><i>a</i>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">of horseshoe magnet, <a href="#par_26">26</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Positive electrification, <a href="#par_6">6</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Potential, defined, <a href="#par_65">65</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Push-buttons, <a href="#CHAPTER_V">Chap. V</a>.;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">indicating, <a href="#par_61">61</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">modifications of, <a href="#par_61">61</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">table clamp, <a href="#par_61">61</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +<br /> +Quantity of electricity, <a href="#par_76">76</a>;<br /> +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_177" id="Page_177">[177]</a></span><span style="margin-left: 1em;">unit of, <a href="#par_76">76</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Rays, cathode, <a href="#par_157">157</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">x-rays, <a href="#par_158">158</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Receiver, telephone, <a href="#par_121">121</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Reflectors, for lamps, <a href="#par_151">151</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Registers, ink writing, <a href="#par_114">114</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Relay, the, <a href="#par_113">113</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Residual magnetism, <a href="#par_34">34</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Resistance, coils and boxes, <a href="#par_69">69</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">electrical, <a href="#par_68">68</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">external, <a href="#par_68">68</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">and heat, <a href="#par_145">145</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">internal, <a href="#par_68">68</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">laws of, <a href="#par_70">70</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">unit of, <a href="#par_69">69</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Retentivity, <a href="#par_34">34</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Risers, in buildings, <a href="#par_139">139</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Rods, lightning, <a href="#par_21">21</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Roentgen, Prof., <a href="#par_158">158</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Rosette, fusible, <a href="#par_142">142</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Running-gear, of automobiles, <a href="#par_169">169</a>.<br /> +<br /> +<br /> +Safety, devices, <a href="#par_142">142</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">fuse, <a href="#par_142">142</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">fuse link, <a href="#par_142">142</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">fuse plug, <a href="#par_142">142</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">fuse ribbon, <a href="#par_142">142</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">fuse wire, <a href="#par_142">142</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Search-lights, <a href="#par_153">153</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">signals sent by, <a href="#par_153">153</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Secondary batteries, <a href="#par_86">86</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">uses of, <a href="#par_87">87</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Series arrangement of lamps, <a href="#par_144">144</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Series wound dynamo, <a href="#par_131">131</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Service wires, <a href="#par_139">139</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Shunt-wound dynamo, <a href="#par_131">131</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Signal bells, magneto, <a href="#par_117">117</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Simple cell, the, <a href="#par_45">45</a>, <a href="#par_49">49</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Single-fluid cells, <a href="#par_49">49</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Single-point switch, <a href="#par_62">62</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Single-stroke bell, <a href="#par_116">116</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Socket, for incandescent lamps, <a href="#par_151">151</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Soldering irons, electric, <a href="#par_147">147</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Sounders, telegraph, <a href="#par_110">110</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">home-made, <a href="#par_110">110</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Spark, effect of air pressure on, <a href="#par_155">155</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Sparks, from cells, <a href="#par_17">17</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">from frictional electricity, <a href="#par_4">4</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +St. Elmo's fire, <a href="#par_22">22</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Starting boxes, for motors, <a href="#par_163">163</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Static electric machines, <a href="#par_8">8</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Static electricity, condensation of, <a href="#par_15">15</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">electromotive force of, <a href="#par_17">17</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">to test presence of, <a href="#par_5">5</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">uses of, <a href="#par_14">14</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Steam engines, in central stations, <a href="#par_170">170</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Steel, inductive influence of earth upon, <a href="#par_43">43</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">retentivity of, <a href="#par_26">26</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Storage batteries, the, and how they work, <a href="#CHAPTER_IX">Chap. IX</a>.;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">for automobiles, <a href="#par_169">169</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">for boats, <a href="#par_168">168</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">for natural sources of power, <a href="#par_87">87</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Stoves, electric, <a href="#par_147">147</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Strength of current, <a href="#par_71">71</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">measurement of, <a href="#par_73">73</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">unit of, <a href="#par_72">72</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Switchboards, <a href="#par_62">62</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Switches, <a href="#CHAPTER_V">Chap. V</a>.;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">knife, <a href="#par_62">62</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">pole-changing, <a href="#par_62">62</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">single point, <a href="#par_62">62</a>;</span><br /> +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_178" id="Page_178">[178]</a></span><span style="margin-left: 1em;">for trolley lines, <a href="#par_167">167</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Table clamp-push, <a href="#par_61">61</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Tangent galvanometer, <a href="#par_73">73</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Teakettles, electric, <a href="#par_147">147</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Telegraph, electric, and how it sends messages, <a href="#CHAPTER_XIV">Chap. XIV</a>.;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">ink writing registers, <a href="#par_114">114</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">keys, <a href="#par_109">109</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">relay, <a href="#par_113">113</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">sounders, <a href="#par_110">110</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Telegraph line, <a href="#par_107">107</a>, <a href="#par_108">108</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">operation of, <a href="#par_112">112</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">simple connections of, <a href="#par_111">111</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Telephone, the, and how it transmits speech, <a href="#CHAPTER_XVI">Chap. XVI</a>.;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">receiver, <a href="#par_121">121</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">transmitter, <a href="#par_120">120</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">use of induction coil with, <a href="#par_124">124</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">various forms of, <a href="#par_125">125</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Temporary magnetism, <a href="#par_36">36</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Terrestrial magnetism, <a href="#par_40">40</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Theory of magnetism, <a href="#par_33">33</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Thermoelectricity, <a href="#par_88">88</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Thermopiles, <a href="#par_90">90</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Three-wire system, <a href="#par_144">144</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Throat, lamp for, <a href="#par_151">151</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Thunder, <a href="#par_20">20</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Toepler-Holtz machines, <a href="#par_11">11</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Transformers, <a href="#par_135">135</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Transforming electric current, <a href="#CHAPTER_XVIII">Chap. XVIII</a>.;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">for electric welding, <a href="#par_146">146</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Transmission of currents, <a href="#par_134">134</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Transmitter, Bell, <a href="#par_120">120</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">carbon, <a href="#par_123">123</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Trembling bell, <a href="#par_116">116</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Trolley-wires, <a href="#par_164">164</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">-poles, <a href="#par_164">164</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">-wheels, <a href="#par_164">164</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Tubes, Crookes, <a href="#par_156">156</a>, <a href="#par_158">158</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Geissler, <a href="#par_156">156</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">vacuum, <a href="#par_156">156</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Two-fluid cells, <a href="#par_49">49</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Two-wire system, <a href="#par_144">144</a>.<br /> +<br /> +<br /> +Underground trolley system 166;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">conduits for, <a href="#par_166">166</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Unit, of current strength, <a href="#par_72">72</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">of electromotive force, <a href="#par_66">66</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">of quantity, <a href="#par_76">76</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">of resistance, <a href="#par_69">69</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Units, electrical, <a href="#CHAPTER_VI">Chap. VI</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Uses, of armatures, <a href="#par_39">39</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">of electricity, miscellaneous, <a href="#CHAPTER_XXVII">Chap. XXVII</a>.;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">of induction coils, <a href="#par_106">106</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">of motors, <a href="#par_162">162</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">of storage batteries, <a href="#par_87">87</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +<br /> +Vacuum-tubes, <a href="#par_156">156</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Variation, angle of, <a href="#par_41">41</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Volt, the, <a href="#par_66">66</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Volta, <a href="#par_66">66</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">early experiments of, <a href="#par_44">44</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Voltaic cell, electricity generated by, <a href="#CHAPTER_III">Chap. III</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Voltaic pile, <a href="#par_44">44</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Voltameters, <a href="#par_75">75</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">copper, <a href="#par_75">75</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">water, <a href="#par_75">75</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Voltmeters, <a href="#par_67">67</a>, <a href="#par_77">77</a>.<br /> +<br /> +<br /> +Water, decomposition of, <a href="#par_79">79</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">power, source of energy, <a href="#par_170">170</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">voltameters, <a href="#par_73">73</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Watt, the, <a href="#par_77">77</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Wattmeters, <a href="#par_77">77</a>.<br /> +<br /> +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_179" id="Page_179">[179]</a></span>Welding, electric, <a href="#par_146">146</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Wimshurst electric machine, <a href="#par_12">12</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Wires and cables, <a href="#par_143">143</a>.<br /> +<br /> +Wiring, for alternating system, <a href="#par_144">144</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">three-wire system, <a href="#par_144">144</a>;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">two-wire system, <a href="#par_144">144</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +Work, and electric current, <a href="#par_133">133</a>.<br /> +<br /> +<br /> +X-ray photographs, <a href="#par_159">159</a>.<br /> +<br /> +X-rays, <a href="#par_156">156</a>;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">and how the bones of the human body are photographed, <a href="#CHAPTER_XXIII">Chap. XXIII</a>.</span><br /> +<br /> +<br /> +Yokes, <a href="#par_97">97</a>, <a href="#par_98">98</a>.<br /> +<br /> +<br /> +Zincs, amalgamation of, <a href="#par_47">47</a>.<br /> +</div> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_180" id="Page_180">[180]</a></span></p> + + + + +<div class='adtitle2'>THINGS A BOY SHOULD KNOW<br /> +ABOUT ELECTRICITY.</div> + + +<div class='center'><br /><b>By THOMAS M. ST. JOHN, Met. E.</b><br /> +<br /> + +The book contains 180 pages, and 260 illustrations; it measures<br /> +5 x 7½ in., and is bound in cloth.<br /> +<br /> +<b>PRICE, POST-PAID, $1.00.</b><br /> +</div> + +<blockquote> + +<p><b>CONTENTS:</b> <i>Chapter</i> I. About Frictional Electricity.—II. About Magnets +and Magnetism.—III. How Electricity is Generated by the Voltaic Cell.—IV. +Various Voltaic Cells.—V. About Push-Buttons, Switches and Binding-Posts.—VI. +Units and Apparatus for Electrical Measurements.—VII. Chemical Effects +of the Electric Current.—VIII. How Electroplating and Electrotyping are +Done.—IX. The Storage Battery and How it Works.—X. How Electricity is +Generated by Heat.—XI. Magnetic Effects of the Electric Current.—XII. How +Electricity is Generated by Induction.—XIII. How the Induction Coil Works.—XIV. +The Electric Telegraph, and How it Sends Messages.—XV. The Electric +Bell and Some of its Uses.—XVI. The Telephone, and How it Transmits Speech.—XVII. +How Electricity is Generated by Dynamos.—XVIII. How the Electric +Current is Transformed.—XIX. How Electric Currents are Distributed for +Use.—XX. How Heat is Produced by the Electric Current.—XXI. How Light +is Produced by the Incandescent Lamp.—XXII. How Light is Produced by the +Arc Lamp.—XXIII. X-Rays, and How the Bones of the Human Body are Photographed.—XXIV. +The Electric Motor and How it Does Work.—XXV. Electric +Cars, Boats and Automobiles.—XXVI. A Word About Central Stations.—XXVII. +Miscellaneous Uses of Electricity.</p></blockquote> + +<p>This book explains, in simple, straightforward language, many +things about electricity; things in which the American boy is intensely +interested; things he wants to know; things he should +know.</p> + +<p>It is free from technical language and rhetorical frills, but it +tells how things work, and why they work.</p> + +<p>It is brimful of illustrations—the best that can be had—illustrations +that are taken directly from apparatus and machinery, +and that show what they are intended to show.</p> + +<p>This book does not contain experiments, or tell how to make +apparatus; our other books do that. After explaining the simple +principles of electricity, it shows how these principles are used +and combined to make electricity do every-day work.</p> + +<div class='center'> +<i>Everyone Should Know About Electricity.</i><br /> +<br /> +<b>A VERY APPROPRIATE PRESENT</b><br /> +</div> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_181" id="Page_181">[181]</a></span></p> + + + + +<div class='adtitle2'><span class="smcap">Third Edition</span></div> +<div class='adtitle2'>————————<br />How Two Boys Made Their Own<br /> +Electrical Apparatus.</div> + + +<blockquote> + +<p>Containing complete directions for making all kinds of simple +electrical apparatus for the study of elementary electricity. By +<span class="smcap">Professor Thomas M. St. John</span>, New York City.</p> + +<p>The book measures 5 × 7½ in., and is beautifully bound in +cloth. It contains 141 pages and 125 illustrations. Complete +directions are given for making 152 different pieces of Apparatus +for the practical use of students, teachers, and others who wish +to experiment.</p></blockquote> + +<div class='center'> +<b><big>PRICE, POST-PAID, $1.00.</big></b><br /> +</div> + +<p>The shocking coils, telegraph instruments, batteries, electromagnets, +motors, etc., etc., are so simple in construction that any +boy of average ability can make them; in fact, the illustrations +have been made directly from apparatus constructed by young boys.</p> + +<p>The author has been working along this line for several years, and +he has been able, <i>with the help of boys</i>, to devise a complete line of +simple electrical apparatus.</p> + + +<blockquote> + +<p><b><i>THE APPARATUS IS SIMPLE because the designs and +methods of construction have been worked out practically +in the school-room, absolutely no machine-work +being required.</i></b></p> + +<p><b><i>THE APPARATUS IS PRACTICAL because it has been +designed for real use in the experimental study of +elementary electricity.</i></b></p> + +<p><b><i>THE APPARATUS IS CHEAP because most of the parts +can be made of old tin cans and cracker boxes, bolts, +screws, wires and wood.</i></b></p></blockquote> + + +<div class='center'> +<b>Address, THOMAS M. ST. JOHN,</b><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 6em;"><b>407 West 51st Street,</b></span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 15em;"><b>New York.</b></span><br /> +</div> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_182" id="Page_182">[182]</a></span></p> + + + + +<div class='adtitle2'>How Two Boys Made Their Own<br /> +Electrical Apparatus.</div> + + +<p><b>CONTENTS:</b> <i>Chapter</i> I. Cells and Batteries.—II. Battery Fluids and Solutions.—III. +Miscellaneous Apparatus and Methods of Construction.—IV. +Switches and Cut-Outs.—V. Binding-Posts and Connectors.—VI. Permanent +Magnets,—VII. Magnetic Needles and Compasses.—VIII. Yokes and Armatures.—IX. +Electro-Magnets.—X. Wire-Winding Apparatus.—XI. Induction +Coils and Their Attachments.—XII. Contact Breakers and Current Interrupters.—XIII. +Current Detectors and Galvanometers.—XIV. Telegraph Keys +and Sounders.—XV. Electric Bells and Buzzers.—XVI. Commutators and Current +Reversers.—XVII. Resistance Coils.—XVIII. Apparatus for Static Electricity.—XIX. +Electric Motors.—XX. Odds and Ends.—XXI. Tools and Materials.</p> + +<p>"The author of this book is a teacher and wirier of great ingenuity, +and we imagine that the effect of such a book as this falling into juvenile +hands must be highly stimulating and beneficial. It is full of explicit +details and instructions in regard to a great variety of apparatus, and the +materials required are all within the compass of very modest pocket-money. +Moreover, it is systematic and entirely without rhetorical frills, +so that the student can go right along without being diverted from good +helpful work that will lead him to build useful apparatus and make him +understand what he is about. The drawings are plain and excellent. We +heartily commend the book."—<i>Electrical Engineer.</i></p> + + +<p>"Those who visited the electrical exhibition last May cannot have +failed to notice on the south gallery a very interesting exhibit, consisting, +as it did, of electrical apparatus made by boys. The various devices there +shown, comprising electro-magnets, telegraph keys and sounders, resistance +coils, etc., were turned out by boys following the instructions given +in the book with the above title, which is unquestionably one of the most +practical little works yet written that treat of similar subjects, for with +but a limited amount of mechanical knowledge, and by closely following +the instructions given, almost any electrical device may be made at very +small expense. That such a book fills a long-felt want may be inferred +from the number of inquiries we are constantly receiving from persons +desiring to make their own induction coils and other apparatus."—<i>Electricity.</i></p> + + +<p>"At the electrical show in New York last May one of the most interesting +exhibits was that of simple electrical apparatus made by the boys +in one of the private schools in the city. This apparatus, made by boys of +thirteen to fifteen years of age, was from designs by the author of this +clever little book, and it was remarkable to see what an ingenious use had +been made of old tin tomato-cans, cracker-boxes, bolts, screws, wire, and +wood. With these simple materials telegraph instruments, coils, buzzers, +current detectors, motors, switches, armatures, and an almost endless +variety of apparatus were made, In this book Mr. St. John has given +directions in simple language for making and using these devices, and has +illustrated these directions with admirable diagrams and cuts. The little +volume is unique, and will prove exceedingly helpful to those of our +young readers who are fortunate enough to possess themselves of a copy. +For schools where a course of elementary science is taught, no better text-book +in the first-steps in electricity is obtainable."—<i>The Great Round +World.</i></p> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_183" id="Page_183">[183]</a></span></p> + + + + +<div class='adtitle2'>Exhibit of Experimental Electrical Apparatus</div> +<div class='center'><b>AT THE ELECTRICAL SHOW, MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, NEW YORK.</b></div> + + +<p>While only 40 pieces of simple apparatus were shown in this exhibit, it gave visitors something of an idea +of what young boys can do if given proper designs.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 328px;"> +<a href="images/i_183-big.jpg"><img src="images/i_183.jpg" width="328" height="119" alt="Photograph" /></a> +<div class="caption">"HOW TWO BOYS MADE THEIR OWN ELECTRICAL APPARATUS"<br />Gives Proper Designs—Designs for over 150 Things.</div> +</div> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_184" id="Page_184">[184]</a></span></p> + + + + +<div class='adtitle3'><span class="u">Fun With Photography</span></div> +<div class='center'><b>BOOK AND COMPLETE OUTFIT.</b></div> + + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 592px;"> +<img src="images/i_184.jpg" width="592" height="231" alt="photograph" /> +</div> + +<p><b>PHOTOGRAPHY is now an educational amusement, and to +many it is the most fascinating of all amusements. The magic of +sunshine, the wonders of nature, and the beauties of art are tools +in the hand of the amateur photographer.</b></p> + +<p><b>A great many things can be done with this outfit, and it will give +an insight into this most popular pastime.</b></p> + + +<blockquote> + +<p><b>THE OUTFIT</b> contains everything necessary for making ordinary prints—together +with other articles to be used in various ways. The following things +are included: One Illustrated Book of Instructions, called "Fun With Photography;" +1 Package of Sensitized Paper; 1 Printing Frame, including Glass, +Back, and Spring; 1 Set of Masks for Printing Frame; 1 Set of Patterns for +Fancy Shapes; 1 Book of Negatives (Patent Pending) Ready for Use; 6 Sheets +of Blank Negative Paper; 1 Alphabet Sheet; 1 Package of Card Mounts; 1 +Package of Folding Mounts; 1 Package of "Fixo."</p> + +<p><b>CONTENTS OF BOOK:</b>—<b>Chapter I. Introduction.</b>—Photography.—Magic +Sunshine.—The Outfit.—<b>II. General Instructions.</b>—The Sensitized Paper.—How +the Effects are Produced.—Negatives.—Prints.—Printing Frames.—Our +Printing Frame.—Putting Negatives in Printing Frame.—Printing.—Developing.—Fixing.—Drying.—Trimming.—Fancy +Shapes.—Mounting.—<b>III. Negatives +and How to Make Them.</b>—The Paper.—Making Transparent Paper.—Making +the Negatives.—Printed Negatives.—Perforated Negatives.—Negatives +Made from Magazine Pictures.—Ground Glass Negatives.—<b>IV. Nature Photography.</b>—Aids +to Nature Study.—Ferns and Leaves.—Photographing Leaves.—Perforating +Leaves.—Drying Leaves, Ferns, etc., for Negatives.—Flowers.—<b>V. +Miscellaneous Photographs.</b>—Magnetic Photographs.—Combination Pictures.—Initial +Pictures.—Name Plates.—Christmas, Easter and Birthday Cards.</p></blockquote> + +<div class='center'> +<b><i>The Book and Complete Outfit will be sent, by mail or<br /> +express, Charges Prepaid, upon receipt of 65 Cents, by</i></b><br /> +<br /> +<b>THOMAS M. ST. JOHN, 407 W. 51st St., New York.</b><br /> +</div> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_185" id="Page_185">[185]</a></span></p> + + + + +<div class='adtitle3'><span class="u">Fun With Magnetism.</span></div> +<div class='center'><b>BOOK AND COMPLETE OUTFIT FOR SIXTY-ONE<br /> +EXPERIMENTS IN MAGNETISM. . .</b></div> + + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 419px;"> +<a href="images/i_185-big.jpg"><img src="images/i_185.jpg" width="419" height="235" alt="drawing" /></a> +</div> + +<p>Children like to do experiments; and in this way, better than in +any other, <i>a practical knowledge of the elements of magnetism</i> may be +obtained.</p> + +<p>These experiments, although arranged to <i>amuse</i> boys and girls, +have been found to be very <i>useful in the class-room</i> to supplement +the ordinary exercises given in text-books of science.</p> + +<p>To secure the <i>best possible quality of apparatus</i>, the horseshoe +magnets were made at Sheffield, England, especially for these sets. +They are new and strong. Other parts of the apparatus have also +been selected and made with great care, to adapt them particularly +to these experiments.—<i>From the author's preface.</i></p> + + +<blockquote> + +<p><b>CONTENTS.</b>—Experiments With Horseshoe Magnet.—Experiments +With Magnetized Needles.—Experiments With Needles, Corks, Wires, Nails, +etc.—Experiments With Bar Magnets.—Experiments With Floating Magnets.—Miscellaneous +Experiments.—Miscellaneous Illustrations showing what very +small children can do with the Apparatus.—Diagrams showing how Magnetized +Needles may be used by little children to make hundreds of pretty designs +upon paper.</p> + + +<p><b>AMUSING EXPERIMENTS.</b>—Something for Nervous People to +Try.—The Jersey Mosquito.—The Stampede.—The Runaway.—The Dog-fight.—The +Whirligig.—The Naval Battle.—A String of Fish.—A Magnetic Gun.—A +Top Upsidedown.—A Magnetic Windmill.—A Compass Upsidedown.—The +Magnetic Acrobat.—The Busy Ant-hill.—The Magnetic Bridge.—The Merry-go-Round.—The +Tight-rope Walker.—A Magnetic Motor Using Attractions and +Repulsions.</p></blockquote> + +<div class='center'> +<b><i>The Book and Complete Outfit will be sent, Post-paid,<br /> +upon receipt of 35 Cents, by</i></b><br /> +<br /> +<b>THOMAS M. ST. JOHN, 407 W. 51st St., New York.</b><br /> +</div> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_186" id="Page_186">[186]</a></span></p> + + + + +<div class='adtitle3'><span class="u">FUN WITH SHADOWS</span></div> +<div class='center'><b>BOOK AND COMPLETE OUTFIT FOR SHADOW PICTURES,<br /> +PANTOMIMES, ENTERTAINMENTS, Etc., Etc.</b></div> + + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 584px;"> +<img src="images/i_186.jpg" width="584" height="185" alt="keystone cops outline" /> +</div> + +<p><b>Shadow Making</b> has been a very popular amusement +for several centuries. There is a great deal of <i>fun</i> +and instruction in it, and its long life is due to the fact +that it has always been a source of keen delight to grown +people as well as to children.</p> + +<p>In getting material together for this little book, the +author has been greatly aided by English, French and +American authors, some of whom are professional shadowists. +It has been the author's special effort to get the +subject and apparatus into a practical, cheap form for +boys and girls.</p> + + +<blockquote> + +<p><b>THE OUTFIT</b> contains everything necessary for all ordinary shadow +pictures, shadow entertainments, shadow plays, etc. The following articles +are included:</p> + +<p>One book of Instructions called "Fun with Shadows"; 1 Shadow Screen; +2 Sheets of Tracing Paper; 1 Coil of Wire for Movable Figures; 1 Cardboard +Frame for Circular Screen; 1 Cardboard House for Stage Scenery; 1 Jointed +Wire Fish-pole and Line; 2 Bent Wire Scenery Holders; 4 Clamps for Screen; +1 Wire Figure Support; 1 Wire for Oar; 2 Spring Wire Table Clamps; 1 Wire +Candlestick Holder; 5 Cardboard Plates containing the following printed figures +that should be cut out with shears: 12 Character Hats; 1 Boat; 1 Oar-blade; 1 +Fish; 1 Candlestick; 1 Cardboard Plate containing printed parts for making +movable figures.</p> + +<p><b>CONTENTS OF BOOK:</b> One Hundred Illustrations and Diagrams, including +Ten Full-page Book Plates, together with Six Full-page Plates on Cardboard.</p> + +<p><i>Chapter</i> I. Introduction.—II. General Instructions.—III. Hand Shadows of +Animals.—IV. Hand Shadows of Heads, Character Faces, etc.—V. Moving +Shadow Figures and How to Make Them.—VI. Shadow Pantomimes.—VII. +Miscellaneous Shadows.</p></blockquote> + +<div class='center'> +<i>The Book and Complete Outfit will be sent, <b>POST-PAID</b>,<br /> +upon receipt of 35 cents, by</i><br /> +<br /> +<b>THOMAS M. ST. JOHN, 407 West 51st St., New York City.</b><br /> +</div> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_187" id="Page_187">[187]</a></span></p> + + + + +<div class='adtitle3'><span class="u">Fun With Electricity.</span></div> +<div class='center'><b>BOOK AND COMPLETE OUTFIT FOR SIXTY<br /> +EXPERIMENTS IN ELECTRICITY. . . .</b></div> + + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 376px;"> +<a href="images/i_187-big.jpg"><img src="images/i_187.jpg" width="376" height="258" alt="drawing" /></a> +</div> + +<p>Enough of the principles of electricity are brought out to make +the book instructive as well as amusing. The experiments are +systematically arranged, and make a fascinating science course. No +chemicals, no danger.</p> + +<p>The book is conversational and not at all "schooly," Harry and +Ned being two boys who perform the experiments and talk over the +results as they go along.</p> + +<p>"The book reads like a story."—"An appropriate present for a +boy or girl."—"Intelligent parents will appreciate 'Fun With Electricity.'"—"Very +complete, because it contains both book and +apparatus."—"There is no end to the fun which a boy or girl can +have with this fascinating amusement."</p> + + +<blockquote> + +<p><b>THERE IS FUN IN THESE EXPERIMENTS.</b>—Chain Lightning.—An +Electric Whirligig.—The Baby Thunderstorm.—A Race with Electricity.—An +Electric Frog Pond.—An Electric Ding-Dong.—The Magic Finger.—Daddy +Long-Legs.—Jumping Sally.—An Electric Kite.—Very Shocking.—Condensed +Lightning.—An Electric Fly-Trap.—The Merry Pendulum.—An +Electric Ferry-Boat.—A Funny Piece of Paper.—A Joke on the Family Cat.—Electricity +Plays Leap-Frog.—Lightning Goes Over a Bridge.—Electricity +Carries a Lantern.—And <i><b>40 Others</b></i>.</p> + +<p>The <b><i>OUTFIT</i></b> contains 20 different articles. The <b><i>BOOK OF INSTRUCTION</i></b> +measures 5 x 7½ inches, and has 38 illustrations, 55 pages, good paper +and clear type.</p></blockquote> + +<div class='center'> +<b><i>The Book, and Complete Outfit will be sent, by mail or<br /> +express, Charges Prepaid, upon receipt of 65 Cents, by</i></b><br /> +<br /> +<b>THOMAS M. ST. JOHN, 407 W. 51st St., New York.</b><br /> +</div> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_188" id="Page_188">[188]</a></span></p> + + + + +<div class='adtitle3'><span class="u">Fun With Puzzles.</span></div> +<div class='center'><b>BOOK, KEY, AND COMPLETE OUTFIT FOR<br /> +FOUR HUNDRED PUZZLES. . .</b></div> + + +<p>The BOOK measures 5 × 7½ inches. It is well printed, nicely +bound, and contains 15 chapters, 80 pages, and 128 illustrations. +The KEY is illustrated. It is bound with the book, and contains +the solution of every puzzle. The COMPLETE OUTFIT +is placed in a neat box with the book. It consists of numbers, +counters, figures, pictures, etc., for doing the puzzles.</p> + +<blockquote> + +<p><b>CONTENTS:</b> <i>Chapter</i> (1) Secret Writing. (2) Magic Triangles, Squares, +Rectangles, Hexagons, Crosses, Circles, etc. (3) Dropped Letter and Dropped +Word Puzzles. (4) Mixed Proverbs, Prose and Rhyme. (5) Word Diamonds, +Squares, Triangles, and Rhomboids. (6) Numerical Enigmas. (7) Jumbled +Writing and Magic Proverbs. (8) Dissected Puzzles. (9) Hidden and Concealed +Words. (10) Divided Cakes, Pies, Gardens, Farms, etc. (11) Bicycle and Boat +Puzzles. (12) Various Word and Letter Puzzles. (13) Puzzles with Counters. +(14) Combination Puzzles. (15) Mazes and Labyrinths.</p></blockquote> + +<p>"Fun With Puzzles" is a book that every boy and girl should +have. It is amusing, instructive,—educational. It is just the thing +to wake up boys and girls and make them think. They like it, +because it is real fun. This sort of educational play should be given +in every school-room and in every home.</p> + +<p>"Fun With Puzzles" will puzzle your friends, as well as yourself; +it contains some real brain-splitters. Over 300 new and original +puzzles are given, besides many that are hundreds of years old.</p> + +<p><b>Secret Writing.</b> Among the many things that "F. W. P." contains, +is the key to <i>secret writing</i>. It shows you a very simple way +to write letters to your friends, and it is simply impossible for others +to read what you have written, unless they know the secret. This, +alone is a valuable thing for any boy or girl who wants to have +some fun.</p> + +<div class='center'> +<b><i>The Book, Key, and Complete Outfit will be sent, postpaid,<br /> +upon receipt of 35 cents, by</i></b><br /> +<br /> +<b>THOMAS M. ST. JOHN, 407 West 51st St., New York City.</b><br /> +</div> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_189" id="Page_189">[189]</a></span></p> + + + + +<div class='adtitle3'><span class="u">Fun With Soap-Bubbles.</span></div> +<div class='center'><b>BOOK AND COMPLETE OUTFIT FOR FANCY<br /> +BUBBLES AND FILMS. . . .</b></div> + + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 379px;"> +<a href="images/i_189-big.jpg"><img src="images/i_189.jpg" width="379" height="280" alt="drawing" /></a> +</div> + +<p><b>THE OUTFIT</b> contains everything necessary for thousands of beautiful +bubbles and films. All highly colored articles have been carefully avoided, as +cheap paints and dyes are positively dangerous in children's mouths. The +outfit contains the following articles:</p> + +<p>One Book of Instructions, called "Fun With Soap-Bubbles," 1 Metal Base for +Bubble Stand, 1 Wooden Rod for Bubble Stand, 3 Large Wire Rings for +Bubble Stand, 1 Small Wire Ring, 3 Straws, 1 Package of Prepared Soap, 1 +Bubble Pipe, 1 Water-proof Bubble Horn. The complete outfit is placed in +a neat box with the book. (Extra Horns, Soap, etc., furnished at slight cost.)</p> + +<blockquote> + +<p><b>CONTENTS OF BOOK.</b>—Twenty-one Illustrations.—Introduction.—The +Colors of Soap-bubbles.—The Outfit.—Soap Mixture.—Useful Hints.—Bubbles +Blown With Pipes.—Bubbles Blown With Straws.—Bubbles Blown With +the Horn.—Floating Bubbles.—Baby Bubbles.—Smoke Bubbles.—Bombshell +Bubbles.—Dancing Bubbles.—Bubble Games.—Supported Bubbles.—Bubble +Cluster.—Suspended Bubbles.—Bubble Lamp Chimney.—Bubble Lenses.—Bubble +Basket.—Bubble Bellows.—To Draw a Bubble Through a Ring.—Bubble +Acorn.—Bubble Bottle.—A Bubble Within a Bubble.—Another +Way.—Bubble Shade.—Bubble Hammock.—Wrestling Bubbles.—A Smoking +Bubble.—Soap Films.—The Tennis Racket Film.—Fish-net Film.—Pan-shaped +Film.—Bow and Arrow Film.—Bubble Dome.—Double Bubble Dome.—Pyramid +Bubbles.—Turtle-back Bubbles.—Soap-bubbles and Frictional Electricity.</p></blockquote> + +<div class='center'>————————<br /></div> +<p>"There is nothing more beautiful than the airy-fairy soap-bubble with its +everchanging colors."</p> + +<div class='center'>————————<br /> +<i>THE BEST POSSIBLE AMUSEMENT FOR OLD<br /> +AND YOUNG.</i><br /> +————————<br /> +<i>The Book and Complete Outfit will be sent, <b>POST-PAID</b>,<br /> +upon receipt of 35 cents, by</i><br /> +<br /> +<b>THOMAS M. ST. JOHN, 407 West 51st St., New York City.</b><br /> +</div> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_190" id="Page_190">[190]</a></span></p> + + + + +<div class='adtitle2'>The Study of Elementary Electricity and<br /> +Magnetism by Experiment.</div> + + +<div class='center'><br /> +<b>By THOMAS M. ST. JOHN, Met. E.</b><br /> +<br /> +The book contains 220 pages and 168 illustrations;<br /> +it measures 5 × 7½ in. and is bound in green cloth.<br /> +<br /> +<b>PRICE, POST-PAID, $1.25.</b><br /> +</div> + +<p>This book is designed as a text-book for amateurs, +students, and others who wish to take up a systematic +course of elementary electrical experiments at home or in +school. Full directions are given for . . . . . . .</p> + +<div class='center'> +<b><big><i>Two Hundred Simple Experiments.</i></big></b><br /> +</div> +<p>The experiments are discussed by the author, after the +student has been led to form his own opinion about the +results obtained and the points learned.</p> + +<p>In selecting the apparatus for the experiments in this +book, the author has kept constantly in mind the fact +that the average student will not buy the expensive +pieces usually described in text-books.</p> + +<blockquote> + +<p>The two hundred experiments given can be performed with +simple apparatus; in fact, the student should make at least a part +of his own apparatus, and for the benefit of those who wish to do +this, the author has given, throughout the work, explanations +that will aid in the construction of certain pieces especially +adapted to these experiments. For those who have the author's +"How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus," constant +references have been made to it as the "Apparatus Book," +as this contains full details for making almost all kinds of simple +apparatus needed in "The Study of Elementary Electricity and +Magnetism by Experiment."</p></blockquote> + +<p><b><i>If you wish to take up a systematic course of +experiments—experiments that may be performed +with simple, inexpensive apparatus,—this +book will serve as a valuable guide.</i></b></p> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_191" id="Page_191">[191]</a></span></p> + + + + +<div class='adtitle2'>Condensed List of Apparatus</div> +<div class='center'><b>FOR</b></div> + +<div class='adtitle2'>"The Study of Elementary Electricity<br /> +and Magnetism by Experiment."</div> + +<div class='center'>————————<br /></div> + +<p><i>Number</i> 1. Steel Needles; package of twenty-five.—2. Flat +Cork.—3. Candle.—4-15. Annealed Iron Wires; assorted lengths.—16. +Horseshoe Magnet; best quality; English.—17. Iron Filings.—18. +Parts for Compass.—19, 20. Wire Nails; soft steel.—21, +22. Spring Steel; for bar magnets.—23. Iron Ring.—24. +Sifter; for iron filings.—25. Spring Steel; for flexible magnet.—26, +27. Ebonite Sheets; with special surface.—28. Ebonite Rod.—29. +Ebonite Rod; short.—30. Flannel Cloth.—31. Tissue Paper.—32. +Cotton Thread.—33. Silk Thread.—34. Support Base.—35. +Support Rod.—36. Support Wire.—37. Wire Swing.—38. +Sheet of Glass.—39. Hairpin.—40. Circular Conductor.—41. +Circular Conductor.—42. Electrophorus Cover.—43. Insulating +Table.—44. Insulated Copper Wire.—45. Rubber Band.—46. +Bent Wire Clamps.—47. Cylindrical Conductor.—48. Discharger; +for condenser.—49. Aluminum-Leaf.—50. Wires.</p> + +<p>51. Dry Cell.—52. Mercury.—53. Insulated Copper Wire; for +connections.—54. Spring Connectors; two dozen.—55. Parts for +Key.—56. Metal Connecting Plates.—57. Parts for Current +Reverser.—58. Parts for Galvanoscope.—59. Parts for Astatic +Galvanoscope.—60-63. Zinc Strips.—64. Carbon Rod.—65, 66. +Glass Tumblers.—67, 68. Copper Strips.—69. Galvanized Iron +Nail.—70, 71. Wooden Cross-Pieces.—72. Brass Screws; one +dozen.—73. Porous Cup.—74. Zinc Rod.—75. Copper Plate.—76. +Iron Strip.—77, 78. Lead Strips.—79. Parts for Resistance +Coil.—80. Parts for Wheatstone's Bridge.—81. German-Silver +Wire; Size No. 30.—82. German-Silver Wire; No. 28.—83—85. +Plate Binding-Posts.—86. Copper Sulphate.—87. Copper Burs; +one dozen.—88. Combination Rule.—89. Coil of Wire; on spool +for electromagnet.—90. Coil of Wire; on spool for electromagnet.—91. +Carbon Rod.—92, 93. Soft Iron Cores with Screws.—94. +Combined Base and Yoke.—95. Combination Connecting Plates.—96. +Long Iron Core.—97. Round Bar Magnet, 5 × 3/8 in.—98. +Thin Electromagnet.—99. Degree-Card; for galvanoscope.—100. +Scale for Bridge.—101, 102. Soft Iron Cores with Heads.—103, +104. Flat Bar Magnets; these are 6 × ½ × ¼ in.; highly polished +steel; poles marked.—105. Compass.</p> + +<div class='center'> +<b><i>Illustrated Price Catalogue upon Application.</i></b><br /> +</div> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_192" id="Page_192">[192]</a></span></p> + + + + +<div class='adtitle2'><span class="u">Electrical Apparatus For Sale</span><br /> +<small>A COMPLETE ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC<br /> +CABINET FOR STUDENTS, SCHOOLS AND<br /> +AMATEURS. SIX EXTRAORDINARY OFFERS</small></div> + + +<p><b>This Cabinet of Electrical Experiments</b> contains three main +parts: (<i>A</i>) Apparatus; (<i>B</i>) Text-Book; (<i>C</i>) Apparatus List.</p> + +<p>(<i>A</i>) <b>The Apparatus</b> furnished consists of one hundred and five +pieces. Over three hundred separate articles are used in making +up this set. Most of it is ready for use when received. Seven +pieces, however, are not assembled; but the parts can be readily +finished and put together. (Sold, also, <i>all</i> pieces assembled.)</p> + +<p>(<i>B</i>) <b>The Text-Book</b>—called "The Study of Elementary Electricity +and Magnetism by Experiment"—gives full directions for +two hundred experiments. (See table of contents, etc.) Price, +post-paid, $1.25.</p> + +<p>(<i>C</i>) <b>The Apparatus List</b> is an illustrated book devoted entirely +to this special set of apparatus. Not given with first offer.</p> + +<blockquote> + +<p><i>THE APPARATUS IS SIMPLE because the designs and +methods of construction have been worked out with +great care.</i></p> + +<p><i>THE APPARATUS IS PRACTICAL because it has been +designed for real use in "The Study of Elementary +Electricity and Magnetism by Experiment."</i></p> + +<p><i>THE APPARATUS IS CHEAP because the various parts +are so designed that they can be turned out in quantity +by machinery.</i></p></blockquote> + + + +<div class="center"> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="pricing table"> +<tr><td align="left"><b>1st Offer:</b> Pieces 1 to 50</td><td align="right">$1.00</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left"><b>2d Offer:</b> Pieces 51 to 105, with part (<i>C</i>)</td><td align="right">3.50</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left"><b>3d Offer:</b> Pieces 1 to 105, with part (<i>C</i>)</td><td align="right">4.00</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left"><b>4th Offer:</b> Complete Cabinet, parts (<i>A</i>), (<i>B</i>), (<i>C</i>)</td><td align="right">5.00</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left"><b>5th Offer:</b> Apparatus only, all pieces assembled</td><td align="right">4.60</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left"><b>6th Offer:</b> Complete Cabinet, all pieces assembled</td><td align="right">5.60</td></tr> +</table></div> + +<div class='center'>————————<br /> +<b><i>Express charges must be paid by you. Estimates given.</i></b><br /> +————————<br /></div> + +<p>A "Special Catalogue," pertaining to the above, with complete +price-list, will be mailed upon application.</p> + +<div class='center'> +<b>THOMAS M. ST. JOHN, 407 West 51st St., New York City</b><br /> +</div> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_193" id="Page_193">[193]</a></span></p> + + + + +<div class='adtitle3'><span class="u">Fun With Telegraphy</span></div> +<div class='center'><b><big>BOOK AND COMPLETE OUTFIT.</big></b></div> + + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 190px;"> +<img src="images/i_193.jpg" width="190" height="83" alt="drawing boy working on telegraph with wire to house next door" /> +</div> + +<p><b>TELEGRAPHY</b> is of the greatest importance to all civilized nations, and +upon it depend some of the world's most important enterprises. Every boy +and girl can make practical use of telegraphy in one way or another, and the +time it takes to learn it will be well spent.</p> + + +<p><b>THE OUTFIT.</b>—Mr. St. John has worked for a number of years to produce a +telegraph outfit that would be simple, cheap, and practical for those who wish +to make a study of telegraphy. After making and experimenting with nearly +one hundred models, many of which were good, he has at last perfected an +instrument so simple, original, and effective that it is now being made in large +quantities.</p> + +<p>The sounders are so designed that they will work properly with any dry cell +of ordinary strength, and this is a great advantage for practice lines. Dry +batteries are cheap and clean, and there are no dangers from acids.</p> + +<p>The outfit consists of the following articles, placed in a neat box: One Book +of Instruction, called "Fun With Telegraphy"; one Telegraph "Key"; one +Telegraph "Sounder"; Insulated Copper Wires for connections. The "key" +and "sounder" are mounted, with proper "binding-posts," upon a base of +peculiar construction, which aids in giving a large volume of sound.</p> + + +<p><b>CONTENTS OF BOOK.</b>—Telegraphy.—The Outfit.—A Complete Telegraph +Line.—Connections.—The Telegraph Key.—The Sounder.—The Battery.—A +Practice Line.—A Two-instrument Line.—Operation of Line.—The Morse Telegraph +Alphabet.—Aids to Learning Alphabet.—Cautions.—Office Calls.—Receiving +Messages.—Remember.—Extra Parts.</p> + + +<p><b>ABOUT BATTERIES.</b>—For those who cannot easily secure batteries, we +will furnish small dry cells, post-paid, at 15 cents each, in order to deliver the +outfits complete to our customers. This price barely covers the total cost to +us, postage alone being 6 cents.</p> + +<div class='center'> +<i><b>FUN WITH TELEGRAPHY, including Book, Key, Sounder,<br /> +and Wire (no battery), post-paid, 50 cents, by</b></i><br /> +<br /> +<b>THOMAS M. ST. JOHN, 848 Ninth Ave., New York</b><br /> +</div> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_194" id="Page_194">[194]</a></span></p> + + + + +<div class='adtitle3'><span class="u">Tool Sets for Students</span></div> + + +<p>The following tool sets have been arranged especially for those who wish to +make use of the designs contained in "How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical +Apparatus," "Real Electric Toy-Making for Boys," "Electric Instrument-Making," +etc. It is very poor economy to waste valuable time and +energy in order to save the cost of a few extra tools.</p> + +<p><b>NOTE.</b>—Save money by buying your tools in sets. We do not pay express +or freight charges at the special prices below.</p> + +<p><b>FOR $1.00.</b>—One <i>Steel Punch</i>; round, knurled head.—One light <i>Hammer</i>; +polished, nickel-plated, varnished handle.—One <i>Iron Clamp</i>; japanned, 2¼ in.—One +<i>Screw-Driver</i>; tempered and polished blade, cherry stained hardwood +handle, nickel ferrule.—One <i>Wrench</i>; retinned skeleton frame, gilt adjusting +wheel.—One <i>Awl</i>; tempered steel point, turned and stained wood handle, with +ferrule.—One <i>Vise</i>; full malleable, nicely retinned, 1-3/8 in. jaws, full malleable +screw with spring.—One pair <i>Steel Pliers</i>; 4 in. long, polished tool steel, unbreakable, +best grooved jaw.—One pair of <i>Shears</i>; carbonized steel blades, +hardened edge, nickel-plated, heavy brass nut and bolt.—One <i>File</i>; triangular, +good steel.—One <i>File Handle</i>; good wood, brass ferrule.—One <i>Foot Rule</i>; +varnished wood, has English and metric system.—One <i>Soldering Set</i>; contains +soldering iron, solder, resin, sal ammoniac, and directions. One <i>Center-Punch</i>; +finely tempered steel.</p> + +<p><b>FOR $2.00.</b>—All that is contained in the $1.00 set of tools, together with the +following: One pair of <i>Tinner's Shears</i>; cut, 2¾ in., cast iron, hardened, suitable +for cutting thin metal.—One <i>Hollow Handle Tool Set</i>; very useful; polished +handle holds 10 tools, gimlet, brad-awls, chisel, etc.—One <i>Try Square</i>; +6-in. blue steel blade, marked in 1/8s, strongly riveted.—One 1-lb. <i>Hammer</i>; +full size, polished head, wedged varnished hardwood handle.—One <i>Hack Saw</i>; +steel frame, 9½-in. polished steel blade, black enamel handle; very useful.</p> + +<p><b>FOR $3.50.</b>—Two <i>Steel Punches</i>; different sizes, one solid round, knurled +head, polished; the other, point and head brightly polished, full nickel, center +part knurled.—One <i>Light Hammer</i>; polished and nickel plated, varnished +handle.—One regular <i>Machinist's Hammer</i>; ball peen, solid cast steel, with +varnished hardwood handle; a superior article.—Two <i>Iron Clamps</i>; one opens +2¼ in., the other 3 in., japanned.—One <i>Screw-Driver</i>; tempered and polished +blade, firmly set in cherry stained hardwood handle with nickel ferrule.—One +<i>Wrench</i>; retinned, skeleton frame, gilt adjusting wheel.—One <i>Awl</i>; tempered +steel blade, ground to point, firmly set in turned and stained handle with ferrule.—One +<i>Steel Vise</i>; 2¼-in., jaws, steel screw, bright polished jaws and handle; +a good strong vise.—One pair of <i>Steel Pliers</i>; 6 in. long, bright steel, flat +nose, 2 wire-cutters, practically unbreakable.—One pair of <i>Shears</i>; carbonized +steel blades, hardened edges, nickel plated, heavy brass nut and bolt.—One +<i>File</i>; triangular and of good steel.—One <i>File Handle</i>; good wood, with brass +ferrule.—One <i>Foot Rule</i>; varnished wood, has both the English and metric systems.—One +<i>Soldering Set</i>; contains soldering iron, solder, resin, sal ammoniac, +and directions; a very handy article.—One <i>Center-Punch</i>; finely tempered +steel.—One pair of <i>Tinner's Shears</i>; these are best grade, inlaid steel cutting +edges, polished and tempered, japanned handles; thoroughly reliable.—One +<i>Hollow Handle Tool Set</i>; very useful; the polished handle holds 10 tools, gimlet, +chisel, brad-awl, etc.—One <i>Try Square</i>; 6-in. blue steel blade, marked both +sides in 1/8s, strongly riveted with brass rivets.—One <i>Hack Saw</i>; steel frame, +9½-in. polished steel blade, black enamel handle; very useful for sawing small +pieces of wood.</p> + +<p><b>FOR $5.00</b> will be included everything in the $3.50 offer, and the following: +One <i>Glue-Pot</i>; medium size, with brush and best wood glue; inside pot +has hinge cover.—One <i>Ratchet Screw-Driver</i>; great improvement over ordinary +screw-drivers; well made and useful.—One <i>Hand Drill</i>; frame malleable iron; +hollow screw top holding 6 drills; bores from 1-16 to 3-16-in. holes; solid gear +teeth; 3-jawed nickel plated chuck; a superior tool, and almost a necessity.</p> + +<div class='center'> +<b><big>GIVE THE BOY A SET OF TOOLS</big></b><br /> +————————<br /><br /> +<b>THOMAS M. ST. JOHN, 848 Ninth Ave., New York</b><br /> +</div> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_195" id="Page_195">[195]</a></span></p> + + + + +<div class='adtitle2'>REAL ELECTRIC TOY-MAKING<br /> +FOR BOYS</div> + + +<div class='center'><br /> +<b><big><i>By</i> THOMAS M. ST. JOHN, Met. E.</big></b><br /> +<br /> +<br /> +This book contains 140 pages and over one hundred<br /> +original drawings, diagrams, and full-page plates.<br /> +It measures 5 x 7½ in., and is bound in cloth.<br /> +<br /> +<b>Price, post-paid, $1.00</b><br /> +</div> + + +<p><b>CONTENTS:</b> <i>Chapter</i> I. Toys Operated by Permanent +Magnets.—II. Toys Operated by Static Electricity.—III. Making +Electromagnets for Toys.—IV. Electric Batteries.—V. Circuits +and Connections.—VI. Toys Operated by Electromagnets. +VII. Making Solenoids for Toys.—VIII. Toys Operated by +Solenoids.—IX. Electric Motors.—X. Power, Speed, and Gearing.—XI. +Shafting and Bearings.—XII. Pulleys and Winding-Drums.—XIII. +Belts and Cables.—XIV. Toys Operated by +Electric Motors.—XV. Miscellaneous Electric Toys.—XVI. Tools.—XVII. +Materials.—XVIII. Various Aids to Construction.</p> + +<p>While planning this book, Mr. St. John definitely decided that +he would not fill it with descriptions of complicated, machine-made +instruments and apparatus, under the name of "Toy-Making," +for it is just as impossible for most boys to get the +parts for such things as it is for them to do the required machine +work even after they have the raw materials.</p> + +<p>Great care has been taken in designing the toys which are +described in this book, in order to make them so simple that +any boy of average ability can construct them out of ordinary +materials. The author can personally guarantee the designs, +for there is no guesswork about them. Every toy was made, +changed, and experimented with until it was as simple as possible; +the drawings were then made from the perfected models.</p> + +<p>As the result of the enormous amount of work and experimenting +which were required to originate and perfect so many new +models, the author feels that this book may be truly called +"Real Electric Toy-Making for Boys."</p> + +<div class='center'> +<big><b>Every Boy Should Make Electrical Toys.</b></big><br /> +</div> + +<hr class="chap" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_196" id="Page_196">[196]</a></span></p> + + + + +<div class='adtitle2'><span class="u">The Electric Shooting Game</span></div> +<div class='center'><b>A MOST ORIGINAL AND FASCINATING GAME<br /> +PATENT APPLIED FOR AND COPYRIGHTED</b><br /><br /></div> + + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 386px;"> +<img src="images/i_196.jpg" width="386" height="229" alt="Bison" /> +</div> + +<div class='center'><big><i><b>SHOOTING BY ELECTRICITY</b></i></big><br /> +————————<br /> +</div> + +<p><b>The Electric Shooting Game</b> is an entirely new +idea, and one that brings into use that most mysterious +something—<i>electricity</i>. The game is so simple that small +children can play it, and as there are no batteries, acids, +or liquids of any kind, there is absolutely no danger. +The electricity is of such a nature that it is perfectly +harmless—but very active.</p> + +<p>The "<i>game-preserve</i>" is neat and attractive, being +printed in colors, and the birds and animals are well +worth hunting. Each has a fixed value—and some of +them must not be shot at all—so there is ample opportunity +for a display of skill in bringing down those which +count most.</p> + +<p>"<i>Electric bullets</i>" are actually shot from the "<i>electric +gun</i>" by electricity. This instructive game will furnish +a vast amount of amusement to all.</p> + + +<div class='hang1'><i><b>The "Game-Preserve,"—the "Electric Gun,"—the "Shooting-Box,"—the +"Electric Bullets,"—in fact, the entire +electrical outfit, together with complete illustrated directions, +will be sent in a neat box, Post-Paid, upon receipt +of 50 cents, by</b></i></div> + +<div class='center'><br /> +<b>THOMAS M. ST. 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(Thomas Matthew) St. John + + + +Release Date: January 14, 2014 [eBook #44665] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII) + + +***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THINGS A BOY SHOULD KNOW ABOUT +ELECTRICITY*** + + +E-text prepared by Chris Curnow, Emmy, and the Online Distributed +Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made +available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) + + + +Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this + file which includes the original illustrations. + See 44665-h.htm or 44665-h.zip: + (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/44665/44665-h/44665-h.htm) + or + (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/44665/44665-h.zip) + + + Images of the original pages are available through + Internet Archive. See + https://archive.org/details/thingsboyshouldk00stjo + + +Transcriber's note: + + Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_). + + Text enclosed by equal signs is in bold face (=bold=). + + Characters enclosed by curly brackets after an underscore + are subscripts (example: CuSO_{4} [the chemical formula + of copper sulfate]). + + + + + +THINGS A BOY SHOULD KNOW ABOUT ELECTRICITY + + +[Illustration] + + + * * * * * + +_BY THE SAME AUTHOR._ + + + =FUN WITH MAGNETISM.= A book and complete outfit of apparatus + for _Sixty-One Experiments_. + + =FUN WITH ELECTRICITY.= A book and complete outfit of + apparatus for _Sixty Experiments_. + + =FUN WITH PUZZLES.= A book, key and complete outfit for _Four + Hundred Puzzles_. + + =FUN WITH SOAP-BUBBLES.= A book and complete outfit of + apparatus for _Fancy Bubbles and Films_. + + =FUN WITH SHADOWS.= Including book of instructions with one + hundred illustrations and a complete outfit of apparatus + for _Shadow Pictures, Pantomimes, Entertainments, etc., + etc._ + + =HUSTLE-BALL.= An American game. Played by means of magic + wands and polished balls of steel. + + =JINGO.= The great war game, including JINGO JUNIOR. + + =HOW TWO BOYS MADE THEIR OWN ELECTRICAL APPARATUS.= A book + containing complete directions for making all kinds of + simple apparatus for the study of elementary electricity. + + =THE STUDY OF ELEMENTARY ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM BY + EXPERIMENT.= This book is designed as a text-book for + amateurs, students, and others who wish to take up a + systematic course of simple experiments at home or in + school. + + =THINGS A BOY SHOULD KNOW ABOUT ELECTRICITY.= This book + explains, in simple, straightforward language, many things + about electricity; things in which the American boy is + intensely interested; things he wants to know; things he + should know. + + =ANS., OR ACCURACY, NEATNESS AND SPEED.= For teachers and + pupils. Containing study-charts, practice devices and + special methods for accurate, rapid work with figures. + + _Ask Your Bookseller, Stationer, or Toy Dealer for our + Books, Games, Puzzles, Educational Amusements, Etc._ + + + CATALOGUE UPON APPLICATION + + Thomas M. St. John, 407 West 51st St., New York. + + * * * * * + + +THINGS A BOY SHOULD KNOW ABOUT ELECTRICITY + +by + +THOMAS M. ST. JOHN, Met. E. + +Author of "Fun With Magnetism," "Fun With Electricity," +"How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus," +"The Study of Elementary Electricity +and Magnetism by Experiment," etc. + +SECOND EDITION + + + + + + + +[Illustration] + +New York +Thomas M. St. John +407 West 51st Street +1903 + +Copyright, 1900. +By Thomas M. St. John. + + + + +THINGS A BOY SHOULD KNOW ABOUT ELECTRICITY + + + + +TABLE OF CONTENTS + + + CHAPTER PAGE + I. About Frictional Electricty 7 + II. About Magnets and Magnetism 21 + III. How Electricity is Generated by the Voltaic Cell, 32 + IV. Various Voltaic Cells, 36 + V. About Push-Buttons, Switches and Binding-Posts, 43 + VI. Units and Apparatus for Electrical Measurements, 48 + VII. Chemical Effects of the Electric Current, 58 + VIII. How Electroplating and Electrotyping are Done, 60 + IX. The Storage Battery, and How it Works, 63 + X. How Electricity is Generated by Heat, 68 + XI. Magnetic Effects of the Electric Current, 71 + XII. How Electricity is Generated by Induction, 77 + XIII. How the Induction Coil Works, 80 + XIV. The Electric Telegraph, and How it Sends Messages, 84 + XV. The Electric Bell and Some of its Uses, 91 + XVI. The Telephone and How it Transmits Speech, 95 + XVII. How Electricity is Generated by Dynamos, 101 + XVIII. How the Electric Current is Transformed, 109 + XIX. How Electric Currents are Distributed for Use, 114 + XX. How Heat is Produced by the Electric Current, 124 + XXI. How Light is Produced by the Incandescent Lamp, 129 + XXII. How Light is Produced by the Arc Lamp, 135 + XXIII. X-Rays, and How the Bones of the Human Body are + Photographed, 141 + XXIV. The Electric Motor, and How it Does Work, 147 + XXV. Electric Cars, Boats and Automobiles, 154 + XXVI. A Word About Central Stations, 162 + XXVII. Miscellaneous Uses of Electricity, 165 + + + + +TO THE READER + + +For the benefit of those who wish to make their own electrical +apparatus for experimental purposes, references have been made +throughout this work to the "Apparatus Book;" by this is meant the +author's "How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus." + +For those who wish to take up a course of elementary electrical +experiments that can be performed with simple, home-made apparatus, +references have been made to "Study;" by this is meant "The Study of +Elementary Electricity and Magnetism by Experiment." + + THE AUTHOR. + + + + +Things A Boy Should Know About Electricity + + + + +CHAPTER I. + +ABOUT FRICTIONAL ELECTRICITY. + + +=1. Some Simple Experiments.= Have you ever shuffled your feet along +over the carpet on a winter's evening and then quickly touched your +finger to the nose of an unsuspecting friend? Did he jump when a bright +spark leaped from your finger and struck him fairly on the very tip of +his sensitive nasal organ? + +[Illustration: Fig. 1.] + +Did you ever succeed in proving to the pussy-cat, Fig. 1, that +something unusual occurs when you thoroughly rub his warm fur with your +hand? Did you notice the bright sparks that passed to your hand when it +was held just above the cat's back? You should be able to see, hear, +and feel these sparks, especially when the air is dry and you are in a +dark room. + +Did you ever heat a piece of paper before the fire until it was real +hot, then lay it upon the table and rub it from end to end with your +hand, and finally see it cling to the wall? + +Were you ever in a factory where there were large belts running rapidly +over pulleys or wheels, and where large sparks would jump to your hands +when held near the belts? + +If you have never performed any of the four experiments mentioned, you +should try them the first time a chance occurs. There are dozens of +simple, fascinating experiments that may be performed with this kind of +electricity. + +=2. Name.= As this variety of electricity is made, or generated, by +the friction of substances upon each other, it is called _frictional_ +electricity. It is also called _static_ electricity, because it +generally stands still upon the surface of bodies and does not "flow in +currents" as easily as some of the other varieties. Static electricity +may be produced by induction as well as by friction. + +[Illustration: Fig. 2.] + +=3. History.= It has been known for over 2,000 years that certain +substances act queerly when rubbed. Amber was the first substance upon +which electricity was produced by friction, and as the Greek name for +amber is _elektron_, bodies so affected were said to be _electrified_. +When a body, like ebonite, is rubbed with a flannel cloth, we say that +it becomes _charged with electricity_. Just what happens to the ebonite +is not clearly understood. We know, however, that it will attract +light bodies, and then quickly repel them if they be conductors. Fig. +2 shows a piece of tissue-paper jumping toward a sheet of ebonite that +has been electrified with a flannel cloth. + +=4. Conductors and Non-Conductors.= Electricity can be produced upon +glass and ebonite because they do not carry or conduct it away. If a +piece of iron be rubbed, the electricity passes from the iron into the +earth as fast as it is generated, because the iron is a _conductor_ of +electricity. Glass is an _insulator_ or _non-conductor_. Frictional +electricity resides upon the outside, only, of conductors. A hollow +tin box will hold as great a charge as a solid piece of metal having +the same outside size and shape. When frictional electricity passes +from one place to another, sparks are produced. Lightning is caused +by the passage of static electricity from a cloud to the earth, or +from one cloud to another. In this case air forms the conductor. (For +experiments, see "Study," Chapter VII.) + +[Illustration: Fig. 3.] + +=5. Electroscopes.= A piece of carbon, pith, or even a small piece of +damp tissue-paper will serve as an electroscope to test the presence of +static electricity. The pith is usually tied to a piece of silk thread +which is a non-conductor. Fig. 3 shows the ordinary form of _pith-ball +electroscope_. + +The _leaf electroscope_ is a very delicate apparatus. Gold-leaf is +generally used, but aluminum-leaf will stand handling and will do for +all ordinary purposes. Fig. 4 shows a common form, the glass being +used to keep currents of air from the leaves and at the same time to +insulate them from the earth. + +Electroscopes are used to show the presence, relative amount, or kind +of static electricity on a body. (See "Study," Chapter XI.) + +[Illustration: Fig. 4.] + +=6. Two Kinds of Electrification.= It can be shown that the +electrification produced on all bodies by friction is not the same; +for example, that generated with glass and silk is not the same as +that made with ebonite and flannel. It has been agreed to call that +produced by glass and silk _positive_, and that by ebonite and flannel +_negative_. The signs + and - are used for positive and negative. + +=7. Laws of Electrification.= (1) Charges of the same kind repel each +other; (2) charges of unlike kinds attract each other; (3) either kind +of a charge attracts and is attracted by a neutral body. + +=8. Static Electric Machines.= In order to produce static electricity +in quantities for experiments, some device is necessary. + +The _electrophorus_ (e-lec-troph'-o-rus) is about the simplest form +of machine. Fig. 5 shows a simple electrophorus in which are two +insulators and one conductor. The ebonite sheet E S is used with a +flannel cloth to generate the electricity. The metal cover E C is +lifted by the insulating handle E R. The cover E C is placed upon the +thoroughly charged sheet E S, and then it is touched for an instant +with the finger, before lifting it by E R. The charge upon E C can then +be removed by bringing the hand near it. The bright spark that passes +from E C to the hand indicates that E C has discharged itself into the +earth. The action of the electrophorus depends upon induction. (For +experiments, details of action, induced electrification, etc., see "The +Study of Elementary Electricity and Magnetism by Experiment," Chapters +VIII. and IX.) + +[Illustration: Fig. 5.] + +_The first electric machine_ consisted of a ball of sulphur fastened to +a spindle which could be turned by a crank. By holding the hands or a +pad of silk upon the revolving ball, electricity was produced. + +[Illustration: Fig. 6.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 7.] + +=9. The Cylinder Electric Machine= consists, as shown in Fig. 6, of a +glass cylinder so mounted that it can be turned by a crank. Friction +is produced by a pad of leather C, which presses against the cylinder +as it turns. Electric sparks can be taken from the large "conductors" +which are insulated from the earth. The opposite electricities unite +with sparks across D and E. If use is to be made of the electricity, +either the rubber or the prime conductor must be connected with the +ground. In the former case positive electricity is obtained; in the +latter, negative. + +=10. The Plate Electrical Machine.= Fig. 7 also shows an old form of +machine. Such machines are made of circular plates of glass or ebonite, +two rubbing pads being usually employed, one on each side of the plate. +One operator is seen on an insulated stool (Fig. 7), the electricity +passing through him before entering the earth by way of the body of the +man at the right. + +[Illustration: Fig. 8.] + +=11. The Toepler-Holtz Machine=, in one form, is shown in Fig. 8. The +electricity is produced by the principle of induction, and not by mere +friction. This machine, used in connection with condensers, produces +large sparks. + +=12. The Wimshurst Machine= is of recent date, and not being easily +affected by atmospheric changes, is very useful for ordinary laboratory +work. Fig. 9 shows one form of this machine. + +=13. Influence Machines for Medical Purposes= are made in a large +variety of forms. A Wimshurst machine is generally used as an exciter +to charge the plates of the large machine when they lose their charge +on account of excessive moisture in the atmosphere. Fig. 10 shows a +large machine. + +[Illustration: Fig. 9.] + +=14. Uses of Electrical Machines.= Static electricity has been used for +many years in the laboratory for experimental purposes, for charging +condensers, for medical purposes, etc. It is now being used for X-ray +work, and considerable advancement has been made within a few years in +the construction and efficiency of the machines. + +[Illustration: Fig. 10.] + +With the modern machines large sparks are produced by merely turning +a crank, enough electricity being produced to imitate a small +thunderstorm. The sparks of home-made lightning will jump several +inches. + +Do not think that electricity is generated in a commercial way by +static electric machines. The practical uses of static electricity are +very few when compared with those of current electricity from batteries +and dynamos. + +=15. Condensation of Static Electricity.= By means of apparatus called +_condensers_, a terrific charge of static electricity may be stored. +Fig. 11 shows the most common form of condenser, known as the _Leyden +jar_. It consists of a glass jar with an inside and outside coating of +tin-foil. + +[Illustration: Fig. 11.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 12.] + +_To charge_ the jar it is held in the hand so that the outside coating +shall be connected with the earth, the sparks from an electric machine +being passed to the knob at the top, which is connected by a chain to +the inside coating. + +_To discharge_ the jar, Fig. 12, a conductor with an insulating handle +is placed against the outside coat; when the other end of the conductor +is swung over towards the knob, a bright spark passes between them. +This device is called a discharger. Fig. 13 shows a discharge through +ether which the spark ignites. + +[Illustration: Fig. 13.] + +=16. The Leyden Battery=, Fig. 14, consists of several jars connected +in such a way that the area of the inner and outer coatings is greatly +increased. The battery has a larger capacity than one of its jars. (For +Experiments in Condensation, see "Study," Chapter X.) + +[Illustration: Fig. 14.] + +=17. Electromotive Force of Static Electricity.= Although the sparks +of static electricity are large, the _quantity_ of electricity is very +small. It would take thousands of galvanic cells to produce a spark +an inch long. While the quantity of static electricity is small, its +potential, or electromotive force (E. M. F.), is very high. We say that +an ordinary gravity cell has an E. M. F. of a little over one volt. +Five such cells joined in the proper way would have an E. M. F. of a +little over five volts. You will understand, then, what is meant when +we say that the E. M. F. of a lightning flash is millions of volts. + +=18. Atmospheric Electricity.= The air is usually electrified, even +in clear weather, although its cause is not thoroughly understood. In +1752 it was proved by Benjamin Franklin (Fig. 15), with his famous +kite experiment, that atmospheric and frictional electricities are +of the same nature. By means of a kite, the string being wet by the +rain, he succeeded, during a thunderstorm, in drawing sparks, charging +condensers, etc. + +[Illustration: Fig. 15.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 16.] + +=19. Lightning= may be produced by the passage of electricity between +clouds, or between a cloud and the earth (Fig. 16), which, with the +intervening air, have the effect of a condenser. When the attraction +between the two electrifications gets great enough, a spark passes. +When the spark has a zigzag motion it is called _chain lightning_. +In hot weather flashes are often seen which light whole clouds, no +thunder being heard. This is called _heat lightning_, and is generally +considered to be due to distant discharges, the light of which is +reflected by the clouds. The lightning flash represents billions of +volts. + +[Illustration: Fig. 17.] + +=20. Thunder= is caused by the violent disturbances produced in the +air by lightning. Clouds, hills, etc., produce echoes, which, with the +original sound, make the rolling effect. + +=21. Lightning-Rods=, when well constructed, often prevent violent +discharges. Their pointed prongs at the top allow the negative +electricity of the earth to pass quietly into the air to neutralize +the positive in the cloud above. In case of a discharge, or stroke of +lightning, the rods aid in conducting the electricity to the earth. The +ends of the rods are placed deep in the earth, Fig. 17. + +=22. St. Elmo's Fire.= Electrification from the earth is often drawn up +from the earth through the masts of ships, Fig. 18, to neutralize that +in the clouds, and, as it escapes from the points of the masts, light +is produced. + +[Illustration: Fig. 18.] + +=23. Aurora Borealis=, also called Northern Lights, are luminous +effects, Fig. 19, often seen in the north. They often occur at the +same time with magnetic storms, when telegraph and telephone work may +be disturbed. The exact cause of this light is not known, but it is +thought by many to be due to disturbances in the earth's magnetism +caused by the action of the sun. + +[Illustration: Fig. 19.] + + + + +CHAPTER II. + + +ABOUT MAGNETS AND MAGNETISM. + +=24. Natural Magnets.= Hundreds of years ago it was discovered that +a certain ore of iron, called lodestone, had the power of picking up +small pieces of iron. It was used to indicate the north and south +line, and it was discovered later that small pieces of steel could be +permanently magnetized by rubbing them upon the lodestone. + +=25. Artificial Magnets.= Pieces of steel, when magnetized, are called +artificial magnets. They are made in many forms. The electromagnet is +also an artificial magnet; this will be treated separately. + +[Illustration: Fig. 20] + +=26. The Horseshoe Magnet=, Fig. 20, is, however, the one with which we +are the most familiar. They are always painted red, but the red paint +has nothing to do with the magnetism. + +The little end-piece is called the keeper, or armature; it should +always be kept in place when the magnet is not in use. The magnet +itself is made of steel, while the armature is made of soft iron. Steel +retains magnetism for a long time, while soft iron loses it almost +instantly. The ends of the magnet are called its _poles_, and nearly +all the strength of the magnet seems to reside at the poles, the curved +part having no attraction for outside bodies. One of the poles of the +magnet is marked with a line, or with the letter N. This is called the +north pole of the magnet, the other being its south pole. + +[Illustration: Fig. 21.] + +=27. Bar Magnets= are straight magnets. Fig. 21 shows a round bar +magnet. The screw in the end is for use in the telephone, described +later. + +=28. Compound Magnets.= When several thin steel magnets are riveted +together, a compound magnet is formed. These can be made with +considerable strength. Fig. 22 shows a compound horseshoe magnet. Fig. +23 shows a form of compound bar magnet used in telephones. The use of +the coil of wire will be explained later. A thick piece of steel can +not be magnetized through and through. In the compound magnet we have +the effect of a thick magnet practically magnetized through and through. + +[Illustration: Fig. 22.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 23.] + +=29. Magnetic and Diamagnetic Bodies.= Iron, and substances containing +iron, are the ones most readily attracted by a magnet. Iron is said to +be _magnetic_. Some substances, like nickel, for example, are visibly +attracted by very strong magnets only. Strange as it may seem, some +substances are actually repelled by strong magnets; these are called +_diamagnetic_ bodies. Brass, copper, zinc, etc., are not visibly +affected by a magnet. Magnetism will act through paper, glass, copper, +lead, etc. + +[Illustration: Fig. 24.] + +=30. Making Magnets.= One of the strangest properties that a magnet +has is its power to give magnetism to another piece of steel. If +a sewing-needle be properly rubbed upon one of the poles of a +magnet, it will become strongly magnetized and will retain its +magnetism for years. Strong permanent magnets are made with the aid +of electromagnets. Any number of little magnets may be made from a +horseshoe magnet without injuring it. + +[Illustration: Fig. 25.] + +31. Magnetic Needles and Compasses. If a bar magnet be suspended +by a string, or floated upon a cork, which can easily be done with +the magnet made from a sewing-needle, Fig. 24, it will swing around +until its poles point north and south. Such an arrangement is called +a _magnetic needle_. In the regular _compass_, a magnetic needle is +supported upon a pivot. Compasses have been used for many centuries +by mariners and others. Fig. 25 shows an ordinary pocket compass, and +Fig. 26 a form of mariner's compass, in which the small bar magnets are +fastened to a card which floats, the whole being so mounted that it +keeps a horizontal position, even though the vessel rocks. + +[Illustration: Fig. 26.] + +32. Action of Magnets Upon Each Other. By making two small +sewing-needle magnets, you can easily study the laws of attraction and +repulsion. By bringing the two north poles, or the two south poles, +near each other, a repulsion will be noticed. Unlike poles attract each +other. The attraction between a magnet and iron is mutual; that is, +each attracts the other. Either pole of a magnet attracts soft iron. + +In magnetizing a needle, either end may be made a north pole at will; +in fact, the poles of a weak magnet can easily be reversed by properly +rubbing it upon a stronger magnet. + +=33. Theory of Magnetism.= Each little particle of a piece of steel or +iron is supposed to be a magnet, even before it touches a magnet. When +these little magnets are thoroughly mixed up in the steel, they pull in +all sorts of directions upon each other and tend to keep the steel from +attracting outside bodies. When a magnet is properly rubbed upon a bar +of steel, the north poles of the little molecular magnets of the steel +are all made to point in the same direction. As the north poles help +each other, the whole bar can attract outside bodies. + +By jarring a magnet its molecules are thoroughly shaken up; in fact, +most of the magnetism can be knocked out of a weak magnet by hammering +it. + +=34. Retentivity.= The power that a piece of steel has to hold +magnetism is called _retentivity_. Different kinds of steel have +different retentivities. A sewing-needle of good steel will retain +magnetism for years, and it is almost impossible to knock the magnetism +out by hammering it. Soft steel has very little retentivity, because +it does not contain much carbon. Soft iron, which contains less +carbon than steel, holds magnetism very poorly; so it is not used for +permanent magnets. A little magnetism, however, will remain in the +soft iron after it is removed from a magnet. This is called _residual +magnetism_. + +=35. Heat and Magnetism.= Steel will completely lose its magnetism +when heated to redness, and a magnet will not attract red-hot iron. +The molecules of a piece of red-hot iron are in such a state of rapid +vibration that they refuse to be brought into line by the magnet. + +=36. Induced Magnetism.= A piece of soft iron may be induced to become +a magnet by holding it near a magnet, absolute contact not being +necessary. When the soft iron is removed, again, from the influence of +the magnet, its magnetism nearly all disappears. It is said to have +_temporary_ magnetism; it had _induced_ magnetism. If a piece of soft +iron be held near the north pole of a magnet, as in Fig. 27, poles will +be produced in the soft iron, the one nearest the magnet being the +south pole, and the other the north pole. + +[Illustration: Fig. 27.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 28.] + +=37. Magnetic Field.= If a bar magnet be laid upon the table, and a +compass be moved about it, the compass-needle will be attracted by the +magnet, and it will point in a different direction for every position +given to the compass. This strange power, called magnetism, reaches out +on all sides of a magnet. The magnet may be said to act by induction +upon the compass-needle. The space around the magnet, in which this +inductive action takes place, is called the _magnetic field_. Fig. 28 +shows some of the positions taken by a compass-needle when moved about +on one side of a bar magnet. + +[Illustration: Fig. 29.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 30.] + +=38. Magnetic Figures= can be made by sprinkling iron filings upon a +sheet of paper under which is placed a magnet. Fig. 29 shows a magnetic +figure made with an ordinary bar magnet. The magnet was placed upon the +table and over this was laid a piece of smooth paper. Fine iron filings +were sifted upon the paper, which was gently tapped so that the filings +could arrange themselves. As each particle of iron became a little +magnet, by induction, its poles were attracted and repelled by the +magnet; and when the paper was tapped they swung around to their final +positions. Notice that the filings have arranged themselves in lines. +These lines show the positions of some of the _lines of magnetic force_ +which surrounded the magnet. + +These lines of force pass from the north pole of a magnet through the +air on all sides to its south pole. + +[Illustration: Fig. 31.] + +Fig. 30 shows a magnetic figure made from two bar magnets placed side +by side, their unlike poles being next to each other. Fig. 31 shows +the magnetic figure of a horseshoe magnet with round poles, the poles +being uppermost. + +=39. The Use of Armatures.= A magnet attracts iron most strongly at its +poles, because it is at the poles that the greatest number of lines +of force pass into the air. Lines of force pass easily through soft +iron, which is said to be a good conductor of them. Air is not a good +conductor of the lines of force; in order, then, for the lines of force +to pass from the north pole of a magnet to its south pole, they must +overcome this resistance of the air, unless the armature is in place. A +magnet will gradually grow weaker when its armature is left off. + +=40. Terrestrial Magnetism.= As the compass-needle points to the north +and south, the earth must act like a magnet. There is a place very far +north, about a thousand miles from the north pole of the earth, which +is called the earth's north magnetic pole. Compass-needles point to +this place, and not to the earth's real north pole. You can see, then, +that if a compass be taken north of this magnetic pole, its north pole +will point south. Lines of force pass from the earth's north magnetic +pole through the air on all sides of the earth and enter the earth's +south magnetic pole. The compass-needle, in pointing toward the north +magnetic pole, merely takes the direction of the earth's lines of +force, just as the particles of iron filings arrange themselves in the +magnetic figures. + +=41. Declination.= As the magnetic needle does not point exactly to the +north, an angle is formed between the true north and south line and the +line of the needle. In Fig. 32 the line marked N S is the true north +and south line. The _angle of variation_, or the declination, is the +angle A between the line N S and the compass-needle. + +[Illustration: Fig. 32.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 33.] + +=42. Dip or Inclination.= If a piece of steel be carefully balanced +upon a support, and then magnetized, it will be found that it will no +longer balance. The north pole will _dip_ or point downward. Fig. 33 +shows what happens to a needle when it is held in different positions +over a bar magnet. It simply takes the directions of the lines of +force as they pass from the north to the south pole of the magnet. +As the earth's lines of force pass in curves from the north to the +south magnetic pole, you can see why the magnetic needle dips, unless +its south pole is made heavier than its north. Magnetic needles are +balanced after they are magnetized. + +[Illustration: Fig. 34.] + +Fig. 34 shows a simple form of dipping needle. These are often used +by geologists and miners. In the hands of the prospector, the +miner's compass, or dipping needle, proves a serviceable guide to the +discovery and location of magnetic iron ore. In this instrument the +magnetic needle is carefully balanced upon a horizontal axis within a +graduated circle, and in which the needle will be found to assume a +position inclined to the horizon. This angle of deviation is called the +_inclination_ or _dip_, and varies in different latitudes, and even at +different times in the same place. + +=43. The Earth's Inductive Influence.= The earth's magnetism acts +inductively upon pieces of steel or iron upon its surface. If a piece +of steel or iron, like a stove poker, for example, be held in a north +and south line with its north end dipping considerably, it will be +in the best position for the magnetism of the earth to act upon it; +that is, it will lie in the direction taken by the earth's lines of +force. If the poker be struck two or three times with a hammer to +shake up its molecules, we shall find, upon testing it, that it has +become magnetized. By this method we can pound magnetism right out of +the air with a hammer. If the magnetized poker be held level, in an +east and west direction, it will no longer be acted upon to advantage +by the inductive influence of the earth, and we can easily hammer the +magnetism out of it again. (For experiments on magnets and magnetism +see "Study," Part I.) + + + + +CHAPTER III. + +HOW ELECTRICITY IS GENERATED BY THE VOLTAIC CELL. + + +=44. Early Experiments.= In 1786 Galvani, an Italian physician, made +experiments to study the effect of static electricity upon the nervous +excitability of animals, and especially upon the frog. He found that +electric machines were not necessary to produce muscular contractions +or kicks of the frog's legs, and that they could be produced when two +different metals, Fig. 35, like iron and copper, for example, were +placed in proper contact with a nerve and a muscle and then made to +touch each other. Galvani first thought that the frog generated the +electricity instead of the metals. + +[Illustration: Fig. 35.] + +Volta proved that the electricity was caused by the contact of the +metals. He used the condensing electroscope as one means of proving +that two dissimilar metals become charged differently when in contact. +Volta also carried out his belief by constructing what is called a +_Voltaic Pile_. He thought that by making several pairs of metals so +arranged that all the little currents would help each other, a strong +current could be generated. Fig. 36 shows a _pile_, it being made by +placing a pair of zinc and copper discs in contact with one another, +then laying on the copper disc a piece of flannel soaked in brine, then +on top of this another pair, etc., etc. By connecting the first zinc +and the last copper, quite a little current was produced. This was a +start from which has been built our present knowledge of electricity. +Strictly speaking, electricity is not generated by combinations of +metals or by cells; they really keep up a difference of potential, as +will be seen. + +[Illustration: Fig. 36.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 37.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 38.] + +=45. The Simple Cell.= It has been stated that two different kinds of +electrifications may be produced by friction; one positive, the other +negative. Either can be produced, at will, by using proper materials. +Fig. 37 shows a section of a _simple cell_; Fig. 38 shows another view. +Cu is a piece of copper, and Zn a piece of zinc. When they are placed +in dilute sulphuric acid, it can be shown by delicate apparatus that +they become charged differently, because the acid acts differently +upon the plates. They become charged by chemical action, and not by +friction. The zinc is gradually dissolved, and it is this chemical +burning of the zinc that furnishes energy for the electric current in +the simple cell. The electrification, or charge, on the plates tends to +flow from the place of higher to the place of lower potential, just as +water tends to flow down hill. If a wire be joined to the two metals, a +constant current of electricity will flow through it, because the acid +continues to act upon the plates. The simple cell is a _single-fluid_ +cell, as but one liquid is used in its construction. + +=45a. Plates and Poles.= The metal strips used in voltaic cells are +called _plates_ or _elements_. The one most acted upon by the acid +is called the positive (+) plate. In the simple cell the zinc is the ++ plate, and the copper the negative (-) plate. The end of a wire +attached to the - plate is called the + pole, or electrode. Fig. 37 +shows the negative (-) electrode as the end of the wire attached to the ++ plate. + +=46. Direction of Current.= In the cell the current passes from the +zinc to the copper; that is, from the positive to the negative plate, +where bubbles of hydrogen gas are deposited. In the wire connecting the +plates, the current passes from the copper to the zinc plate. In most +cells, carbon takes the place of copper. (See "Study," Sec. 268.) + +=47. Local Currents; Amalgamation.= Ordinary zinc contains impurities +such as carbon, iron, etc., and when the acid comes in contact with +these, they form with the zinc a small cell. This tends to eat away the +zinc without producing useful currents. The little currents in the cell +from this cause are called _local currents_. (See "Study," Exp. 111, Sec. +273.) This is largely overcome by coating the zinc with mercury. This +process is called _amalgamation_. It makes the zinc act like pure zinc, +which is not acted upon by dilute sulphuric acid when the current does +not pass. (See "Study," Secs. 257, 274.) + +=48. Polarization of Cells.= Bubbles of hydrogen gas are formed when +zinc is dissolved by an acid. In the ordinary simple cell these bubbles +collect on the copper plate, and not on the zinc plate, as might be +expected. The hydrogen is not a conductor of electricity, so this film +of gas holds the current back. The hydrogen acts like a metal and sets +up a current that opposes the zinc to the copper current. Several +methods are employed to get rid of the hydrogen. (See "Study," Secs. +278, 279, 280.) + + + + +CHAPTER IV. + +VARIOUS VOLTAIC CELLS. + + +=49. Single-Fluid and Two-Fluid Cells.= The simple cell (Sec. 45) is a +single-fluid cell. The liquid is called the _electrolyte_, and this +must act upon one of the plates; that is, chemical action must take +place in order to produce a current. The simple cell polarizes rapidly, +so something must be used with the dilute sulphuric acid to destroy the +hydrogen bubbles. This is done in the _bichromate of potash cell_. + +In order to get complete depolarization--that is, to keep the carbon +plate almost perfectly free from hydrogen, it is necessary to use +_two-fluid cells_, or those to which some solid depolarizer is added to +the one fluid. + +=50. Open and Closed Circuit Cells.= If we consider a voltaic cell, the +wires attached to it, and perhaps some instrument through which the +current passes, we have an _electric circuit_. When the current passes, +the circuit is _closed_, but when the wire is cut, or in any way +disconnected so that the current can not pass, the circuit is _open_ or +_broken_. (See "Study," Sec. 266.) + +_Open Circuit Cells_ are those which can give momentary currents at +intervals, such as are needed for bells, telephones, etc. These must +have plenty of time to rest, as they polarize when the circuit is +closed for a long time. The _Leclanche_ and _dry_ cells are the most +common open circuit cells. + +_Closed Circuit Cells._ For telegraph lines, motors, etc., where a +current is needed for some time, the cell must be of such a nature +that it will not polarize quickly; it must give a strong and constant +current. The _bichromate_ and _gravity cells_ are examples of this +variety. (See "Study," Sec. 286.) + +=51. Bichromate of Potash Cells= are very useful for general laboratory +work. They are especially useful for operating induction coils, small +motors, small incandescent lamps, for heating platinum wires, etc. +These cells have an E.M.F. of about 2 volts. Dilute sulphuric acid is +used as the exciting fluid, and in this is dissolved the bichromate of +potash which keeps the hydrogen bubbles from the carbon plate. (See +"Apparatus Book," Sec. 26.) Zinc and carbon are used for the plates, the + +pole being the wire attached to the carbon. + +[Illustration: Fig. 39.] + +Fig. 39 shows one form of bichromate cell. It furnishes a large +quantity of current, and as the zinc can be raised from the fluid, it +may be kept charged ready for use for many months, and can be set in +action any time when required by lowering the zinc into the liquid. Two +of these cells will burn a one candle-power miniature incandescent lamp +several hours. The carbon is indestructible. + + =Note.= For various forms of home-made cells, see "Apparatus + Book," Chapter I., and for battery fluids see Chapter II. + +=52. The Grenet Cell.= Fig. 40 is another form of bichromate cell. The +carbon plates are left in the fluid constantly. The zinc plate should +be raised when the cell is not in use, to keep it from being uselessly +dissolved. + +[Illustration: Fig. 40.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 41.] + +=53. Plunge Batteries.= Two or more cells are often arranged so that +their elements can be quickly lowered into the acid solution. Such a +combination, Fig. 41, is called a _plunge battery_. The binding-posts +are so arranged that currents of different strengths can be taken from +the combination. The two binding-posts on the right of the battery +will give the current of one cell; the two binding-posts on the left +of the battery will give the current of two cells, and the two end +binding-posts will give the current of all three cells. When not in +use the elements must always be hung on the hooks and kept out of the +solution. + +=54. Large Plunge Batteries=. Fig. 42, are arranged with a winch and +a bar above the cells; these afford a ready and convenient means of +lifting or lowering the elements and avoiding waste. In the battery +shown, Fig. 42, the zincs are 4x6 inches; the carbons have the same +dimensions, but there are two carbon plates to each zinc, thus giving +double the carbon surface. + +[Illustration: Fig. 42.] + +=55. The Fuller Cell=, Fig. 43, is another type of bichromate cell, +used largely for long-distance telephone service, for telephone +exchange and switch service, for running small motors, etc. It consists +of a glass jar, a carbon plate, with proper connections, a clay porous +cup, containing the zinc, which is made in the form of a cone. A little +mercury is placed in the porous cup to keep the zinc well amalgamated. +Either bichromate of potash or bichromate of soda can be used as a +depolarizer. + +[Illustration: Fig. 43.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 44.] + +=56. The Gravity Cell=, sometimes called the _bluestone_ or _crowfoot_ +cell, is used largely for telegraph, police, and fire-alarm signal +service, laboratory and experimental work, or whenever a closed circuit +cell is required. The E.M.F. is about one volt. This is a modified form +of the Daniell cell. Fig. 44 shows a home-made gravity cell. + +A copper plate is placed at the bottom of the glass jar, and upon +this rests a solution of copper sulphate (bluestone). The zinc plate +is supported about four inches above the copper, and is surrounded +by a solution of zinc sulphate which floats upon the top of the blue +solution. An insulated wire reaches from the copper to the top of the +cell and forms the positive pole. (See "Apparatus Book," Secs. 11 to 15, +for home-made gravity cell, its regulation, etc. For experiments with +two-fluid Daniell cell, see "Study," Exp. 113, Secs. 281 to 286.) + +[Illustration: Fig. 45.] + +=56a. Bunsen Cells,= Fig. 45, are used for motors, small incandescent +lamps, etc. A carbon rod is inclosed in a porous cup, on the outside of +which is a cylinder of zinc that stands in dilute sulphuric acid, the +carbon being in nitric acid. + +=57. The Leclanche Cell= is an open circuit cell. Sal ammoniac is used +as the exciting fluid, carbon and zinc being used for plates. Manganese +dioxide is used as the depolarizer; this surrounds the carbon plate, +the two being either packed together in a porous cup or held together +in the form of cakes. The porous cup, or pressed cake, stands in the +exciting fluid. The E. M. F. is about 1.5 volts. + +[Illustration: Fig. 46.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 47.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 48.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 49.] + +Fig. 46 shows a form with porous cup. The binding-post at the top of +the carbon plate forms the + electrode, the current leaving the cell at +this point. + +_The Gonda Prism Cell_ (Fig. 47), is a form of Leclanche in which the +depolarizer is in the form of a cake. + +=58. Dry Cells= are open circuit cells, and can be carried about, +although they are moist inside. The + pole is the end of the carbon +plate. Zinc is used as the outside case and + plate. Fig. 48 shows the +ordinary forms. + +Fig. 49 shows a number of dry cells arranged in a box with switch in +front, so that the current can be regulated at will. + +[Illustration: Fig. 50.] + +=59. The Edison-Lelande Cells=, Fig. 50, are made in several sizes and +types. Zinc and copper oxide, which is pressed into plates, form the +elements. The exciting fluid consists of a 25 per cent. solution of +caustic potash in water. They are designed for both open and closed +circuit work. + + + + +CHAPTER V. + +ABOUT PUSH-BUTTONS, SWITCHES AND BINDING-POSTS. + + +=60. Electrical Connections.= In experimental work, as well as in +the everyday work of the electrician, electrical connections must +constantly be made. One wire must be joined to another, just for a +moment, perhaps, or one piece of apparatus must be put in an electric +circuit with other apparatus, or the current must be turned on or off +from motors, lamps, etc. In order to conveniently and quickly make such +connections, apparatus called push-buttons, switches and binding-posts +are used. + +[Illustration: Fig. 51.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 52.] + +=61. Push-Buttons.= The simple act of pressing your finger upon a +movable button, or knob, may ring a bell a mile away, or do some other +equally wonderful thing. Fig. 51 shows a simple push-button, somewhat +like a simple key in construction. If we cut a wire, through which a +current is passing, then join one of the free ends to the screw A and +the other end to screw C, we shall be able to let the current pass at +any instant by pressing the spring B firmly upon A. + +Push-buttons are made in all sorts of shapes and sizes. Fig. 52 gives +an idea of the general internal construction. The current enters A by +one wire, and leaves by another wire as soon as the button is pushed +and B is forced down to A. The bottom of the little button rests upon +the top of B. + +Fig. 53 shows a _Table Clamp-Push_ for use on dining-tables, +card-tables, chairs, desks, and other movable furniture. Fig. 54 shows +a combination of push-button, speaking-tube, and letter-box used in +city apartment houses. Fig. 55 shows an _Indicating Push_. The buzzer +indicates, by the sound, whether the call has been heard; that is, the +person called answers back. + +[Illustration: Fig. 53.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 54.] + +_Modifications_ of ordinary push-buttons are used for floor +push-buttons, on doors, windows, etc., for burglar-alarms, for turning +off or on lights, etc., etc. (See "Apparatus Book," Chapter III., for +home-made push-buttons.) + +[Illustration: Fig. 55.] + +=62. Switches= have a movable bar or plug of metal, moving on a pivot, +to make or break a circuit, or transfer a current from one conductor to +another. + +Fig. 56 shows a _single point switch_. The current entering the pivoted +arm can go no farther when the switch is open, as shown. To close +the circuit, the arm is pushed over until it presses down upon the +contact-point. For neatness, both wires are joined to the under side of +the switch or to binding-posts. + +[Illustration: Fig. 56.] + +Fig. 57 shows a _knife switch_. Copper blades are pressed down between +copper spring clips to close the circuit. The handle is made of +insulating material. + +_Pole-changing switches_, Fig. 58, are used for changing or reversing +the poles of batteries, etc. + +Fig. 59 shows a home-made switch, useful in connection with resistance +coils. By joining the ends of the coils A, B, C, D, with the +contact-points 1, 2, 3, etc., more or less resistance can be easily +thrown in by simply swinging the lever E around to the left or right. +If E be turned to 1, the current will be obliged to pass through all +the coils A, B, etc., before it can pass out at Y. If E be moved to +3, coils A and B will be cut out of the circuit, thus decreasing the +resistance to the current on its way from X to Y. Current regulators +are made upon this principle. (See "Apparatus Book," Chapter IV., for +home-made switches.) + +[Illustration: Fig. 57.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 58.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 59.] + +_Switchboards_ are made containing from two or three to hundreds of +switches, and are used in telegraph and telephone work, in electric +light stations, etc., etc. (See Chapter on Central Stations.) Fig. 60 +shows a switch used for incandescent lighting currents. + +[Illustration: Fig. 60.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 61.] + +=63. Binding-Posts= are used to make connections between two pieces of +apparatus, between two or more wires, between a wire and any apparatus, +etc., etc. They allow the wires to be quickly fastened or unfastened +to the apparatus. A large part of the apparatus shown in this book has +binding-posts attached. Fig. 61 shows a few of the common forms used. +(See "Apparatus Book," Chapter V., for home-made binding-posts.) + + + + +CHAPTER VI. + +UNITS AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENTS. + + +=64. Electrical Units.= In order to measure electricity for +experimental or commercial purposes, standards or units are just as +necessary as the inch or foot for measuring distances. + +=65. Potential; Electromotive Force.= If water in a tall tank be +allowed to squirt from two holes, one near the bottom, the other near +the top, it is evident that the force of the water that comes from the +hole at the bottom will be the greater. The pressure at the bottom is +greater than that near the top, because the "head" is greater. + +When a spark of static electricity jumps a long distance, we say that +the charge has a high _potential_; that is, it has a high electrical +pressure. Potential, for electricity, means the same as pressure, for +water. The greater the potential, or _electromotive force_ (E.M.F.) of +a cell, the greater its power to push a current through wires. (See +"Study," Secs. 296 to 305, with experiments.) + +=66. Unit of E.M.F.; the Volt.=--In speaking of water, we say that its +pressure is so many pounds to the square inch, or that it has a fall, +or head, of so many feet. We speak of a current as having so many +volts; for example, we say that a wire is carrying a 110-volt current. +The volt is the unit of E.M.F. An ordinary gravity cell has an E.M.F. +of about one volt. This name was given in honor of Volta. + +=67. Measurement of Electromotive Force.= There are several ways by +which the E.M.F. of a cell, for example, can be measured. It is usually +measured _relatively_, by comparison with the E. M. F. of some standard +cell. (See "Study," Exp. 140, for measuring the E. M. F. of a cell by +comparison with the two-fluid cell.) + +[Illustration: Fig. 62.] + +_Voltmeters_ are instruments by means of which E. M. F. can be read on +a printed scale. They are a variety of galvanometer, and are made with +coils of such high resistance, compared with the resistance of a cell +or dynamo, that the E. M. F. can be read direct. The reason for this +will be seen by referring to Ohm's law ("Study," Sec. 356); the resistance +is so great that the strength of the current depends entirely upon the +E. M. F. + +[Illustration: Fig. 63.] + +Voltmeters measure electrical pressure just as steam gauges measure +the pressure of steam. Fig. 62 shows one form of voltmeter. Fig. 63 +shows a voltmeter with illuminated dial. An electrical bulb behind the +instrument furnishes light so that the readings can be easily taken. + +=68. Electrical Resistance.= Did you ever ride down hill on a +hand-sled? How easily the sled glides over the snow! What happens, +though, when you strike a bare place, or a place where some evil-minded +person has sprinkled ashes? Does the sled pass easily over bare ground +or ashes? Snow offers very little _resistance_ to the sled, while ashes +offer a great resistance. + +[Illustration: Fig. 64.] + +All substances do not allow the electric current to pass through +them with the same ease. Even the liquid in a cell tends to hold the +current back and offers _internal resistance_. The various wires and +instruments connected to a cell offer _external resistance_. (See +"Study," Chapter XVIII., for experiments, etc.) + +=69. Unit of Resistance.= =The Ohm= is the name given to the unit of +resistance. About 9 ft. 9 in. of No. 30 copper wire, or 39 feet 1 in. +of No. 24 copper wire, will make a fairly accurate ohm. + +_Resistance coils_, having carefully measured resistances, are made +for standards. (See "Apparatus Book," Chapter XVII., for home-made +resistance coils.) Fig. 64 shows a commercial form of a standard +resistance coil. The coil is inclosed in a case and has large wires +leading from its ends for connections. Fig. 65 gives an idea of +the way in which coils are wound and used with plugs to build up +_resistance boxes_, Fig. 66. + +=70. Laws of Resistance.= 1. The resistance of a wire is directly +proportional to its length, provided its cross-section, material, etc., +are uniform. + +2. The resistance of a wire is inversely proportional to its area of +cross-section; or, in other words, inversely proportional to the square +of its diameter, other things being equal. + +[Illustration: Fig. 65.] + +3. The resistance of a wire depends upon its material, as well as upon +its length, size, etc. + +4. The resistance of a wire increases as its temperature rises. (See +"Study," Chapters XVIII. and XIX., for experiments on resistance, its +measurement, etc.) + +[Illustration: Fig. 66.] + +=71. Current Strength.= The strength of a current at the end of a +circuit depends not only upon the _electrical pressure_, or E. M. F., +which drives the current, but also upon the _resistance_ which has to +be overcome. The greater the resistance the weaker the current at the +end of its journey. + +=72. Unit of Current Strength; The Ampere.= A current having an E. M. +F. of _one volt_, pushing its way through a resistance of _one ohm_, +would have a unit of strength, called _one ampere_. This current, one +ampere strong, would deposit, under proper conditions, .0003277 gramme +of copper in _one second_ from a solution of copper sulphate. + +=73. Measurement of Current Strength.= A magnetic needle is deflected +when a current passes around it, as in instruments like the +galvanometer. The _galvanoscope_ merely indicates the presence of a +current. _Galvanometers_ measure the strength of a current, and they +are made in many forms, depending upon the nature and strength of the +currents to be measured. Galvanometers are standardized, or calibrated, +by special measurements, or by comparison with some standard +instrument, so that when the deflection is a certain number of degrees, +the current passing through it is known to be of a certain strength. + +[Illustration: Fig. 67.] + +Fig. 67 shows an _astatic galvanometer_. Fig. 68 shows a _tangent +galvanometer_, in which the strength of the current is proportional +to the tangent of the angle of deflection. Fig. 69 shows a _D'Arsonval +galvanometer_, in which a coil of wire is suspended between the poles +of a permanent horseshoe magnet. The lines of force are concentrated +by the iron core of the coil. The two thin suspending wires convey the +current to the coil. A ray of light is reflected from the small mirror +and acts as a pointer as in other forms of reflecting galvanometers. + +[Illustration: Fig. 68.] + +=74. The Ammeter=, Fig. 70, is a form of galvanometer in which the +strength of a current, in amperes, can be read. In these the strength +of current is proportional to the angular deflections. The coils are +made with a small resistance, so that the current will not be greatly +reduced in strength in passing through them. + +[Illustration: Fig. 69.] + +=75. Voltameters= measure the strength of a current by chemical means, +the quantity of metal deposited or gas generated being proportional +to the time that the current flows and to its strength. In the _water +voltameter_, Fig. 71, the hydrogen and oxygen produced in a given time +are measured. (See "Study," Chapter XXI.) + +[Illustration: Fig. 70.] + +The _copper voltameter_ measures the amount of copper deposited in a +given time by the current. Fig. 72 shows one form. The copper cathode +is weighed before and after the current flows. The weight of copper +deposited and the time taken are used to calculate the current strength. + +[Illustration: Fig. 71.] + +=76. Unit of Quantity=; =The Coulomb= is the quantity of electricity +given, in _one second_, by a current having a strength of one ampere. +Time is an important element in considering the work a current can do. + +[Illustration: Fig. 72.] + +=77. Electrical Horse-power=; =The Watt= is the unit of electrical +power. A current having the strength of one ampere, and an E. M. +F. of one volt has a unit of power. 746 watts make one electrical +horse-power. Watts = amperes x volts. Fig. 73 shows a direct reading +wattmeter based on the international volt and ampere. They save taking +simultaneous ammeter and voltmeter readings, which are otherwise +necessary to get the product of volts and amperes, and are also used on +alternating current measurements. + +[Illustration: Fig. 73.] + +There are also forms of wattmeters, Fig. 74, in which the watts are +read from dials like those on an ordinary gas-meter, the records being +permanent. + +Fig. 75 shows a voltmeter V, and ammeter A, so placed in the circuit +that readings can be taken. D represents a dynamo. A is placed so that +the whole current passes through it, while V is placed between the main +wires to measure the difference in potential. The product of the two +readings in volts and amperes gives the number of watts. + +[Illustration: Fig. 74.] + +=78. Chemical Meters= also measure the quantity of current that is +used; for example, one may be placed in the cellar to measure the +quantity of current used to light the house. + +[Illustration: Fig. 75.] + +Fig. 76 shows a chemical meter, a part of the current passing through +a jar containing zinc plates and a solution of zinc sulphate. Metallic +zinc is dissolved from one plate and deposited upon the other. The +increase in weight shows the amount of chemical action which is +proportional to the ampere hours. Knowing the relation between the +quantity of current that can pass through the solution to that which +can pass through the meter by another conductor, a calculation can be +made which will give the current used. A lamp is so arranged that it +automatically lights before the meter gets to the freezing-point; this +warms it up to the proper temperature, at which point the light goes +out again. + +[Illustration: Fig. 76.] + + + + +CHAPTER VII. + +CHEMICAL EFFECTS OF THE ELECTRIC CURRENT. + + +=79. Electrolysis.= It has been seen that in the voltaic cell +electricity is generated by chemical action. Sulphuric acid acts upon +zinc and dissolves it in the cell, hydrogen is produced, etc. When +this process is reversed, that is, when the electric current is passed +through some solutions, they are decomposed, or broken up into their +constituents. This process is called _electrolysis_, and the compound +decomposed is the _electrolyte_. (See "Study," Sec. 369, etc., with +experiments.) + +[Illustration: Fig. 77.] + +Fig. 77 shows how water can be decomposed into its two constituents, +hydrogen and oxygen, there being twice as much hydrogen formed as +oxygen. + +Fig. 78 shows a glass jar in which are placed two metal strips, A and +C, these being connected with two cells. In this jar may be placed +various conducting solutions to be tested. If, for example, we use +a solution of copper sulphate, its chemical formula being CuSO_{4}, +the current will break it up into Cu (copper) and SO_{4}. The Cu will +be deposited upon C as the current passes from A to C through the +solution. A is called the _anode_, and C the _cathode_. + +[Illustration: Fig. 78.] + +Fig. 79 shows another form of jar used to study the decomposition of +solutions by the electric current. + +[Illustration: Fig 79.] + +=80. Ions.= When a solution is decomposed into parts by a current, the +parts are called the _Ions_. When copper sulphate (Cu SO_{4}) is used, +the ions are Cu, which is a metal, and SO_{4}, called an acid radical. +When silver nitrate (Ag NO_{3}) is used, Ag and NO_{3} are the ions. +The metal part of the compound goes to the cathode. + + + + +CHAPTER VIII. + +HOW ELECTROPLATING AND ELECTROTYPING ARE DONE. + + +=81. Electricity and Chemical Action.= We have just seen, Chapter VII., +that the electric current has the power to decompose certain compounds +when they are in solution. By choosing the right solutions, then, we +shall be able to get copper, silver, and other metals set free by +electrolysis. + +=82. Electroplating= consists in coating substances with metal with +the aid of the electric current. If we wish to electroplate a piece +of metal with copper, for example, we can use the arrangement shown +in Fig. 78, in which C is the cathode plate to be covered, and A is +a copper plate. The two are in a solution of copper sulphate, and, +as explained in Sec. 79, the solution will be decomposed. Copper will +be deposited upon C, and the SO_{4} part of the solution will go to +the anode A, which it will attack and gradually dissolve. The SO_{4}, +acting upon the copper anode, makes CuSO_{4} again, and this keeps the +solution at a uniform strength. The amount of copper dissolved from the +copper anode equals, nearly, the amount deposited upon the cathode. The +metal is carried in the direction of the current. + +If we wish to plate something with silver or gold, it will be necessary +to use a solution of silver or gold for the electrolyte, a plate of +metallic silver or gold being used for the anode, as the case may be. + +Great care is used in cleaning substances to be plated, all dirt and +grease being carefully removed. + +Fig. 80 shows a plating bath in which several articles can be plated +at the same time by hanging them upon a metal bar which really forms a +part of the cathode. If, for example, we wish to plate knives, spoons, +etc., with silver, they would be hung from the bar shown, each being a +part of the cathode. The vat would contain a solution of silver, and +from the other bar would be hung a silver plate having a surface about +equal to that of the combined knives, etc. + +[Illustration: Fig. 80.] + +Most metals are coated with copper before they are plated with silver +or gold. When plating is done on a large scale, a current from a dynamo +is used. For experimental purposes a Gravity cell will do very well. +(See "Study," Secs. 374 to 380 with experiments.) + +=83. Electrotyping.= It was observed by De La Rue in 1836 that in the +Daniell cell an even coating of copper was deposited upon the copper +plate. From this was developed the process of electrotyping, which +consists in making a copy in metal of a wood-cut, page of type, etc. +A mould or impression of the type or coin is first made in wax, or +other suitable material. These moulds are, of course, the reverse +of the original, and as they do not conduct electricity, have to be +coated with graphite. This thin coating lines the mould with conducting +material so that the current can get to every part of the mould. +These are then hung upon the cathode in a bath of copper sulphate +as described in Sec. 82. The electric current which passes through the +vat deposits a thin layer of metallic copper next to the graphite. +When this copper gets thick enough, the wax is melted away from it, +leaving a thin shell of copper, the side next to the graphite being +exactly alike in shape to the type, but made of copper. These thin +copper sheets are too thin to stand the pressure necessary on printing +presses, so they are strengthened by backing them with soft metal which +fills every crevice, making solid plates about 1/4 in. thick. These +plates or _electrotypes_ are used to print from, the original type +being used to set up another page. + + + + +CHAPTER IX. + +THE STORAGE BATTERY, AND HOW IT WORKS. + + +=84. Polarization.= It has been stated that a simple cell polarizes +rapidly on account of hydrogen bubbles that form upon the copper plate. +They tend to send a current in the opposite direction to that of the +main current, which is thereby weakened. + +[Illustration: Fig. 81.] + +=85. Electromotive Force of Polarization.= It has been shown, Fig. 71, +that water can be decomposed by the electric current. Hydrogen and +oxygen have a strong attraction or chemical affinity for each other, or +they would not unite to form water. This attraction has to be overcome +before the water can be decomposed. As soon as the decomposing current +ceases to flow, the gases formed try to rush together again; in fact, +if the water voltameter be disconnected from the cells and connected +with a galvanoscope, the presence of a current will be shown. This +voltameter will give a current with an E. M. F. of nearly 1.5 volts; so +it is evident that we must have a current with a higher voltage than +this to decompose water. This E. M. F., due to polarization, is called +the E. M. F. of polarization. + +=86. Secondary or Storage Batteries=, also called _accumulators_, do +not really store electricity. They must be charged by a current before +they can give out any electricity. Chemical changes are produced in the +storage cells by the charging current just as they are in voltameters, +electroplating solutions, etc.; so it is potential chemical energy +that is really stored. When the new products are allowed to go back to +their original state, by joining the electrodes of the charged cell, a +current is produced. + +Fig. 81 shows two lead plates, A and B, immersed in dilute sulphuric +acid, and connected with two ordinary cells. A strong current will pass +through the liquid between A and B at first, but it will quickly become +weaker, as chemical changes take place in the liquid. This may be shown +by a galvanometer put in the circuit before beginning the experiment. +By disconnecting the wires from the cells and joining them to the +galvanometer, it will be shown that a current comes from the lead +plates. This arrangement may be called a simple storage cell. Regular +storage cells are charged with the current from a dynamo. (See "Study," +Exp. 151.) + +[Illustration: Fig. 82.] + +The first storage cells were made of plain lead plates, rolled up in +such a way that they were close to each other, but did not touch. These +were placed in dilute sulphuric acid. They were charged in alternate +directions several times, until the lead became properly acted upon, at +which time the cell would furnish a current. + +A great improvement was made in 1881, by Faure, who coated the plates +with red lead. + +[Illustration: Fig. 83.] + +The method now generally practiced is to cast a frame of lead, with +raised right-angled ribs on each side, thus forming little depressed +squares, or to punch a lead plate full of holes, which squares or holes +are then filled with a pasty mixture of red oxide of lead in positive +plates, and with litharge in negatives. In a form called the chloride +battery, instead of cementing lead oxide paste into or against a lead +framing in order to obtain the necessary active material, the latter is +obtained by a strictly chemical process. + +Fig. 82 shows a storage cell with plates, etc., contained in a glass +jar. Fig. 83 shows a cell of 41 plates, set up in a lead-lined wood +tank. Fig. 84 shows three cells joined in series. Many storage cells +are used in central electric light stations to help the dynamos during +the "rush" hours at night. They are charged during the day when the +load on the dynamos is not heavy. + +Fig. 85 shows another form of storage cell containing a number of +plates. + +[Illustration: Fig. 84.] + +=87. The Uses of Storage Batteries= are almost numberless. The current +can be used for nearly everything for which a constant current is +adapted, the following being some of its applications: Carriage +propulsion; electric launch propulsion; train lighting; yacht lighting; +carriage lighting; bicycle lighting; miners' lamps; dental, medical, +surgical, and laboratory work; phonographs; kinetoscopes; automaton +pianos; sewing-machine motors; fan motors; telegraph; telephone; +electric bell; electric fire-alarm; heat regulating; railroad switch +and signal apparatus. + +By the installing of a storage plant many natural but small sources +of power may be utilized in furnishing light and power; sources which +otherwise are not available, because not large enough to supply maximum +demands. The force of the tides, of small water powers from irrigating +ditches, and even of the wind, come under this heading. + +[Illustration: Fig. 85.] + +As a regulator of pressure, in case of fluctuations in the load, the +value of a storage plant is inestimable. These fluctuations of load are +particularly noticeable in electric railway plants, where the demand is +constantly rising and falling, sometimes jumping from almost nothing to +the maximum, and _vice versa_, in a few seconds. If for no other reason +than the prevention of severe strain on the engines and generators, +caused by these fluctuations of demand, a storage plant will be +valuable. + + + + +CHAPTER X. + +HOW ELECTRICITY IS GENERATED BY HEAT. + + +=88. Thermoelectricity= is the name given to electricity that is +generated by heat. If a strip of iron, I, be connected between two +strips of copper, C C, these being joined by a copper wire, C W, we +shall have an arrangement that will generate a current when heated at +either of the junctions between C and I. When it is heated at A the +current will flow as shown by arrows, from C to I. If we heat at B, +the current will flow in the opposite direction through the metals, +although it will still go from C to I as before. Such currents are +called _thermoelectric currents_. + +[Illustration: Fig. 86.] + +Different pairs of metals produce different results. Antimony and +bismuth are generally used, because the greatest effect is produced +by them. If the end of a strip of bismuth be soldered to the end of +a similar strip of antimony, and the free ends be connected to a +galvanometer of low resistance, the presence of a current will be shown +when the point of contact becomes hotter than the rest of the circuit. +The current will flow from bismuth to antimony across the joint. By +cooling the juncture below the temperature of the rest of the circuit, +a current will be produced in the opposite direction to the above. The +energy of the current is kept up by the heat absorbed, just as it is +kept up by chemical action in the voltaic cell. + +=89. Peltier Effect.= If an electric current be passed through pairs of +metals, the parts at the junction become slightly warmer or cooler than +before, depending upon the direction of the current. This action is +really the reverse of that in which currents are produced by heat. + +[Illustration: Fig. 87.] + +=90. Thermopiles.= As the E.M.F. of the current produced by a single +pair of metals is very small, several pairs are usually joined in +series, so that the different currents will help each other by flowing +in the same direction. Such combinations are called thermoelectric +piles, or simply _thermopiles_. + +Fig. 87 shows such an arrangement, in which a large number of elements +are placed in a small space. The junctures are so arranged that the +alternate ones come together at one side. + +Fig. 88 shows a thermopile connected with a galvanometer. The heat of +a match, or the cold of a piece of ice, will produce a current, even if +held at some distance from the thermopile. The galvanometer should be +a short-coil astatic one. (See "Study," Chapter XXIV., for experiments +and home-made thermopile.) + +[Illustration: Fig. 88.] + + + + +CHAPTER XI. + +MAGNETIC EFFECTS OF THE ELECTRIC CURRENT. + + +=91. Electromagnetism= is the name given to magnetism that is developed +by electricity. We have seen that if a magnetic needle be placed in the +field of a magnet, its N pole will point in the direction taken by the +lines of force as they pass from the N to the S pole of the magnet. + +[Illustration: Fig. 89.] + +=92. Lines of Force about a Wire.= When a current passes through a +wire, the magnetic needle placed over or under it tends to take a +position at right angles to the wire. Fig. 89 shows such a wire and +needle, and how the needle is deflected; it twists right around from +its N and S position as soon as the current begins to flow. This shows +that the lines of force pass _around_ the wire and not in the direction +of its length. The needle does not swing entirely perpendicular to the +wire, that is, to the E and W line, because the earth is at the same +time pulling its N pole toward the N. + +Fig. 90 shows a bent wire through which a current passes from C to Z. +If you look along the wire from C toward the points A and B, you will +see that _under_ the wire the lines of force pass to the left. Looking +along the wire from Z toward D you will see that the lines of force +pass opposite to the above, as the current comes _toward_ you. This is +learned by experiment. (See "Study," Exp. 152, Sec. 385, etc.) + +[Illustration: Fig. 90.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 91.] + +_Rule._ Hold the right hand with the thumb extended (Fig. 89) and with +the fingers pointing in the direction of the current, the palm being +toward the needle and on the opposite side of the wire from the needle. +The north-seeking pole will then be deflected in the direction in which +the thumb points. + +=93. Current Detectors.= As there is a magnetic field about a wire when +a current passes through it, and as the magnetic needle is affected, we +have a means of detecting the presence of a current. When the current +is strong it is simply necessary to let it pass once over or under a +needle; when it is weak, the wire must pass several times above and +below the needle, Fig. 91, to give the needle motion. (See "Apparatus +Book," Chapter XIII., for home-made detectors.) + +[Illustration: Fig. 92.] + +=94. Astatic Needles and Detectors.= By arranging two magnetized +needles with their poles opposite each other, Fig. 92, an _astatic +needle_ is formed. The pointing-power is almost nothing, although +their magnetic fields are retained. This combination is used to detect +feeble currents. In the ordinary detector, the tendency of the needle +to point to the N and S has to be overcome by the magnetic field about +the coil before the needle can be moved; but in the _astatic detector_ +and _galvanoscope_ this pointing-power is done away with. Fig. 93 shows +a simple _astatic galvanoscope_. Fig. 67 shows an astatic galvanometer +for measuring weak currents. + +[Illustration: Fig. 93.] + +=95. Polarity of Coils.= When a current of electricity passes through +a coil of wire, the coil acts very much like a magnet, although no +iron enters into its construction. The coil becomes magnetized by the +electric current, lines of force pass from it into the air, etc. Fig. +94 shows a coil connected to copper and zinc plates, so arranged with +cork that the whole can float in a dish of dilute sulphuric acid. The +current passes as shown by the arrows, and when the N pole of a magnet +is brought near the right-hand end, there is a repulsion, showing that +that end of the coil has a N pole. + +_Rule._ When you face the right-hand end of the coil, the current is +seen to pass around it in an anti-clockwise direction; this produces a +N pole. When the current passes in a clockwise direction a S pole is +produced. + +[Illustration: Fig. 94.] + +=96. Electromagnets.= A coil of wire has a stronger field than a +straight wire carrying the same current, because each turn adds its +field to the fields of the other turns. By having the central part of +the coil made of iron, or by having the coil of insulated wire wound +upon an iron _core_, the strength of the magnetic field of the coil is +greatly increased. + +Lines of force do not pass as readily through air as through iron; +in fact, lines of force will go out of their way to go through iron. +With a coil of wire the lines of force pass from its N pole through +the air on all sides of the coil to its S pole; they then pass through +the inside of the coil and through the air back to the N pole. When +the resistance to their passage through the coil is decreased by the +core, the magnetic field is greatly strengthened, and we have an +_electromagnet_. + +The coil of wire temporarily magnetizes the iron core; it can +permanently magnetize a piece of steel used as a core. (See "Study," +Chapter XXII., for experiments.) + +[Illustration: Fig. 95.] + +=97. Forms of Electromagnets.= Fig. 95 shows a _straight, or +bar electromagnet_. Fig. 96 shows a simple form of _horseshoe +electromagnet_. As this form is not easily wound, the coils are +generally wound on two separate cores which are then joined by a +_yoke_. The yoke merely takes the place of the curved part shown +in Fig. 96. In Fig. 97 is shown the ordinary form of horseshoe +electromagnet used for all sorts of electrical instruments. (See +"Apparatus Book," Chapter IX., for home-made electromagnets.) + +=98. Yokes and Armatures.= In the horseshoe magnet there are two poles +to attract and two to induce. The lines of force pass through the yoke +on their way from one core to the other, instead of going through +the air. This reduces the resistance to them. If we had no yoke we +should simply have two straight electromagnets, and the resistance to +the lines of force would be so great that the total strength would +be much reduced. Yokes are made of soft iron, as well as the cores +and armature. The _armature_, as with permanent horseshoe magnets, is +strongly drawn toward the poles. As soon as the current ceases to flow, +the attraction also ceases. + +[Illustration: Fig. 96.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 97.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 98.] + +Beautiful magnetic figures can be made with horseshoe magnets. Fig. 98 +shows that the coils must be joined so that the current can pass around +the cores in opposite directions to make unlike poles. (See "Study," +Exp. 164 to 173.) + + + + +CHAPTER XII. + +HOW ELECTRICITY IS GENERATED BY INDUCTION. + + +=99. Electromagnetic Induction.= We have seen that a magnet has the +power to act through space and induce another piece of iron or steel +to become a magnet. A charge of static electricity can induce a +charge upon another conductor. We have now to see how a _current_ of +electricity in one conductor can induce a current in another conductor, +not in any way connected with the first, and how a magnet and a coil +can generate a current. + +[Illustration: Fig. 99.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 100.] + +=100. Current from Magnet and Coil.= If a bar magnet, Fig. 99, be +suddenly thrust into a hollow coil of wire, a momentary current of +electricity will be generated in the coil. No current passes when the +magnet and coil are still; at least one of them must be in motion. Such +a current is said to be _induced_, and is an _inverse_ one when the +magnet is inserted, and a _direct_ one when the magnet is withdrawn +from the coil. + +=101. Induced Currents and Lines of Force.= Permanent magnets are +constantly sending out thousands of lines of force. Fig. 100 shows +a bar magnet entering a coil of wire; the number of lines of force +is increasing, and the induced current passes in an anti-clockwise +direction when looking down into the coil along the lines of force. +This produces an indirect current. If an iron core be used in the coil, +the induced current will be greatly strengthened. + +[Illustration: Fig. 101.] + +It takes force to move a magnet through the center of a coil, and it +is this work that is the source of the induced current. We have, in +this simple experiment, the key to the action of the dynamo and other +electrical machines. + +=102. Current from two Coils.= Fig. 101 shows two coils of wire, the +smaller being connected to a cell, the larger to a galvanometer. +By moving the small coil up and down inside of the large one, +induced currents are generated, first in one direction and then in +the opposite. We have here two entirely separate circuits, in no +way connected. The _primary_ current comes from the cell, while the +_secondary_ current is an induced one. By placing a core in the small +coil of Fig. 101, the induced current will be greatly strengthened. + +It is not necessary to have the two coils so that one or both of them +can move. They may be wound on the same core, or otherwise arranged as +in the induction coil. (See "Study," Chapter XXV., for experiments on +induced currents.) + + + + +CHAPTER XIII. + +HOW THE INDUCTION COIL WORKS. + + +=103. The Coils.= We saw, Sec. 102, that an induced current was generated +when a current-carrying coil, Fig. 101, was thrust into another coil +connected with a galvanometer. The galvanometer was used merely to show +the presence of the current. The _primary coil_ is the one connected +with the cell; the other one is called the _secondary coil_. + +[Illustration: Fig. 102.] + +When a current suddenly begins to flow through a coil, the effect upon +a neighboring coil is the same as that produced by suddenly bringing +a magnet near it; and when the current stops, the opposite effect is +produced. It is evident, then, that we can keep the small coil of +Fig. 101 with its core inside of the large coil, and generate induced +currents by merely making and breaking the primary circuit. + +We may consider that when the primary circuit is closed, the lines of +force shoot out through the turns of the secondary coil just as they +do when a magnet or a current-carrying coil is thrust into it. Upon +opening the circuit, the lines of force cease to exist; that is, we may +imagine them drawn in again. + +=104. Construction.= Fig. 102 shows one form of home-made induction +coil, given here merely to explain the action and connections. Nearly +all induction coils have some form of automatic current interrupter, +placed in the primary circuit, to rapidly turn the current off and on. + +_Details of Figs. 102 and 103._ Wires 5 and 6 are the ends of the +primary coil, while wires 7 and 8 are the terminals of the secondary +coil. The primary coil is wound on a bolt which serves as the core, and +on this coil is wound the secondary which consists of many turns of +fine wire. The wires from a battery should be joined to binding-posts W +and X, and the handles, from which the shock is felt, to Y and Z. Fig. +103 shows the details of the interrupter. + +[Illustration: Fig. 103.] + +If the current from a cell enters at W, it will pass through the +primary coil and out at X, after going through 5, R, F, S I, B, E and +C. The instant the current passes, the bolt becomes magnetized; this +attracts A, which pulls B away from the end of S I, thus automatically +opening the circuit. B at once springs back to its former position +against SI, as A is no longer attracted; the circuit being closed, the +operation is rapidly repeated. + +A _condenser_ is usually connected to commercial forms. It is placed +under the wood-work and decreases sparking at the interrupter. (See +"Apparatus Book," Chapter XI., for home-made induction coils.) + +[Illustration: Fig. 104.] + +Fig. 104 shows one form of coil. The battery wires are joined to the +binding-posts at the left. The secondary coil ends in two rods, and the +spark jumps from one to the other. The interrupter and a switch are +shown at the left. + +Fig. 105 shows a small coil for medical purposes. A dry cell is placed +under the coil and all is included in a neat box. The handles form the +terminals of the secondary coil. + +=105. The Currents.= It should be noted that the current from the +cell does not get into the secondary coil. The coils are thoroughly +insulated from each other. The secondary current is an induced one, +its voltage depending upon the relative number of turns of wire there +are in the two coils. (See Transformers.) The secondary current is +an alternating one; that is, it flows in one direction for an instant +and then immediately reverses its direction. The rapidity of the +alternations depends upon the speed of the interrupter. Coils are made +that give a secondary current with an enormous voltage; so high, in +fact, that the spark will pass many inches, and otherwise act like +those produced by static electric machines. + +[Illustration: Fig. 105.] + +=106. Uses of Induction Coils.= Gas-jets can be lighted at a distance +with the spark from a coil, by extending wires from the secondary +coil to the jet. Powder can be fired at a distance, and other things +performed, when a high voltage current is needed. Its use in medicine +has been noted. It is largely used in telephone work. Of late, great +use has been made of the secondary current in experiments with +vacuum-tubes, X-ray work, etc. + + + + +CHAPTER XIV. + +THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, AND HOW IT SENDS MESSAGES. + + +=107. The Complete Telegraph Line= consists of several instruments, +switches, etc., etc., but its essential parts are: The _Line_, or wire, +which connects the different stations; the _Transmitter_ or _Key_; the +_Receiver_ or _Sounder_, and the _Battery_ or _Dynamo_. + +=108. The Line= is made of strong copper, iron, or soft steel wire. To +keep the current in the line it is insulated, generally upon poles, by +glass insulators. For very short lines two wires can be used, the line +wire and the return; but for long lines the earth is used as a return, +a wire from each end being joined to large metal plates sunk in the +earth. + +[Illustration: Fig. 106.] + +=109. Telegraph Keys= are merely instruments by which the circuit +can be conveniently and rapidly opened or closed at the will of the +operator. An ordinary push-button may be used to turn the current off +and on, but it is not so convenient as a key. + +Fig. 106 shows a side view of a simple key which can be put anywhere +in the circuit, one end of the cut wire being attached to X and the +other to Y. By moving the lever C up and down according to a previously +arranged set of signals, a current will be allowed to pass to a +distant station. As X and Y are insulated from each other, the current +can pass only when C presses against Y. + +Fig. 107 shows a regular key, with switch, which is used to allow the +current to pass through the instrument when receiving a message. + +[Illustration: Fig. 107.] + +=110. Telegraph Sounders= receive the current from some distant +station, and with its electromagnet produce sounds that can be +translated into messages. + +[Illustration: Fig. 108.] + +Fig. 108 shows simply an electromagnet H, the coil being connected in +series with a key K and a cell D C. The key and D C are shown by a top +view. The lever of K does not touch the other metal strap until it is +pressed down. A little above the core of H is held a strip of iron, on +armature I. As soon as the circuit is closed at K, the current rushes +through the circuit, and the core attracts I making a distinct _click_. +As soon as K is raised, I springs away from the core, if it has been +properly held. In regular instruments a click is also made when the +armature springs back again. + +The time between the two clicks can be short or long, to represent +_dots_ or _dashes_, which, together with _spaces_, represent letters. +(For Telegraph Alphabet and complete directions for home-made keys, +sounders, etc., see "Apparatus Book," Chapter XIV.) + +[Illustration: Fig. 109.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 110.] + +Fig. 109 shows a form of home-made sounder. Fig. 110 shows one form of +telegraph sounder. Over the poles of the horseshoe electromagnet is an +armature fixed to a metal bar that can rock up and down. The instant +the current passes through the coils the armature comes down until a +stop-screw strikes firmly upon the metal frame, making the down click. +As soon as the distant key is raised, the armature is firmly pulled +back and another click is made. The two clicks differ in sound, and can +be readily recognized by the operator. + +=111. Connections for Simple Line.= Fig. 111 shows complete connections +for a home-made telegraph line. The capital letters are used for the +right side, R, and small letters for the left side, L. Gravity cells, +B and b, are used. The _sounders_, S and s, and the _keys_, K and k, +are shown by a top view. The broad black lines of S and s represent the +armatures which are directly over the electromagnets. The keys have +switches, E and e. + +The two stations, R and L, may be in the same room, or in different +houses. The _return wire_, R W, passes from the copper of b to the zinc +of B. This is important, as the cells must help each other; that is, +they are in series. The _line wire_, L W, passes from one station to +the other, and the return may be through the wire, R W, or through the +earth; but for short lines a wire is best. + +[Illustration: Fig. 111.] + +=112. Operation of Simple Line.= Suppose two boys, R (right) and L +(left) have a line. Fig. 111 shows that R's switch, E, is open, while +e is closed. The entire circuit, then, is broken at but one point. As +soon as R presses his key, the circuit is closed, and the current from +both cells rushes around from B, through K, S, L W, s, k, b, R W, and +back to B. This makes the armatures of S and s come down with a click +at the same time. As soon as the key is raised, the armatures lift and +make the up-click. As soon as R has finished, he closes his switch E. +As the armatures are then held down, L knows that R has finished, so +he opens his switch e, and answers R. Both E and e are closed when the +line is not in use, so that either can open his switch at any time and +call up the other. Closed circuit cells must be used for such lines. On +very large lines dynamos are used to furnish the current. + +=113. The Relay.= Owing to the large resistance of long telegraph +lines, the current is weak when it reaches a distant station, and not +strong enough to work an ordinary sounder. To get around this, relays +are used; these are very delicate instruments that replace the sounder +in the line wire circuit. Their coils are usually wound with many turns +of fine wire, so that a feeble current will move its nicely adjusted +armature. The relay armature merely acts as an automatic key to open +and close a local circuit which includes a battery and sounder. The +line current does not enter the sounder; it passes back from the relay +to the sending station through the earth. + +[Illustration: Fig. 112.] + +Fig. 112 gives an idea of simple relay connections. The key K, and +cell D C, represent a distant sending station. E is the electromagnet +of the relay, and R A is its armature. L W and R W represent the line +and return wires. R A will vibrate toward E every time K is pressed, +and close the local circuit, which includes a local battery, L B, and +a sounder. It is evident that as soon as K is pressed the sounder will +work with a good strong click, as the local battery can be made as +strong as desired. + +Fig. 113 shows a regular instrument which opens and closes the local +circuit at the top of the armature. + +[Illustration: Fig. 113.] + +=114. Ink Writing Registers= are frequently used instead of sounders. +Fig. 114 shows a writing register that starts itself promptly at the +opening of the circuit, and stops automatically as soon as the circuit +returns to its normal condition. A strip of narrow paper is slowly +pulled from the reel by the machine, a mark being made upon it every +time the armature of an inclosed electromagnet is attracted. When the +circuit is simply closed for an instant, a short line, representing a +_dot_, is made. + +Registers are built both single pen and double pen. In the latter case, +as the record of one wire is made with a fine pen, and the other with +a coarse pen, they can always be identified. The record being blocked +out upon white tape in solid black color, in a series of clean-cut dots +and dashes, it can be read at a glance, and as it is indelible, it may +be read years afterward. Registers are made for local circuits, for +use in connection with relays, or for direct use on main lines, as is +usually desirable in fire-alarm circuits. + +[Illustration: Fig. 114.] + + + + +CHAPTER XV. + +THE ELECTRIC BELL AND SOME OF ITS USES. + + +[Illustration: Fig. 115.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 116.] + +=115. Automatic Current Interrupters= are used on most common bells, +as well as on induction coils, etc. (See Sec. 104.) Fig. 115 shows a +simple form of interrupter. The wire 1, from a cell D C, is joined to +an iron strip I a short distance from its end. The other wire from D C +passes to one end of the electromagnet coil H. The remaining end of H +is placed in contact with I as shown, completing the circuit. As soon +as the current passes, I is pulled down and away from the upper wire +2, breaking the circuit. I, being held by its left-hand end firmly in +the hand, immediately springs back to its former position, closing the +circuit again. This action is repeated, the rapidity of the vibrations +depending somewhat upon the position of the wires on I. In regular +instruments a platinum point is used where the circuit is broken; this +stands the sparking when the armature vibrates. + +=116. Electric Bells= may be illustrated by referring to Fig. 116, +which shows a circuit similar to that described in Sec. 115, but which +also contains a key K, in the circuit. This allows the circuit to +be opened and closed at a distance from the vibrating armature. The +circuit must not be broken at two places at the same time, so wires +should touch at the end of I before pressing K. Upon pressing K the +armature I will vibrate rapidly. By placing a small bell near the end +of the vibrating armature, so that it will be struck by I at each +vibration, we should have a simple electric bell. This form of electric +bell is called a _trembling_ bell, on account of its vibrating armature. + +[Illustration: Fig. 117.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 118.] + +Fig. 117 shows a form of trembling bell with cover removed. Fig. 118 +shows a _single-stroke_ bell, used for fire-alarms and other signal +work. In this the armature is attracted but once each time the current +passes. As many taps of the bell can be given as desired by pressing +the push-button. Fig. 119 shows a gong for railway crossings, signals, +etc. Fig. 120 shows a circuit including cell, push-button, and bell, +with extra wire for lengthening the line. + +[Illustration: Fig. 119.] + +_Electro-Mechanical Gongs_ are used to give loud signals for special +purposes. The mechanical device is started by the electric current when +the armature of the electromagnet is attracted. Springs, weights, etc., +are used as the power. Fig. 121 shows a small bell of this kind. + +[Illustration: Fig. 120.] + +=117. Magneto Testing Bells=, Fig. 122, are really small hand-power +dynamos. The armature is made to revolve between the poles of strong +permanent magnets, and it is so wound that it gives a current with a +large E. M. F., so that it can ring through the large resistance of a +long line to test it. + +_Magneto Signal Bells_, Fig. 123, are used as generator and bell in +connection with telephones. The generator, used to ring a bell at a +distant station, stands at the bottom of the box. The bell is fastened +to the lid, and receives current from a distant bell. + +[Illustration: Fig. 121.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 122.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 123.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 124.] + +=118. Electric Buzzers= have the same general construction as electric +bells; in fact, you will have a buzzer by removing the bell from an +ordinary electric bell. Buzzers are used in places where the loud sound +of a bell would be objectionable. Fig. 124 shows the usual form of +buzzers, the cover being removed. + + + + +CHAPTER XVI. + +THE TELEPHONE, AND HOW IT TRANSMITS SPEECH. + + +=119. The Telephone= is an instrument for reproducing sounds at a +distance, and electricity is the agent by which this is generally +accomplished. The part spoken to is called the _transmitter_, and +the part which gives sound out again is called the _receiver_. Sound +itself does not pass over the line. While the same apparatus can be +used for both transmitter and receiver, they are generally different in +construction to get the best results. + +[Illustration: Fig. 125.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 126.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 127.] + +=120. The Bell or Magneto-transmitter= generates its own current, and +is, strictly speaking, a dynamo that is run by the voice. It depends +upon induction for its action. + +[Illustration: Fig. 128.] + +Fig. 125 shows a coil of wire, H, with soft iron core, the ends of the +wires being connected to a delicate galvanoscope. If one pole of the +magnet H M be suddenly moved up and down near the core, an alternating +current will be generated in the coil, the circuit being completed +through the galvanoscope. As H M approaches the core the current will +flow in one direction, and as H M is withdrawn it will pass in the +opposite direction. The combination makes a miniature alternating +dynamo. + +[Illustration: Fig. 129.] + +If we imagine the soft iron core of H, Fig. 125, taken out, and one +pole of H M, or preferably that of a bar magnet stuck through the coil, +a feeble current will also be produced by moving the soft iron back and +forth near the magnet's pole. This is really what is done in the Bell +transmitter, soft iron in the shape of a thin disc (D, Fig. 126) being +made to vibrate by the voice immediately in front of a coil having +a permanent magnet for a core. The disc, or _diaphragm_, as it is +called, is fixed near, but it does not touch, the magnet. It is under +a constant strain, being attracted by the magnet, so its slightest +movement changes the strength of the magnetic field, causing more or +less lines of force to shoot through the turns of the coil and induce a +current. The coil consists of many turns of fine, insulated wire. The +current generated is an alternating one, and although exceedingly small +can force its way through a long length of wire. + +[Illustration: Fig. 130.] + +Fig. 127 shows a section of a regular transmitter, and Fig. 128 a form +of compound magnet frequently used in the transmitter. Fig. 129 shows a +transmitter with cords which contain flexible wires. + +[Illustration: Fig. 131.] + +=121. The Receiver=, for short lines, may have the same construction as +the Bell transmitter. Fig. 130 shows a diagram of two Bell receivers, +either being used as the transmitter and the other as the receiver. +As the alternating current goes to the distant receiver, it flies +through the coil first in one direction and then in the other. This +alternately strengthens and weakens the magnetic field near the +diaphragm, causing it to vibrate back and forth as the magnet pulls +more or less. The receiver diaphragm repeats the vibrations in the +transmitter. Nothing but the induced electric current passes over the +wires. + +[Illustration: Fig. 132.] + +=122. The Microphone.= If a current of electricity be allowed to +pass through a circuit like that shown in Fig. 131, which includes a +battery, a Bell receiver, and a microphone, any slight sound near the +microphone will be greatly magnified in the receiver. The microphone +consists of pieces of carbon so fixed that they form loose contacts. +Any slight movement of the carbon causes the resistance to the current +to be greatly changed. The rapidly varying resistance allows more or +less current to pass, the result being that this pulsating current +causes the diaphragm to vibrate. The diaphragm has a constantly varying +pull upon it when the carbons are in any way disturbed by the voice, or +by the ticking of a watch, etc. This principle has been made use of in +carbon transmitters, which are made in a large variety of forms. + +[Illustration: Fig. 133.] + +=123. The Carbon Transmitter= does not, in itself, generate a +current like the magneto-transmitter; it merely produces changes in +the strength of a current that flows through it and that comes from +some outside source. In Fig. 132, X and Y are two carbon buttons, X +being attached to the diaphragm D. Button Y presses gently against X, +allowing a little current to pass through the circuit which includes +a battery, D C, and a receiver, R. When D is caused to vibrate by the +voice, X is made to press more or less against Y, and this allows more +or less current to pass through the circuit. This direct undulating +current changes the pull upon the diaphragm of R, causing it to vibrate +and reproduce the original sounds spoken into the transmitter. In +regular lines, of course, a receiver and transmitter are connected at +each end, together with bells, etc., for signaling. + +[Illustration: Fig. 134.] + +=124. Induction Coils in Telephone Work.= As the resistance of long +telephone lines is great, a high electrical pressure, or E.M.F. is +desired. While the current from one or two cells is sufficient to work +the transmitter properly, and cause undulating currents in the short +line, it does not have power enough to force its way over a long line. + +To get around this difficulty, an induction coil, Fig. 133, is used +to transform the battery current, that flows through the carbon +transmitter and primary coil, into a current with a high E. M. F. The +battery current in the primary coil is undulating, but always passes in +the same direction, making the magnetic field around the core weaker +and stronger. This causes an alternating current in the secondary coil +and main line. In Fig. 133 P and S represent the primary and secondary +coils. P is joined in series with a cell and carbon transmitter; S +is joined to the distant receiver. One end of S can be grounded, the +current completing the circuit through the earth and into the receiver +through another wire entering the earth. + +[Illustration: Fig. 135.] + +=125. Various forms= of telephones are shown in Figs. 134, 135, 136. +Fig. 134 shows a form of desk telephone; Fig. 135 shows a common form +of wall telephone; Fig. 136 shows head-telephones for switchboard +operators. + +[Illustration: Fig. 136.] + + + + +CHAPTER XVII. + +HOW ELECTRICITY IS GENERATED BY DYNAMOS. + + +=126. The Dynamo=, _Dynamo-Electric Machine_ or _Generator_, is a +machine for converting mechanical energy into an electric current, +through electromagnetic induction. The dynamo is a machine that will +convert steam power, for example, into an electric current. Strictly +speaking, a dynamo creates electrical pressure, or electromotive force, +and not electricity, just as a force-pump creates water-pressure, and +not water. They are generally run by steam or water power. + +[Illustration: Fig. 137.] + +=127. Induced Currents.= We have already spoken about currents being +induced by moving a coil of wire in a magnetic field. We shall now +see how this principle is used in the dynamo which is a generator of +induced currents. + +[Illustration: Fig. 138.] + +Fig. 137 shows how a current can be generated by a bar magnet and +a coil of wire. Fig. 138 shows how a current can be generated by a +horseshoe magnet and a coil of wire having an iron core. The ends of +the coil are to be connected to an astatic galvanoscope; this forms a +closed circuit. The coil may be moved past the magnet, or the magnet +past the coil. + +[Illustration: Fig. 139.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 140.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 141.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 142.] + +Fig. 139 shows how a current can be generated by two coils, H being +connected to an astatic galvanoscope and E to a battery. By suddenly +bringing E toward H or the core of E past that of H, a current is +produced. We have in this arrangement the main features of a dynamo. +We can reverse the operation, holding E in one position and moving H +rapidly toward it. In this case H would represent the armature and E +the field-magnet. When H is moved toward E, the induced current in H +flows in one direction, and when H is suddenly withdrawn from E the +current is reversed in H. (See "Study," Chapter XXV., for experiments.) + +[Illustration: Fig. 143.] + +=128. Induced Currents by Rotary Motion.= The motions of the coils in +straight lines are not suitable for producing currents strong enough +for commercial purposes. In order to generate currents of considerable +strength and pressure, the coils of wire have to be pushed past +magnets, or electromagnets, with great speed. In the dynamo the coils +are so wound that they can be given a rapid rotary motion as they fly +past strong electromagnets. In this way the coil can keep on passing +the same magnets, in the same direction, as long as force is applied to +the shaft that carries them. + +[Illustration: Fig. 144.] + +=129. Field-Magnets; Armature; Commutator.= What we need then, to +produce an induced current by a rotary motion, is a strong magnetic +field, a rotating coil of wire properly placed in the field, and some +means of leading the current from the machine. + +[Illustration: Fig. 145.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 146.] + +If a loop of wire, Fig. 140, be so arranged on bearings at its ends +that it can be made to revolve, a current will flow through it in +one direction during one-half of the revolution, and in the opposite +direction during the other half, it being insulated from all external +conductors. This agrees with the experiments suggested in Sec. 127, when +the current generated in a coil passed in one direction during its +motion _toward_ the strongest part of the field, and in the opposite +direction when the coil passed _out_ of it. A coil must be cut by +lines of force to generate a current. A current inside of the machine, +as in Fig. 140, would be of no value; it must be led out to external +conductors where it can do work. Some sort of sliding contact is +necessary to connect a revolving conductor with outside stationary +ones. The magnet, called the _field-magnet_, is merely to furnish lines +of magnetic force. The one turn of wire represents the simplest form of +_armature_. + +Fig. 141 shows the ends of a coil joined to two rings, X, Y, insulated +from each other, and rotating with the coil. The two stationary pieces +of carbon, A, B, called _brushes_, press against the rings, and to +these are joined wires, which complete the circuit, and which lead out +where the current can do work. The arrows show the direction of the +current during one-half of a revolution. The rings form a _collector_, +and this arrangement gives an _alternating current_. + +[Illustration: Fig. 147.] + +In Fig. 142 the ends of the coil are joined to the two halves of a +cylinder. These halves, X and Y, are insulated from each other, and +from the axis. The current flows from X onto the brush A, through some +external circuit, to do the work, and thence back through brush B onto +Y. By the time that Y gets around to A, the direction of the current in +the loop has reversed, so that it passes toward Y, but it still enters +the outside circuit through A, because Y is then in contact with A. +This device is called a _commutator_, and it allows a constant or +_direct current_ to leave the machine. + +[Illustration: Fig. 148.] + +In regular machines, the field-magnets are electromagnets, the whole +or a part of the current from the dynamo passing around them on its +way out, to excite them and make a powerful field between the poles. +To lessen the resistance to the lines of force on their way from the +N to the S pole of the field-magnets, the armature coils are wound on +an iron core; this greatly increases the strength of the field, as +the lines of force have to jump across but two small air-gaps. There +are many loops of wire on regular armatures, and many segments to the +commutator, carefully insulated from each other, each getting its +current from the coil attached to it. + +=130. Types of Dynamos.= While there is an almost endless number of +different makes and shapes of dynamos, they may be divided into two +great types; the _continuous_ or _direct current_, and the _alternating +current_ dynamo. Direct current machines give out a current which +constantly flows in one direction, and this is because a commutator is +used. Alternating currents come from collectors or rings, as shown in +Fig. 141; and as an alternating current cannot be used to excite the +fields, an outside current from a small direct current machine must be +used. These are called exciters. + +[Illustration: Fig. 149.] + +In direct current machines enough residual magnetism is left in the +field to induce a slight current in the armature when the machine is +started. This immediately adds strength to the field-magnets, which, in +turn, induce a stronger current in the armature. + +=131. Winding of Dynamos.= There are several ways of winding dynamos, +depending upon the special uses to be made of the current. + +The _series wound_ dynamo, Fig. 143, is so arranged that the entire +current passes around the field-magnet cores on its way from the +machine. In the _shunt wound_ dynamo, Fig. 144, a part, only, of the +current from the machine is carried around the field-magnet cores +through many turns of fine wire. The _compound wound_ dynamo is really +a combination of the two methods just given. In _separately-excited_ +dynamos, the current from a separate machine is used to excite the +field-magnets. + +=132. Various Machines.= Fig. 145 shows a hand power dynamo +which produces a current for experimental work. Fig. 146 shows a +magneto-electrical generator which produces a current for medical use. +Figs. 147, 148 show forms of dynamos, and Fig. 149 shows how arc lamps +are connected in series to dynamos. + +[Illustration] + + + + +CHAPTER XVIII. + +HOW THE ELECTRIC CURRENT IS TRANSFORMED. + + +=133. Electric Current and Work.= The amount of work a current can do +depends upon two factors; the strength (amperes), and the pressure, +or E. M. F. (volts). A current of 10 amperes with a pressure of 1,000 +volts = 10 x 1,000 = 10,000 watts. This furnishes the same amount of +energy as a current of 50 amperes at 200 volts; 50 x 200 = 10,000 watts. + +=134. Transmission of Currents.= It is often necessary to carry a +current a long distance before it is used. A current of 50 amperes +would need a copper conductor 25 times as large (sectional area) as one +to carry the 10 ampere current mentioned in Sec. 133. As copper conductors +are very expensive, electric light companies, etc., generally try to +carry the current on as small a wire as possible. To do this, the +voltage is kept high, and the amperage low. Thus, as seen in Sec. 133, +the current of 1,000 volts and 10 amperes could be carried on a much +smaller wire than the other current of equal energy. A current of +1,000 volts, however, is not adapted for lights, etc., so it has to be +changed to lower voltage by some form of transformer before it can be +used. + +=135. Transformers=, like induction coils, are instruments for changing +the E. M. F. and strength of currents. There is very little loss of +energy in well-made transformers. They consist of two coils of wire on +one core; in fact, an induction coil may be considered a transformer, +but in this a direct current has to be interrupted. If the secondary +coil has 100 times as many turns of wire as the primary, a current of +100 volts can be taken from the secondary coil when the primary current +is but 1 volt; but the _strength_ (amperes) of this new current will be +but one-hundredth that of the primary current. + +By using the coil of fine wire as the primary, we can lower the voltage +and increase the strength in the same proportion. + +[Illustration: Fig. 150.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 151.] + +Fig. 150 shows about the simplest form of transformer with a solid iron +core, on which are wound two coils, the one, P, being the primary, and +the other, S, the secondary. Fig. 151 shows the general appearance of +one make of transformer. The operation of this apparatus, as already +mentioned, is to reduce the high pressure alternating current sent out +over the conductors from the dynamo, to a potential at which it can +be employed with convenience and safety, for illumination and other +purposes. They consist of two or more coils of wire most carefully +insulated from one another. A core or magnetic circuit of soft iron, +composed of very thin punchings, is then formed around these coils, +the purpose of the iron core being to reduce the magnetic resistance +and increase the inductive effect. One set of these coils is connected +with the primary or high-pressure wires, while the other set, which are +called the secondary coils, is connected to the house or low-pressure +wires, or wherever the current is required for use. The rapidly +alternating current impulses in the primary or high-pressure wires +induce secondary currents similar in form but opposite in direction +in the secondary coils. These current impulses are of a much lower +pressure, depending upon the ratio of the number of turns of wire +in the respective coils, it being customary to wind transformers in +such a manner as to reduce from 1,000 or 2,000-volt primaries to 50 +or 100-volt secondaries, at which voltage the secondary current is +perfectly harmless. + +[Illustration: Fig. 152.] + +=136. Motor-Dynamos.= Fig. 152. These consist essentially of two +belt-type machines on a common base, direct coupled together, one +machine acting as a motor to receive current at a certain voltage, +and the other acting as a dynamo to give out the current usually +at a different voltage. As they transform current from one voltage +to another, motor-dynamos are sometimes called Double Field Direct +Current Transformers. The larger sizes have three bearings, one bearing +being between the two machines, while the smaller sizes have but two +bearings, the two armatures being fastened to a common spider. + +[Illustration: Fig. 153.] + +_Applications._ The uses to which motor-dynamos are put are very +various. They are extensively used in the larger sizes as "Boosters," +for giving the necessary extra force on long electric supply circuits +to carry the current to the end with the same pressure as that which +reaches the ends of the shorter circuits from the station. + +Motor-dynamos have the advantage over dynamotors, described later, of +having the secondary voltage easily and economically varied over wide +ranges by means of a regulator in the dynamo field. + +=137. Dynamotors.= Fig. 153. In Dynamotors the motor and dynamo +armatures are combined in one, thus requiring a single field only. +The primary armature winding, which operates as a motor to drive the +machine, and the secondary or dynamo winding, which operates as a +generator to produce a new current, are upon the same armature core, +so that the armature reaction of one winding neutralizes that of the +other. They therefore have no tendency to spark, and do not require +shifting of the brushes with varying load. Having but one field and two +bearings, they are also more efficient than motor-dynamos. + +_Applications._ They have largely displaced batteries for telegraph +work. The size shown, occupying a space of about 8-inch cube, and +having an output of 40 watts, will displace about 800 gravity cells, +occupying a space of about 10 feet cube. The cost of maintenance of +such a battery per year, exclusive of rent, is about $800, whereas the +1-6 dynamotor can be operated at an annual expense of $150. + +Dynamotors are largely used by telephone companies for charging storage +batteries, and for transforming from direct to alternating current, for +ringing telephone bells. Electro-cautery, electroplating, and electric +heating also give use to dynamotors. + + + + +CHAPTER XIX. + +HOW ELECTRIC CURRENTS ARE DISTRIBUTED FOR USE. + + +[Illustration: Fig. 154.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 155.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 156.] + +=138. Conductors and Insulators.= To carry the powerful current from +the generating station to distant places where it is to give heat, +power, or light, or even to carry the small current of a single cell +from one room to another, _conductors_ must be used. To keep the +current from passing into the earth before it reaches its destination +_insulators_ must be used. The form of conductors and insulators used +will depend upon the current and many other conditions. It should be +remembered that the current has to be carried to the lamp or motor, +through which it passes, and then back again to the dynamo, to form a +complete circuit. A break anywhere in the circuit stops the current. +Insulators are as important as conductors. + +[Illustration: Fig. 157.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 158.] + +=139. Mains, Service Wires, etc.= From the switchboard the current +flows out through the streets in large conductors, or _mains_, the +supply being kept up by the dynamos, just as water-pressure is kept up +by the constant working of pumps. Branches, called _service wires_, are +led off from the mains to supply houses or factories, one wire leading +the current into the house from one main, and a similar one leading it +out of the house again to the other main. + +[Illustration: Fig. 159.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 160.] + +In large buildings, pairs of wires, called _risers_, branch out from +the service wires and carry the current up through the building. These +have still other branches--_floor mains_, _etc._, that pass through +halls, etc., smaller branches finally reaching the lamps. The sizes of +all of these wires depend upon how much current has to pass through +them. The mains in large cities are usually placed underground. In some +places they are carried on poles. + +[Illustration: Fig. 161.] + +=140. Electric Conduits= are underground passages for electric wires, +cables, etc. There are several ways of insulating the conductors. +Sometimes they are placed in earthenware or iron tubes, or in wood that +has been treated to make it water-proof. At short distances are placed +man-holes, where the different lengths are joined, and where branches +are attached. + +[Illustration: Fig. 162.] + +Fig. 154 shows creosoted wooden pipes; Fig. 155 shows another form of +wooden pipe. Fig. 156 shows a coupling-box used to join Edison tubes. +The three wires, used in the three-wire system, are insulated from each +other, the whole being surrounded by an iron pipe of convenient length +for handling. Fig. 157 shows sections of man-holes and various devices +used in conduit work. + +[Illustration: Fig. 163.] + +=141. Miscellaneous Appliances.= When the current enters a house for +incandescent lighting purposes, for example, quite a number of things +are necessary. To measure the current a meter is usually placed in the +cellar. In new houses the insulated conductors are usually run through +some sort of tube which acts as a double protection, all being hidden +from view. Fig. 158 shows a short length of iron tube with a lining of +insulating material. Wires are often run through tubes made of rubber +and various other insulating materials. + +Where the current is to be put into houses after the plastering has +been done, the wires are usually run through _mouldings_ or supported +by _cleats_. Fig. 159 shows a cross-section of moulding. The insulated +wires are placed in the slots, which are then covered. + +[Illustration: Fig. 164.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 165.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 166.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 167.] + +Fig. 160 shows a form of porcelain cleat. These are fastened to +ceilings or walls, and firmly hold the insulated wires in place. Fig. +161 shows a wood cleat. Fig. 162 shows small porcelain _insulators_. +These may be screwed to walls, etc., the wire being then fastened to +them. Fig. 163 shows how telegraph wires are supported and insulated. +Fig. 164 shows how wires may be carried by tree and insulated from them. + +[Illustration: Fig. 168.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 169.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 170.] + +=142. Safety Devices.= We have seen that when too large a current +passes through a wire, the wire becomes heated and may even be melted. +Buildings are wired to use certain currents, and if from any cause much +more current than the regular amount should suddenly pass through the +service wires into the house, the various smaller wires would become +overheated, and perhaps melt or start a fire. An accidental short +circuit, for example, would so reduce resistance that too much current +would suddenly rush through the wires. There are several devices by +which the over-heating of wires is obviated. + +[Illustration: Figs. 171 to 175.] + +Fig. 165 shows a _safety fuse_, or _safety cut-out_, which consists of +a short length of easily fusible wire, called _fuse wire_, placed in +the circuit and supported by a porcelain block. These wires are tested, +different sizes being used for different currents. As soon as there +is any tendency toward over-heating, the fuse _blows_; that is, it +promptly melts and opens the circuit before any damage can be done to +the regular conductors. Fig. 166 shows a cross-section of a _fuse plug_ +that can be screwed into an ordinary socket. The fuse wire is shown +black. + +Fig. 167 shows a _fuse link_. These are also of fusible material, and +so made that they can be firmly held under screw-heads. For heavy +currents _fuse ribbons_ are used, or several wires or links may be +used side by side. Fig. 168 shows a _fusible rosette_. Fig. 169 shows +two fuse wires fixed between screw-heads, the current passing through +them in opposite directions, both sides of the circuit being included. +Fig. 170 shows various forms of cut-outs. + +[Illustration: Fig. 176.] + +=143. Wires and Cables= are made in many sizes. Figs. 171 to 175 show +various ways of making small conductors. They are made very flexible, +for some purposes, by twisting many small copper wires together, the +whole being then covered with insulating material. + +[Illustration: Fig. 177.] + +Figs. 176, 177, show sections of submarine cables. Such cables consist +of copper conductors insulated with pure gutta-percha. These are then +surrounded by hempen yarn or other elastic material, and around the +whole are placed galvanized iron armor wires for protection. Each core, +or conductor, contains a conductor consisting of a single copper wire +or a strand of three or more twisted copper wires. + +=144. Lamp Circuits.= As has been noted before, in order to have the +electric current do its work, we must have a complete circuit. The +current must be brought back to the dynamo, much of it, of course, +having been used to produce light, heat, power, etc. For lighting +purposes this is accomplished in two principal ways. + +[Illustration: Fig. 178.] + +Fig. 178 shows a number of lamps so arranged, "in series," that the +same current passes through them all, one after the other. The total +resistance of the circuit is large, as all of the lamp resistances are +added together. + +[Illustration: Fig. 179.] + +Fig. 179 shows lamps arranged side by side, or "in parallel," between +the two main wires. The current divides, a part going through each lamp +that operates. The total resistance of the circuit is not as large +as in the series arrangement, as the current has many small paths in +going from one main wire to the other. Fig. 179 also shows the ordinary +_two-wire system_ for incandescent lighting, the two main wires having +usually a difference of potential equal to 50 or 110 volts. These +comparatively small pressures require fairly large conductors. + +_The Three-Wire System_, Fig. 180, uses the current from two dynamos, +arranged with three main wires. While the total voltage is 220, one of +the wires being neutral, 110 volts can be had for ordinary lamps. This +voltage saves in the cost of conductors. + +[Illustration: Fig. 180.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 181.] + +_The Alternating System_, Fig. 181, uses transformers. The high +potential of the current allows small main wires, from which branches +can be run to the primary coil of the transformer. The secondary coil +sends out an induced current of 50 or 110 volts, while that in the +primary may be 1,000 to 10,000 volts. + + + + +CHAPTER XX. + +HOW HEAT IS PRODUCED BY THE ELECTRIC CURRENT. + + +=145. Resistance and Heat.= We have seen that all wires and conductors +offer resistance to the electric current. The smaller the wire the +greater its resistance. Whenever resistance is offered to the current, +heat is produced. By proper appliances, the heat of resistance can be +used to advantage for many commercial enterprises. Dynamos are used to +generate the current for heating and lighting purposes. + +[Illustration: Fig. 182.] + +Fig. 182 shows how the current from two strong cells can be used to +heat a short length of very fine platinum or German-silver wire. +The copper conductors attached to the cells do not offer very much +resistance. + +It will be seen from the above that in all electrical work the sizes +of the wires used have to be such that they do not overheat. The coils +of dynamos, motors, transformers, ampere-meters, etc., etc., become +somewhat heated by the currents passing through them, great care being +taken that they are properly designed and ventilated so that they will +not burn out. + +[Illustration: Fig. 183.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 184.] + +=146. Electric Welding.= Fig. 183 shows one form of electric welding +machine. The principle involved in the art of electric welding is +that of causing currents of electricity to pass through the abutting +ends of the pieces of metal which are to be welded, thereby generating +heat at the point of contact, which also becomes the point of greatest +resistance, while at the same time mechanical pressure is applied +to force the parts together. As the current heats the metal at the +junction to the welding temperature, the pressure follows up the +softening surface until a complete union or weld is effected; and, as +the heat is first developed in the interior of the parts to be welded, +the interior of the joint is as efficiently united as the visible +exterior. With such a method and apparatus, it is found possible to +accomplish not only the common kinds of welding of iron and steel, but +also of metals which have heretofore resisted attempts at welding, and +have had to be brazed or soldered. + +[Illustration: Figs. 185 to 189.] + +The introduction of the electric transformer enables enormous currents +to be so applied to the weld as to spend their energy just at the point +where heating is required. They need, therefore, only to be applied +for a few seconds, and the operation is completed before the heat +generated at the weld has had time to escape by conduction to any other +part. + +Although the quantity of the current so employed in the pieces to be +welded is enormous, the potential at which it is applied is extremely +low, not much exceeding that of the batteries of cells used for ringing +electric bells in houses. + +[Illustration: Fig. 190.] + +=147. Miscellaneous Applications.= Magneto Blasting Machines are now +in very common use for blasting rocks, etc. Fig. 184 shows one, it +being really a small hand dynamo, occupying less than one-half a cubic +foot of space. The armature is made to revolve rapidly between the +poles of the field-magnet by means of a handle that works up and down. +The current is carried by wires from the binding-posts to fuses. The +heat generated by resistance in the fuse ignites the powder or other +explosive. + +_Electric soldering irons_, _flat-irons_, _teakettles_, _griddles_, +_broilers_, _glue pots_, _chafing-dishes_, _stoves_, etc., etc., are +now made. Figs. 185 to 189 show some of these applications. The coils +for producing the resistance are inclosed in the apparatus. + +[Illustration: Fig. 191.] + +Fig. 190 shows a complete electric kitchen. Any kettle or part of the +outfit can be made hot by simply turning a switch. Fig. 191 shows an +electric heater placed under a car seat. Many large industries that +make use of the heating effects of the current are now being carried +on. + + + + +CHAPTER XXI. + +HOW LIGHT IS PRODUCED BY THE INCANDESCENT LAMP. + + +[Illustration: Fig. 192.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 193.] + +=148. Incandescence.= We have just seen that the electric current +produces heat when it flows through a conductor that offers +considerable resistance to it. As soon as this was discovered men +began to experiment to find whether a practical light could also be +produced. It was found that a wire could be kept hot by constantly +passing a current through it, and that the light given out from it +became whiter and whiter as the wire became hotter. The wire was said +to be _incandescent_, or glowing with heat. As metal wires are good +conductors of electricity, they had to be made extremely fine to offer +enough resistance; too fine, in fact, to be properly handled. + +=149. The Incandescent Lamp.= Many substances were experimented upon +to find a proper material out of which could be made a _filament_ +that would give the proper resistance and at the same time be strong +and lasting. It was found that hair-like pieces of carbon offered the +proper resistance to the current. When heated in the air, however, +carbon burns; so it became necessary to place the carbon filaments in a +globe from which all the air had been pumped before passing the current +through them. This proved to be a success. + +[Illustration: Fig. 194.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 195.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 196.] + +Fig. 192 shows the ordinary form of lamp. The _carbon filament_ is +attached, by carbon paste, to short platinum wires that are sealed in +the glass, their lower ends being connected to short copper wires that +are joined to the terminals of the lamp. When the lamp is screwed +into its socket, the current can pass up one side of the filament +and down the other. The filaments used have been made of every form +of carbonized vegetable matter. Bamboo has been largely used, fine +strips being cut by dies and then heated in air-tight boxes containing +fine carbon until they were thoroughly carbonized. This baking of the +bamboo produces a tough fiber of carbon. Various forms of thread have +been carbonized and used. Filaments are now made by pressing finely +pulverized carbon, with a binding material, through small dies. The +filaments are made of such sizes and lengths that will adapt them to +the particular current with which they are to be used. The longer the +filament, the greater its resistance, and the greater the voltage +necessary to push the current through it. + +[Illustration: Fig. 197.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 198.] + +After the filaments are properly attached, the air is pumped from the +bulb or globe. This is done with some form of mercury pump, and the air +is so thoroughly removed from the bulb that about one-millionth only of +the original air remains. Before sealing off the lamp, a current is +passed through the filament to drive out absorbed air and gases, and +these are carried away by the pump. By proper treatment the filaments +have a uniform resistance throughout, and glow uniformly when the +current passes. + +[Illustration: Fig. 199.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 200.] + +=150. Candle-Power.= A lamp is said to have 4, 8, 16 or more +candle-power. A 16-candle-power lamp, for example, means one that will +give as much light as sixteen standard candles. A standard sperm candle +burns two grains a minute. The candle-power of a lamp can be increased +by forcing a strong current through it, but this shortens its life. + +_The Current_ used for incandescent lamps has to be strong enough to +force its way through the filament and produce a heat sufficient to +give a good light. The usual current has 50 or 110 volts, although +small lamps are made that can be run by two or three cells. If the +voltage of the current is less than that for which the lamp was made, +the light will be dim. The filament can be instantly burned out by +passing a current of too high pressure through it. + +Even with the proper current, lamps soon begin to deteriorate, as small +particles of carbon leave the filament and cling to the glass. This is +due to the evaporation, and it makes the filament smaller, and a higher +pressure is then needed to force the current through the increased +resistance; besides this, the darkened bulb does not properly let the +light out. The current may be direct or alternating. + +[Illustration: Fig. 201.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 202.] + +=151. The Uses= to which incandescent lamps are put are almost +numberless. Fig. 193 shows a decorative lamp. Fancy lamps are made in +all colors. Fig. 194 shows a conic candle lamp, to imitate a candle. +What corresponds to the body of the candle (see figure B to C) is a +delicately tinted opal glass tube surmounted (see figure A to B) by a +finely proportioned conic lamp with frosted globe. C to D in the figure +represents the regular base, and thus the relative proportions of the +parts are shown. Fig. 195 shows another form of candelabra lamp. Fig. +196 shows small dental lamps. Fig. 197 shows a small lamp with mirror +for use in the throat. Fig. 198 shows lamp with half shade attached, +used for library tables. Fig. 199 shows an electric pendant for several +lamps, with shade. Fig. 200 shows a lamp guard. Fig. 201 shows a lamp +socket, into which the lamp is screwed. Fig. 202 shows incandescent +bulbs joined in parallel to the + and - mains. Fig. 203 shows how the +lamp cord can be adjusted to desired length. Fig. 204 shows a lamp +with reflector placed on a desk. Fig. 205 shows a form of shade and +reflector. + +[Illustration: Fig. 203.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 204.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 205.] + + + + +CHAPTER XXII. + +HOW LIGHT IS PRODUCED BY THE ARC LAMP. + + +=152. The Electric Arc.= When a strong current passes from one carbon +rod to another across an air-space, an _electric arc_ is produced. +When the ends of two carbon rods touch, a current can pass from one to +the other, but the imperfect contact causes resistance enough to heat +the ends red-hot. If the rods be separated slightly, the current will +continue to flow, as the intensely heated air and flying particles of +carbon reduce the resistance of the air-space. + +Fig. 206 shows two carbon rods which are joined to the two terminals +of a dynamo. The upper, or positive, carbon gradually wears away and +becomes slightly hollow. The heated _crater_, as it is called, is the +hottest part. The negative carbon becomes pointed. The arc will pass in +a vacuum, and even under water. + +[Illustration: Fig. 206.] + +As the electric arc is extremely hot, metals are easily vaporized in +it; in fact, even the carbon rods themselves slowly melt and vaporize. +This extreme heat is used for many industrial purposes. + +[Illustration: Fig. 207.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 208.] + +"The phenomenon of the electric arc was first noticed by Humphrey +Davy in 1800, and its explanation appears to be the following: Before +contact the difference of potential between the points is insufficient +to permit a spark to leap across even 1/10000 of an inch of air-space, +but when the carbons are made to touch, a current is established. +On separating the carbons, the momentary extra current due to +self-induction of the circuit, which possesses a high electromotive +force, can leap the short distance, and in doing so volatilizes a small +quantity of carbon between the points. Carbon vapor, being a partial +conductor, allows the current to continue to flow across the gap, +provided it be not too wide; but as the carbon vapor has a very high +resistance it becomes intensely heated by the passage of the current, +and the carbon points also grow hot. Since, however, solid matter is a +better radiator than gaseous matter, the carbon points emit far more +light than the arc itself, though they are not so hot. It is observed, +also, that particles of carbon are torn away from the + electrode, +which becomes hollowed out to a cup-shape, and some of these are +deposited on the - electrode." + +[Illustration: Fig. 209.] + +=153. Arc Lamps.= As the carbons gradually wear away, some device is +necessary to keep their ends the right distance apart. If they are too +near, the arc is very small; and if too far apart, the current can not +pass and the light goes out. The positive carbon gives the more intense +light and wears away about twice as fast as the - carbon, so it is +placed above the - carbon, to throw the light downwards. + +[Illustration: Fig. 210.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 211.] + +Arc lamps contain some device by which the proper distance between +the carbons can be kept. Most of them grip the upper carbon and pull +it far enough above the lower one to establish the arc. As soon as +the distance between them gets too great again, the grip on the upper +carbon is loosened, allowing the carbon to drop until it comes in +contact with the lower one, thus starting the current again. These +motions are accomplished by electromagnets. Fig. 207 shows a form of +arc lamp with _single carbons_ that will burn from 7 to 9 hours. + +[Illustration: Fig. 212.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 213.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 214.] + +Fig. 208 shows the mechanism by which the carbons are regulated. Fig. +209 shows a form of _double carbon_, or _all-night_ lamp, one set of +carbons being first used, the other set being automatically switched in +at the proper time. + +[Illustration: Fig. 215.] + +Figs. 210, 211 show forms of _short arc lamps_, for use under low +ceilings, so common in basements, etc. + +Fig. 212 shows a _hand-feed focussing_ type of _arc lamp_. In regular +street lamps, the upper carbon only is fed by mechanism, as it burns +away about twice as fast as the lower one, thus bringing the arc lower +and lower. When it is desired to keep the arc at the focus of a +reflector, both carbons must be fed. + +Fig. 213 shows a _theatre arc lamp_, used to throw a strong beam of +light from the balcony to the stage. + +Fig. 214 shows the arc lamp used as a search-light. The reflector +throws a powerful beam of light that can be seen for miles; in +fact, the light is used for signalling at night. Fig. 215 shows how +search-lights are used at night on war-vessels. + + + + +CHAPTER XXIII. + +X-RAYS, AND HOW THE BONES OF THE HUMAN BODY ARE PHOTOGRAPHED. + + +[Illustration: Fig. 216.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 217.] + +=154. Disruptive Discharges.= We have seen, in the study of induction +coils, that a spark can jump several inches between the terminals +of the secondary coil. The attraction between the two oppositely +charged terminals gets so great that it overcomes the resistance of +the air-space between them, a brilliant spark passes, and they are +discharged. This sudden discharge is said to be _disruptive_, and it +is accompanied by a flash of light and a loud report. The _path_ of +the discharge may be nearly straight, or crooked, depending upon the +nature of the material in the gap between the terminals. + +[Illustration: Fig. 218.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 219.] + +=155. Effect of Air Pressure on Spark.= The disruptive spark takes +place in air at ordinary pressures. The nature of the spark is greatly +changed when the pressure of the air decreases. Fig. 216 shows an +air-tight glass tube so arranged that the air can be slowly removed +with an air-pump. The upper rod shown can be raised or lowered to +increase the distance between it and the lower rod, these acting as the +terminals of an induction coil. Before exhausting any air, the spark +will jump a small distance between the rods and act as in open air. As +soon as a small amount of air is removed, a change takes place. The +spark is not so intense and has no definite path, there being a general +glow throughout the tube. As the air pressure becomes still less, the +glow becomes brighter, until the entire tube is full of purple light +that is able to pass the entire length of it; that is, the discharge +takes place better in rarefied air than it does in ordinary air. + +=156. Vacuum-Tubes.= As electricity passes through rarefied gases much +easier than through ordinary air, regular tubes, called _vacuum-tubes_, +are made for such study. Fig. 217 shows a plain tube of this kind, +platinum terminals being fused in the glass for connections. These +tubes are often made in complicated forms, Fig. 218, with colored +glass, and are called _Geissler tubes_. They are often made in such a +way that the electrodes are in the shape of discs, etc., and are called +_Crookes tubes_, Fig. 219. A slight amount of gas is left in the tubes. + +[Illustration: Fig. 220.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 220-A.] + +=157. Cathode Rays.= The _cathode_ is the electrode of a vacuum-tube +by which the current leaves the tube, and it has been known for some +time that some kind of influence passes in straight lines from this +point. Shadows, Fig. 219, are cast by such rays, a screen being placed +in their path. + +=158. X-Rays.= Professor Roentgen of Wuerzburg discovered that when the +cathode rays are allowed to fall upon a solid body, the solid body +gives out still other rays which differ somewhat from the original +cathode rays. They can penetrate, more or less, through many bodies +that are usually considered opaque. The hand, for example, may be used +as a negative for producing a photograph of the bones, as the rays do +not pass equally well through flesh and bone. + +[Illustration: Fig. 221.] + +Fig. 220 shows a Crookes tube fitted with a metal plate, so that +the cathode rays coming from C will strike it. The X-rays are given +out from P. These rays are invisible and are even given out where +the cathode rays strike the glass. Some chemical compounds are made +luminous by these rays; so screens are made and coated with them in +order that the shadows produced by the X-rays can be seen by the +eye. Professor Roentgen named these the X-rays. Fig. 220-A shows a +_fluoroscope_ that contains a screen covered with proper chemicals. + +[Illustration: Fig. 222.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 223.] + +=159. X-Ray Photographs.= Bone does not allow the X-rays to pass +through it as readily as flesh, so if the hand be placed over a +sensitized photographic plate, Fig. 221, and proper connections be +made with the induction coil, etc., the hand acts as a photographic +negative. Upon developing the plate, as in ordinary photography, +a picture or shadow of the bones will be seen. Fig. 222 shows the +arrangement of battery, induction coil, focus tube, etc., for examining +the bones of the human body. + +Fig. 223 shows the bones of a fish. Such photographs have been very +valuable in discovering the location of bullets, needles, etc., that +have become imbedded in the flesh, as well as in locating breaks in the +bones. + + + + +CHAPTER XXIV. + +THE ELECTRIC MOTOR, AND HOW IT DOES WORK. + + +=160. Currents and Motion.= We have seen, Chapter XII., that when coils +of wire are rapidly moved across a strong magnetic field, a current +of electricity is generated. We have now to deal with the opposite of +this; that is, we are to study how _motion_ can be produced by allowing +a current of electricity to pass through the armature of a machine. + +[Illustration: Fig. 224.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 225.] + +Fig. 224 shows, by diagram, a coil H, suspended so that it can move +easily, its ends being joined to a current reverser, and this, in turn, +to a dry cell D C. A magnet, H M, will attract the core of H when +no current passes. When the current is allowed to pass first in one +direction and then in the opposite direction, by using the reverser, +the core of H will jump back and forth from one pole of H M to the +other. There are many ways by which motion can be produced by the +current, but to have it practical, the motion must be a rotary one. +(See "Study," Chapter XXVI., for numerous experiments.) + +[Illustration: Fig. 226.] + +=161. The Electric Motor= is a machine for transforming electric +energy into mechanical power. The construction of motors is very +similar to that of dynamos. They have field-magnets, armature coils, +commutator, etc.; in fact, the armature of an ordinary direct current +dynamo will revolve if a current be passed through it, entering by one +brush and leaving by the other. There are many little differences of +construction, for mechanical and electrical reasons, but we may say +that the general construction of dynamos and motors is the same. + +Fig. 225 shows a coil of wire, the ends of which are connected to +copper and zinc plates. These plates are floated in dilute sulphuric +acid, and form a simple cell which sends a current through the wire, as +shown by the arrows. + +[Illustration: Fig. 227.] + +We have seen that a current-carrying wire has a magnetic field and +acts like a magnet; so it will be easily seen that if a magnet be held +near the wire it will be either attracted or repelled, the motion +depending upon the poles that come near each other. As shown in the +figure, the N pole of the magnet repels the field of the wire, causing +it to revolve. We see that this action is just the reverse to that in +galvanometers, where the coil is fixed, and the magnet, or magnetic +needle, is allowed to move. As soon as the part of the wire, marked A +in Fig. 225, gets a little distance from the pole, the opposite side +of the wire, B, begins to be attracted by it, the attraction getting +stronger and stronger, until it gets opposite the N pole. If the N pole +were still held in place, B would vibrate back and forth a few times, +and finally come to rest near the pole. If, however, as soon as B gets +opposite N the S pole of the magnet be quickly turned toward B, the +coil will be repelled and the rotary motion will continue. + +[Illustration: Fig. 228.] + +[Illustration: Figs. 229 to 231.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 232.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 233.] + +Let us now see how this helps to explain electric motors. We may +consider the wire of Fig. 225 as one coil of an armature, and the +plates, C and Z, as the halves of a commutator. In this arrangement, it +must be noted, the current always flows through the armature coil in +the same direction, the rotation being kept up by reversing the poles +of the field-magnet. In ordinary simple motors the current is reversed +in the armature coils, the field-magnets remaining in one position +without changing the poles. This produces the same effect as the above. +The current is reversed automatically as the brushes allow the current +to enter first one commutator bar and then the opposite one as the +armature revolves. The regular armatures have many coils and many +commutator bars, as will be seen by examining the illustrations shown. + +The ordinary galvanometer may be considered a form of motor. By +properly opening and closing the circuit, the rotary motion of the +needle can be kept up as long as current is supplied. Even an electric +bell or telegraph sounder may be considered a motor, giving motion +straight forward and back. + +=162. The Uses of Motors= are many. It would be impossible to mention +all the things that are done with the power from motors. A few +illustrations will give an idea of the way motors are attached to +machines. + +Fig. 226 shows one form of motor, the parts being shown in Fig. 227. + +[Illustration: Fig. 234.] + +Fig. 228 shows a fan motor run by a battery. They are generally run +by the current from the street. Figs. 229-231 show other forms of fan +motors. Fig. 232 shows an electric hat polisher. A church organ bellows +is shown in Fig. 233, so arranged that it can be pumped by an electric +motor. Fig. 234 shows a motor direct connected to a drill press. + +=163. Starting Boxes.= If too much current were suddenly allowed to +pass into the armature of a motor, the coils would be over-heated, +and perhaps destroyed, before it attained its full speed. A rapidly +revolving armature will take more current, without being overheated, +than one not in motion. A motor at full speed acts like a dynamo, and +generates a current which tends to flow from the machine in a direction +opposite to that which produces the motion. It is evident, then, that +when the armature is at rest, all the current turned on passes through +it without meeting with this opposing current. + +[Illustration: Fig. 235.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 236.] + +Fig. 235 shows a starting, stopping, and regulating box, inside of +which are a number of German-silver resistance coils properly connected +to contact-points at the top. By turning the knob, the field of the +motor is immediately charged first through resistance, then direct, and +then the current is put on the armature gradually through a series of +coils, the amount of current depending upon the distance the switch is +turned. Fig. 236 shows a cross section of the same. + + + + +CHAPTER XXV. + +ELECTRIC CARS, BOATS, AND AUTOMOBILES. + + +=164. Electric Cars=, as well as boats, automobiles, etc., etc., are +moved by the power that comes from electric motors, these receiving +current from the dynamos placed at some "central station." We have +already seen how the motor can do many kinds of work. By properly +gearing it to the car wheels, motion can be given to them which will +move the car. + +[Illustration: Fig. 237.] + +Fig. 237 shows two dynamos which will be supposed to be at a power +house and which send out a current to propel cars. From the figure +it will be seen that the wires over the cars, called trolley-wires, +are connected to the positive (+) terminals of the dynamos, and that +the negative (-) terminals are connected to the tracks. In case a +wire were allowed to join the trolley-wire and track, we should have +a short circuit, and current would not only rush back to the dynamo +without doing useful work, but it would probably injure the machines. +When some of the current is allowed to pass through a car, motion is +produced in the motors, as has been explained. As the number of cars +increases, more current passes back to the dynamos, which must do more +work to furnish such current. + +_Trolley-poles_, fastened to the top of the cars and which end in +grooved wheels, called _trolley-wheels_, are pressed by springs against +the trolley-wires. The current passes down these through switches to +_controllers_ at each end of the car, one set being used at a time. + +[Illustration: Fig. 238.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 239.] + +=165. The Controllers=, as the name suggests, control the speed of the +car by allowing more or less current to pass through the motors. The +motors, resistance coils and controllers are so connected with each +other that the amount of current used can be regulated. + +[Illustration: Fig. 240.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 241.] + +When the motorman turns the handle of the controller to the first +notch, the current passes through all of the resistance wires placed +under the car, then through one motor after the other. The motors being +joined in series by the proper connections at the controller, the +greatest resistance is offered to the current and the car runs at the +slowest speed at this first notch. As more resistance is cut out by +turning the handle to other notches, the car increases its speed; but +as the resistance wires become heated and the heat passes into the air, +there is a loss of energy. It is not economical to run a car at such a +speed that energy is wasted as heat. As soon as the resistance is all +cut out, the current simply passes through the motors joined in series. +This gives a fairly slow speed and one that is economical because all +the current tends to produce motion. + +By allowing the current to pass through the motors joined in parallel, +that is, by allowing each to take a part of the current, the resistance +is greatly reduced, and a higher speed attained. This is not instantly +done, however, as too much strain would be put upon the motors. As soon +as the next notch is reached, the motors are joined in parallel and +the resistance also thrown in again. By turning the handle still more, +resistance is gradually cut out, and the highest speed produced when +the current passes only through the motors in parallel. + +[Illustration: Fig. 242.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 243.] + +Fig. 238 represents a controller, by diagram, showing the relative +positions of the controller cylinder, reversing and cut-out cylinders, +arrangements for blowing out the short electric arcs formed, etc. A +ratchet and pawl is provided, which indicates positively the running +notches, at the same time permitting the cylinder to move with ease. +Fig. 239 shows a top view of the controller. + +[Illustration: Fig. 244.] + +=166. Overhead and Underground Systems.= When wires for furnishing +current are placed over the tracks, as in Fig. 237, we have the +overhead system. In cities the underground system is largely used. +The location of the conducting wires beneath the surface of the +street removes all danger to the public, and protects them from all +interference, leaving the street free from poles and wires. + +Fig. 240 shows a cross-section of an underground conduit. The rails, +R R, are supported by cast-iron yokes, A, placed five feet apart, and +thoroughly imbedded in concrete. The conduit has sewer connections +every 100 feet. Conducting bars, C C, are placed on each side of +the conduit, and these are divided into sections of about 500 feet. +Insulators, D D, are placed every 15 feet. They are attached to, and +directly under, the slot-rails, the stem passing through the conductor +bar. + +[Illustration: Fig. 245.] + +Figs. 240 and 241 show the plow E. The contact plates are carried on +coiled springs to allow a free motion. Two guide-wheels, F F, are +attached to the leg of the plow. The conducting wires are carried up +through the leg of the plow. + +=167. Appliances.= A large number of articles are needed in the +construction of electric railroads. A few, only, can be shown that are +used for the overhead system. Fig. 242 shows a pole insulator. Fig. 243 +shows a feeder-wire insulator. Fig. 244 shows a line suspension. Fig. +245 shows a form of right-angle cross which allows the trolley-wheels +of crossing lines to pass. Fig. 246 shows a switch. In winter a part of +the current is allowed to pass through electric heaters placed under +the seats of electric cars. + +[Illustration: Fig. 246.] + +=168. Electric Boats= are run by the current from storage batteries +which are usually placed under the seats. An electric motor large +enough to run a small boat takes up very little room and is generally +placed under the floor. This leaves the entire boat for the use of +passengers. The motor is connected to the shaft that turns the screw. +Fig. 247 shows one design. + +=169. Electric Automobiles= represent the highest type of electrical +and mechanical construction. The _running-gear_ is usually made of the +best cold-drawn seamless steel tubing, to get the greatest strength +from a given weight of material. The wheels are made in a variety of +styles, but nearly all have ball bearings and pneumatic tires. In the +lightest styles the wheels have wire spokes. + +The _electric motors_, supported by the running-gear, are geared to +the rear wheels. The motors are made as nearly dust-proof as possible. + +_Storage batteries_ are put in a convenient place, depending upon the +design of the carriage, and from these the motors receive the current. +These can be charged from the ordinary 110-volt lighting circuits or +from private dynamos. The proper plugs and attachments are usually +furnished by the various makers for connecting the batteries with the +street current, which is shut off when the batteries are full by an +automatic switch. + +[Illustration: Fig. 247.] + +_Controllers_ are used, as on electric cars, the lever for starting, +stopping, etc., being usually placed on the left-hand side of the seat. +The _steering_ is done by a lever that moves the front wheels. Strong +brakes, and the ability to quickly reverse the motors, allow electric +carriages to be stopped suddenly in case of accidents. + +Electric automobiles are largely used in cities, or where the current +can be easily had. The batteries must be re-charged after they have +run the motors for a certain time which depends upon the speed and +road, as well as upon the construction. Where carriages are to be run +almost constantly, as is the case with those used for general passenger +service in cities, duplicate batteries are necessary, so that one or +two sets can be charged while another is in use. Fig. 248 shows one +form of electric vehicle, the storage batteries being placed under and +back of the seat. + +[Illustration: Fig. 248.] + + + + +CHAPTER XXVI. + +A WORD ABOUT CENTRAL STATIONS. + + +=170. Central Stations=, as the word implies, are places where, for +example, electricity is generated for the incandescent or arc lights +used in a certain neighborhood; where telephone or telegraph messages +are sent to be resent to some other station; where operators are kept +to switch different lines together, so that those on one line can +talk to those on another, etc., etc. There are many kinds of central +stations, each requiring a large amount of special apparatus to carry +on the work. Fig. 249 gives a hint in regard to the way car lines +get their power from a central power station. As a large part of the +apparatus required in ordinary central stations has already been +described, it is not necessary to go into the details of such stations. + +[Illustration: Fig. 249.] + +In lighting stations, for example, we have three principal kinds of +apparatus. Boilers produce the steam that runs the steam engines, and +these run the dynamos that give the current. Besides these there are +many other things needed. The electrical energy that goes over the +wires to furnish light, heat, and power, really comes indirectly from +the coal that is used to boil water and convert it into steam. The +various parts of the central station merely aid in this transformation +of energy. + +[Illustration: Fig. 250.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 251.] + +The dynamos are connected to the engines by belts, or they are direct +connected. Figs. 250, 251, show dynamos connected to engines without +belts. + +The current from the dynamos is led to large switchboards which contain +switches, voltmeters, ammeters, lightning arresters, and various other +apparatus for the proper control and measurement of the current. From +the switchboard it is allowed to pass through the various street mains, +from which it is finally led to lamps, motors, etc. + +Water-power is frequently used to drive the dynamos instead of steam +engines. The water turns some form of water-wheel which is connected +to the dynamos. At Niagara Falls, for example, immense quantities of +current are generated for light, heat, power, and industrial purposes. + +[Illustration] + + + + +CHAPTER XXVII. + +MISCELLANEOUS USES OF ELECTRICITY. + + +=171. The Many Uses= to which the electric current is put are almost +numberless. New uses are being found for it every day. Some of the +common applications are given below. + +=172. Automatic Electric Program Clocks=, Fig. 252, are largely used +in all sorts of establishments, schools, etc., for ringing bells at +certain stated periods. The lower dial shown has many contact-points +that can be inserted to correspond to given times. As this revolves, +the circuits are closed, one after the other, and it may be so set that +bells will be rung in different parts of the house every five minutes, +if desired. + +[Illustration: Fig. 252.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 253.] + +=173. Call Boxes= are used to send in calls of various kinds to +central stations. Fig. 253 shows one form. The number of different +calls provided includes messenger, carrier, coupe, express wagon, +doctor, laborer, police, fire, together with three more, which may be +made special to suit the convenience of the individual customer. The +instruments are provided with apparatus for receiving a return signal, +the object of which is to notify the subscriber that his call has been +received and is having attention. + +[Illustration: Fig. 254.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 255.] + +Fig. 254 shows another form of call box, the handle being moved around +to the call desired. As it springs back to the original position, an +interrupted current passes through the box to the central station, +causing a bell to tap a certain number of times, giving the call and +location of the box. + +=174. Electric Gas-Lighters.= Fig. 255 shows a _ratchet burner_. The +first pull of the chain turns on the gas through a four-way gas-cock, +governed by a ratchet-wheel and pawl. The issuing gas is lighted by a +wipe-spark at the tip of the burner. Alternate pulls shut off the gas. +As the lever brings the attached wire A, in contact with the wire B, +a bright spark passes, which ignites the gas, the burner being joined +with a battery and induction or spark coil. + +_Automatic burners_ are used when it is desired to light gas at +a distance from the push-button. Fig. 256 shows one form. Two +electromagnets are shown, one being generally joined to a white +push-button for turning on the gas and lighting it, the other being +joined to a black button which turns off the gas when it is pressed. +The armatures of the magnets work the gas-valve. Sparks ignite the gas, +as explained above. + +[Illustration: Fig. 256.] + +[Illustration: Fig. 257.] + +=175. Door Openers.= Fig. 257 shows one form. They contain +electromagnets so arranged that when the armature is attracted by the +pushing of a button anywhere in the building, the door can be pushed +open. + +=176. Dental Outfits.= Fig. 258 shows a motor arranged to run dental +apparatus. The motor can be connected to an ordinary incandescent light +socket. In case the current gives out, the drills, etc., can be run by +foot power. + +[Illustration: Fig. 258.] + +=177. Annunciators= of various kinds are used in hotels, factories, +etc., to indicate a certain room when a bell rings at the office. +The bell indicates that some one has called, and the annunciator +shows the location of the call by displaying the number of the room +or its location. Fig. 259 shows a small annunciator. They contain +electromagnets which are connected to push-buttons located in the +building, and which bring the numbers into place as soon as the current +passes through them. + +[Illustration: Fig. 259.] + + + + +INDEX. + + +Numbers refer to paragraphs. See Table of Contents for the titles of +the various chapters. + + Action of magnets upon each other, 32. + + Adjuster, for lamp cords, 151. + + Air pressure, effect of spark upon, 155. + + Aluminum-leaf, for electroscopes, 5. + + Alternating current, 129, 130; + system of wiring for, 144. + + Amalgamation of zincs, 47. + + Amber, electrification upon, 3. + + Ammeter, the, 74; + how placed in circuit, 77. + + Ampere, the, 72. + + Annunciators, 177. + + Anode, 79, 82. + + Apparatus for electrical measurements, Chap. VI. + + Appliances, for distribution of currents, 141; + for electric railways, 167; + for heating by electricity, 147. + + Arc, the electric, 152. + + Arc lamp, the, 153; + how light is produced by, Chap. XXII.; + double carbon, 153; + hand-feed focussing, 153; + for search-lights, 153; + short, for basements, 153; + single carbon, 153; + for theater use, 153. + + Armature, of dynamo, 127, 129; + of electromagnets, 98; + of horseshoe magnet, 26; + of motors, 161; + uses of, 39. + + Artificial magnets, 25. + + Astatic, detectors, 94; + galvanometer, 73; + needles, 94. + + Aurora borealis, 23. + + Automatic, current interrupters, 104, 115; + gas lighters, 174; + program clocks, 172. + + Automobiles, 169; + controllers for, 169; + motors for, 169; + steering of, 169; + storage batteries for, 169. + + + Bamboo filaments, 149. + + Bar magnets, 27; + magnetic figures of, 38. + + Batteries, large plunge, 54; + plunge, 53; + secondary, 86; + storage, and how they work, Chap. IX. + + Bell, the electric, and some of its uses, Chap. XV.; + electric, 116; + magneto testing, 117; + trembling, etc., 116. + + Bell transmitter, 120. + + Belts, electricity generated by friction upon, 1. + + Benjamin Franklin, 18. + + Bichromate of potash cells, 51, etc. + + Binding-posts, Chap. V.; + common forms of, 63. + + Blasting, by electricity, 147; + electric machines for, 147. + + Bluestone cell, 56. + + Boats, electric, 168. + + Boilers, use of in central stations, 170. + + Bones, photographed by x-rays, Chap. XXIII. + + Boosters, 136. + + Brushes, 129. + + Bunsen cells, 56_a_. + + Burner, automatic, 174; + for gas-lights, 174; + ratchet, 174. + + Buzzers, electric, 118. + + + Cables and wires, 143. + + Call boxes, electric, 173. + + Carbon, in arc lamps, 152, 153; + filament, 149; + transmitter, 123. + + Carpet, electricity generated upon, 1. + + Cars, electric, 164; + controllers for, 165; + heating by electricity, 167; + overhead system for, 166; + underground system for, 166. + + Cat, electricity generated upon, 1. + + Cathode, definition of, 79; + rays, 157. + + Cells, Bunsen, 56_a_; + bichromate of potash, 51; + closed circuit, 50; + dry, 58; + Edison-Lelande, 59; + electricity generated by, Chap. III.; + Fuller, 55; + Gonda, 57; + gravity, 56; + Grenet, 52; + Leclanche, 57; + open circuit, 50; + plates and poles of, 45_a_; + polarization of, 48; + simple, 45, 49; + single-fluid, 49; + two-fluid, 49; + various voltaic, Chap. IV. + + Central stations, 170; + a word about, Chap. XXVI. + + Chain lightning, 19. + + Chafing-dishes, electrical, 147. + + Charging condensers, 15. + + Chemical action, and electricity, 81. + + Chemical effects of electric current, Chap. VII. + + Chemical meters, 78. + + Church organs, pumped by motors, 162. + + Circuits, electric, 50; + for lamps, 144. + + Cleats, porcelain, 141; + wooden, 141. + + Clocks, automatic electric, 172. + + Closed circuit cells, 50. + + Coils, induction, and how they work, Chap. XIII.; + induction, construction of, 104; + method of joining, 98; + primary and secondary, 103; + resistance, 69; + rotation of, 95; + of transformers, 135. + + Collectors on dynamos, 129. + + Commutators, 129. + + Compasses, magnetic, 31. + + Compound, magnets, 28; + wound dynamo, 131. + + Condensation of static electricity, 15. + + Condensers, 15; + for induction coils, 104. + + Conductors, and insulators, 4, 138. + + Conduits, electric, 140. + + Connections, electrical, 60; + for telegraph lines, 111. + + Controllers, for automobiles, 169; + for electric cars, 165. + + Copper sulphate, effects of current on, 82; + formula of, 79. + + Copper voltameters, 75. + + Cords, adjustable for lamps, 151. + + Coulomb, the, 76. + + Crater of hot carbons, 152. + + Crookes tubes, 156, 158. + + Current, detectors, 93; + direction of in cell, 46; + from magnet and coil, 100; + from two coils, 102; + induced, 127; + of induction coils, 105; + interrupters, automatic, 104, 115; + local, 47; + primary and secondary, 102; + transformation of, Chap. XVIII.; + transmission of, 134. + + Currents, and motion, 160; + how distributed for use, Chap. XIX. + + Current strength, 71; + measurement of, 73; + unit of, 72. + + Cylinder electric machines, 9. + + + Daniell cell, 56. + + D'Arsonval galvanometer, 73. + + Declination, 41. + + Decorative incandescent lamps, 151. + + Dental, lamps, 151; + outfits, 176. + + Detectors, astatic, 94; + current, 93. + + Diamagnetic bodies, 29. + + Diaphragm for telephones, 120. + + Dip, of magnetic needle, 42. + + Direct current, 129, 130. + + Direction of current in cell, 46. + + Discharging condensers, 15. + + Disruptive discharges, 154. + + Distribution of currents for use, Chap. XIX. + + Door opener, electric, 175. + + Dots and dashes, 110. + + Drill press, run by motor, 162. + + Dry cells, 58. + + Dynamo, the, 126; + alternating current, 130; + commutator of, 129; + compound wound, 131; + direct current, 130; + lamps connected to, 132; + series wound, 131; + shunt wound, 131; + used as motor, 161; + use of in central stations, 170; + used with water power, 170. + + Dynamos, electricity generated by, Chap. XVII.; + types of, 130; + various machines, 132; + winding of, 131. + + Dynamotors, 137. + + + Earth, inductive influence of, 43; + lines of force about, 40, 42. + + Ebonite, electricity by friction upon, 3, 4. + + Edison-Lelande cells, 59. + + Electric, automobiles, 169; + bell, and some of its uses, Chap. XV.; + boats, 168; + buzzers, 118; + cars, 164; + conduits, 140; + fans, 162; + flat-irons, 146; + gas lighters, 174; + griddles, 147; + kitchen, 147; + lights, arc, Chap. XXII.; + lights, incandescent, Chap. XXI.; + machines, static, 7 to 13; + machines, uses of, 14; + motor, the, 161; + motor, and how it does work, Chap. XXIV.; + soldering irons, 146; + telegraph, and how it sends messages, Chap. XIV.; + telephone, and how it transmits speech, Chap. XVI.; + welding, 146. + + Electric current, and work, 133; + and chemical action, 81; + chemical effects of, Chap. VII.; + how distributed for use, Chap. XIX.; + magnetic effects of, Chap. XI.; + how transformed, Chap. XVIII. + + Electrical, connections, 60; + horse-power, 77; + measurements, Chap. VI.; + resistance, 68; + resistance, unit of, 69; + units, Chap. VI. + + Electricity, about frictional, Chap. I.; + and chemical action, 81; + atmospheric, 18; + heat produced by, Chap. XX.; + history of, 3; + how generated upon cat, 1; + how generated by dynamos, Chap. XVII.; + how generated by heat, Chap. X.; + how generated by induction, Chap. XII.; + how generated by voltaic cell, Chap. III.; + origin of name, 2. + + Electrification, kinds of, 6; + laws of, 7. + + Electrolysis, 79. + + Electrolyte, 79. + + Electromagnetic induction, 99. + + Electromagnetism, 91. + + Electromagnets, 96; + forms of, 97. + + Electro-mechanical gong, 116. + + Electromotive force, defined, 65, 71; + measurement of, 67; + of polarization, 85; + of static electricity, 17; + unit of, 66. + + Electrophorus, the, 8. + + Electroplating, 82. + + Electroscopes, 5. + + Electrotyping, 83. + + Experiments, early, with currents, 44; + some simple, 1. + + External resistance, 68. + + + Fan motors, 162. + + Field, magnetic, 37. + + Field-magnets, 129. + + Figures, magnetic, 38. + + Filaments, carbon, 149; + bamboo, etc., 149. + + Fire, St. Elmo's, 22. + + Flat-irons, electric, 147. + + Floor mains, 139. + + Fluoroscope, 158. + + Force, and induced currents, 101; + lines of magnetic, 38; + lines of about a wire, 92, 96; + lines of about a magnet, 37, 38. + + Frictional electricity, about, Chap, I.; + location of charge of, 4; + sparks from, 4. + + Fuller cell, the, 55. + + Fuse, link, 142; + plug, 142; + ribbons, 142; + wire, 142. + + Fusible rosettes, 142. + + + Galvani, early experiments of, 44. + + Galvanometers, 73; + astatic, 73; + considered as motor, 161; + D'Arsonval, 73; + tangent, 73. + + Galvanoscope, 73; + astatic, 94. + + Gas lighters, electric, 174. + + Geissler tubes, 156. + + Generators, electric, 126. + + Glass, electricity generated upon, 4. + + Glue pots, electric, 147. + + Gold-leaf, for electroscopes, 5. + + Gold plating, 82. + + Gonda cell, 57. + + Gong, electro-mechanical, 116. + + Gravity cell, the, 56; + replaced by dynamotors, 137. + + Grenet cell, 52. + + Griddles, electric, 147. + + Guard, for lamps, 151. + + + Heat, how generated by electricity, Chap. X.; + and magnetism, 35; + and resistance, 145. + + Heat lightning, 19. + + Heaters, for cars, 167. + + History of electricity, 3. + + Horse-power, electrical, 77. + + Horseshoe, permanent magnets, 26; + electromagnets, 97, 98. + + Human body, bones of, photographed by x-rays, Chap. XXIII. + + Hydrogen, action of in cell, 48; + attraction of for oxygen, 85. + + Incandescence, 148. + + Incandescent lamp, 149; + candle-power of, 150; + current for, 150; + light produced by, Chap. XXI.; + construction of, 149; + uses of, 151. + + Inclination of magnetic needle, 42. + + Indicating push-button, 61. + + Induced currents, 127; + and lines of force, 101; + by rotary motion, 128; + of induction coils, 105; + of transformers, 135. + + Induced magnetism, 36. + + Induction, electricity generated by, Chap. XII.; + electromagnetic, 99. + + Induction coils, condensers for, 104; + construction of, 104; + currents of, 105; + how they work, Chap. XIII.; + in telephone work, 124; + uses of, 106. + + Inductive influence of earth, 43. + + Influence machines for medical purposes, 13. + + Ink writing registers, 114. + + Insulating tubing, 141. + + Insulators, 141; + and conductors, 4, 138; + feeder-wire, 167; + for poles, 167; + porcelain, 141. + + Internal resistance, 68. + + Interrupters, automatic current, 104, 115. + + Ions, 80. + + Iron, electricity upon, by friction, 4. + + + Jar, Leyden, 15. + + Jarring magnets, effects of, 33. + + + Keeper of magnets, 26. + + Keys, telegraph, 109. + + Kinds of electrification, 6. + + Kitchen, electric, 147. + + Knife switch, 62. + + + Lamp, incandescent, candle-power of, 150; + cord, adjustable, 151; + current for, 150; + dental, 151; + for desks, 151; + for throat, 151; + guard for, 151; + incandescent, 149; + socket, 151; + with half shade, 151. + + Lamp, the arc, 153; + how light is produced by, Chap. XXII.; + double carbon, 153; + hand-feed focussing, 153; + for search-lights, 153; + single carbon, 153; + short, for basements, 153; + for theater use, 153. + + Lamp circuits, alternating system, 144. + + Lamps, in parallel, 144; + lamps in series, 144; + three-wire system, 144; + two-wire system, 144. + + Laws, of electrification, 7; + of magnetic attraction, 32; + of resistance, 70. + + Leaf electroscopes, 5. + + Leclanche cell, 57. + + Leyden, battery, 16; + jar, 15. + + Light, how produced by arc lamp, Chap. XXII.; + how produced by incandescent lamp, Chap. XXI. + + Lightning, 19; + rods, 21. + + Line, telegraph, Chap. XIV.; + connections for, 111; + operation of, 112. + + Line suspension, for trolley-wires, 167. + + Line wire, 111. + + Lines of force, conductors of, 39, 96; + about the earth, 40, 42; + and induced currents, 101; + about a magnet, 38; + about a wire, 92. + + Local currents, 47. + + + Magnetic, bodies, 29; + declination, 41; + effects of electric current, Chap. XI.; + field, 37; + figure of one bar magnet, 38; + figure of two bar magnets, 38; + figure of horseshoe magnet, 38; + needle, dip of, 42; + needles and compasses, 31. + + Magnetism, and heat, 35; + induced, 36; + laws of, 32; + residual, 34; + retentivity, 34; + temporary, 36; + terrestrial, 40; + theory of, 33. + + Magneto, signal bells, 117; + testing bells, 117; + transmitter, 120. + + Magnets, action upon each other, 32; + artificial, 25; + bar, 27; + compound, 28; + effects of jarring, 33; + electro, 96; + electro, forms of, 97; + horseshoe, 26; + and magnetism, about, Chap. II.; + making of, 30; + natural, 24. + + Mains, electric, 139. + + Man-holes, in conduits, 140. + + Measurements, electric, Chap. VI.; + of current strength, 73; + of E.M.F., 67. + + Meters, chemical, 78; + permanent record, 77. + + Microphone, the, 122. + + Motion and currents, 160. + + Motor, acting like dynamo, 163; + armature of, 161; + controlling speed of, 165; + electric, 161; + electric, and how it does work, Chap. XXIV.; + fans, 162; + for automobiles, 169; + for boats, 168; + for pumping bellows, 162; + for running drill press, 162; + parts of, 162; + starting boxes for, 163; + uses of, 162. + + Motor-dynamos, 136. + + Mouldings, for wires, 141. + + + Name, electricity, origin of, 2. + + Natural magnets, 24. + + Needles, astatic, 94; + dipping, 42; + magnetic, 31. + + Negative electrification, 5. + + Non-conductors, 4. + + North pole, magnetic of earth, 40; + of magnets, 26. + + Northern lights, 23. + + + Ohm, the, 69. + + Open circuit cells, 50. + + Openers, for doors, 175. + + Outfits, dental, 175. + + Overhead trolley system, 166. + + Oxygen, attraction for hydrogen, 85. + + + Parallel arrangement of lamps, 144. + + Peltier effect, 89. + + Pendant, electric, 151. + + Pith-ball electroscope, 5. + + Plate electrical machine, 10. + + Plates of cells, 45_a_. + + Plunge batteries, 53; + large, 54. + + Polarity of coils, 95. + + Polarization, 84; + electromotive force of, 85; + of cells, 48. + + Pole-changing switch, 62. + + Poles, of cells, 45_a_; + of horseshoe magnet, 26. + + Positive electrification, 6. + + Potential, defined, 65. + + Push-buttons, Chap. V.; + indicating, 61; + modifications of, 61; + table clamp, 61. + + + Quantity of electricity, 76; + unit of, 76. + + Rays, cathode, 157; + x-rays, 158. + + Receiver, telephone, 121. + + Reflectors, for lamps, 151. + + Registers, ink writing, 114. + + Relay, the, 113. + + Residual magnetism, 34. + + Resistance, coils and boxes, 69; + electrical, 68; + external, 68; + and heat, 145; + internal, 68; + laws of, 70; + unit of, 69. + + Retentivity, 34. + + Risers, in buildings, 139. + + Rods, lightning, 21. + + Roentgen, Prof., 158. + + Rosette, fusible, 142. + + Running-gear, of automobiles, 169. + + + Safety, devices, 142; + fuse, 142; + fuse link, 142; + fuse plug, 142; + fuse ribbon, 142; + fuse wire, 142. + + Search-lights, 153; + signals sent by, 153. + + Secondary batteries, 86; + uses of, 87. + + Series arrangement of lamps, 144. + + Series wound dynamo, 131. + + Service wires, 139. + + Shunt-wound dynamo, 131. + + Signal bells, magneto, 117. + + Simple cell, the, 45, 49. + + Single-fluid cells, 49. + + Single-point switch, 62. + + Single-stroke bell, 116. + + Socket, for incandescent lamps, 151. + + Soldering irons, electric, 147. + + Sounders, telegraph, 110; + home-made, 110. + + Spark, effect of air pressure on, 155. + + Sparks, from cells, 17; + from frictional electricity, 4. + + St. Elmo's fire, 22. + + Starting boxes, for motors, 163. + + Static electric machines, 8. + + Static electricity, condensation of, 15; + electromotive force of, 17; + to test presence of, 5; + uses of, 14. + + Steam engines, in central stations, 170. + + Steel, inductive influence of earth upon, 43; + retentivity of, 26. + + Storage batteries, the, and how they work, Chap. IX.; + for automobiles, 169; + for boats, 168; + for natural sources of power, 87. + + Stoves, electric, 147. + + Strength of current, 71; + measurement of, 73; + unit of, 72. + + Switchboards, 62. + + Switches, Chap. V.; + knife, 62; + pole-changing, 62; + single point, 62; + for trolley lines, 167. + + Table clamp-push, 61. + + Tangent galvanometer, 73. + + Teakettles, electric, 147. + + Telegraph, electric, and how it sends messages, Chap. XIV.; + ink writing registers, 114; + keys, 109; + relay, 113; + sounders, 110. + + Telegraph line, 107, 108; + operation of, 112; + simple connections of, 111. + + Telephone, the, and how it transmits speech, Chap. XVI.; + receiver, 121; + transmitter, 120; + use of induction coil with, 124; + various forms of, 125. + + Temporary magnetism, 36. + + Terrestrial magnetism, 40. + + Theory of magnetism, 33. + + Thermoelectricity, 88. + + Thermopiles, 90. + + Three-wire system, 144. + + Throat, lamp for, 151. + + Thunder, 20. + + Toepler-Holtz machines, 11. + + Transformers, 135. + + Transforming electric current, Chap. XVIII.; + for electric welding, 146. + + Transmission of currents, 134. + + Transmitter, Bell, 120; + carbon, 123. + + Trembling bell, 116. + + Trolley-wires, 164; + -poles, 164; + -wheels, 164. + + Tubes, Crookes, 156, 158; + Geissler, 156; + vacuum, 156. + + Two-fluid cells, 49. + + Two-wire system, 144. + + + Underground trolley system 166; + conduits for, 166. + + Unit, of current strength, 72; + of electromotive force, 66; + of quantity, 76; + of resistance, 69. + + Units, electrical, Chap. VI. + + Uses, of armatures, 39; + of electricity, miscellaneous, Chap. XXVII.; + of induction coils, 106; + of motors, 162; + of storage batteries, 87. + + + Vacuum-tubes, 156. + + Variation, angle of, 41. + + Volt, the, 66. + + Volta, 66; + early experiments of, 44. + + Voltaic cell, electricity generated by, Chap. III. + + Voltaic pile, 44. + + Voltameters, 75; + copper, 75; + water, 75. + + Voltmeters, 67, 77. + + + Water, decomposition of, 79; + power, source of energy, 170; + voltameters, 73. + + Watt, the, 77. + + Wattmeters, 77. + + Welding, electric, 146. + + Wimshurst electric machine, 12. + + Wires and cables, 143. + + Wiring, for alternating system, 144; + three-wire system, 144; + two-wire system, 144. + + Work, and electric current, 133. + + + X-ray photographs, 159. + + X-rays, 156; + and how the bones of the human body are photographed, Chap. XXIII. + + + Yokes, 97, 98. + + + Zincs, amalgamation of, 47. + + + + +THINGS A BOY SHOULD KNOW ABOUT ELECTRICITY. + + + By THOMAS M. ST. JOHN, Met. E. + + + The book contains 180 pages, and 260 illustrations; it measures + 5 x 7-1/2 in., and is bound in cloth. + + PRICE, POST-PAID, $1.00. + + =CONTENTS:= _Chapter_ I. About Frictional Electricity.--II. + About Magnets and Magnetism.--III. How Electricity + is Generated by the Voltaic Cell.--IV. Various + Voltaic Cells.--V. About Push-Buttons, Switches and + Binding-Posts.--VI. Units and Apparatus for Electrical + Measurements.--VII. Chemical Effects of the Electric + Current.--VIII. How Electroplating and Electrotyping are + Done.--IX. The Storage Battery and How it Works.--X. How + Electricity is Generated by Heat.--XI. Magnetic Effects of + the Electric Current.--XII. How Electricity is Generated + by Induction.--XIII. How the Induction Coil Works.--XIV. + The Electric Telegraph, and How it Sends Messages.--XV. The + Electric Bell and Some of its Uses.--XVI. The Telephone, + and How it Transmits Speech.--XVII. How Electricity + is Generated by Dynamos.--XVIII. How the Electric + Current is Transformed.--XIX. How Electric Currents are + Distributed for Use.--XX. How Heat is Produced by the + Electric Current.--XXI. How Light is Produced by the + Incandescent Lamp.--XXII. How Light is Produced by the Arc + Lamp.--XXIII. X-Rays, and How the Bones of the Human Body + are Photographed.--XXIV. The Electric Motor and How it Does + Work.--XXV. Electric Cars, Boats and Automobiles.--XXVI. A + Word About Central Stations.--XXVII. 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Other parts of the apparatus have also been +selected and made with great care, to adapt them particularly to these +experiments.--_From the author's preface._ + + + =CONTENTS.=--Experiments With Horseshoe Magnet.--Experiments + With Magnetized Needles.--Experiments With Needles, + Corks, Wires, Nails, etc.--Experiments With Bar + Magnets.--Experiments With Floating Magnets.--Miscellaneous + Experiments.--Miscellaneous Illustrations showing what very + small children can do with the Apparatus.--Diagrams showing + how Magnetized Needles may be used by little children to + make hundreds of pretty designs upon paper. + + + =AMUSING EXPERIMENTS.=--Something for Nervous People to + Try.--The Jersey Mosquito.--The Stampede.--The Runaway.--The + Dog-fight.--The Whirligig.--The Naval Battle.--A + String of Fish.--A Magnetic Gun.--A Top Upsidedown.--A + Magnetic Windmill.--A Compass Upsidedown.--The Magnetic + Acrobat.--The Busy Ant-hill.--The Magnetic Bridge.--The + Merry-go-Round.--The Tight-rope Walker.--A Magnetic Motor + Using Attractions and Repulsions. + + _The Book and Complete Outfit will be sent, Post-paid, + upon receipt of 35 Cents, by_ + + =THOMAS M. ST. JOHN, 407 W. 51st St., New York.= + + + + +FUN WITH SHADOWS + +BOOK AND COMPLETE OUTFIT FOR SHADOW PICTURES, PANTOMIMES, +ENTERTAINMENTS, Etc., Etc. + + +[Illustration] + +=Shadow Making= has been a very popular amusement for several +centuries. There is a great deal of _fun_ and instruction in it, and +its long life is due to the fact that it has always been a source of +keen delight to grown people as well as to children. + +In getting material together for this little book, the author has been +greatly aided by English, French and American authors, some of whom are +professional shadowists. It has been the author's special effort to get +the subject and apparatus into a practical, cheap form for boys and +girls. + + + =THE OUTFIT= contains everything necessary for all ordinary + shadow pictures, shadow entertainments, shadow plays, etc. + The following articles are included: + + One book of Instructions called "Fun with Shadows"; 1 Shadow + Screen; 2 Sheets of Tracing Paper; 1 Coil of Wire for + Movable Figures; 1 Cardboard Frame for Circular Screen; 1 + Cardboard House for Stage Scenery; 1 Jointed Wire Fish-pole + and Line; 2 Bent Wire Scenery Holders; 4 Clamps for Screen; + 1 Wire Figure Support; 1 Wire for Oar; 2 Spring Wire Table + Clamps; 1 Wire Candlestick Holder; 5 Cardboard Plates + containing the following printed figures that should be cut + out with shears: 12 Character Hats; 1 Boat; 1 Oar-blade; 1 + Fish; 1 Candlestick; 1 Cardboard Plate containing printed + parts for making movable figures. + + =CONTENTS OF BOOK:= One Hundred Illustrations and Diagrams, + including Ten Full-page Book Plates, together with Six + Full-page Plates on Cardboard. + + _Chapter_ I. Introduction.--II. General Instructions.--III. + Hand Shadows of Animals.--IV. Hand Shadows of Heads, + Character Faces, etc.--V. Moving Shadow Figures and How + to Make Them.--VI. Shadow Pantomimes.--VII. Miscellaneous + Shadows. + + _The Book and Complete Outfit will be sent, =POST-PAID=, + upon receipt of 35 cents, by_ + + =THOMAS M. ST. JOHN, 407 West 51st St., New York City.= + + + + +Fun With Electricity. + +BOOK AND COMPLETE OUTFIT FOR SIXTY EXPERIMENTS IN ELECTRICITY.... + + +[Illustration] + +Enough of the principles of electricity are brought out to make the +book instructive as well as amusing. The experiments are systematically +arranged, and make a fascinating science course. No chemicals, no +danger. + +The book is conversational and not at all "schooly," Harry and Ned +being two boys who perform the experiments and talk over the results as +they go along. + +"The book reads like a story."--"An appropriate present for a +boy or girl."--"Intelligent parents will appreciate 'Fun With +Electricity.'"--"Very complete, because it contains both book and +apparatus."--"There is no end to the fun which a boy or girl can have +with this fascinating amusement." + + + =THERE IS FUN IN THESE EXPERIMENTS.=--Chain Lightning.--An + Electric Whirligig.--The Baby Thunderstorm.--A Race + with Electricity.--An Electric Frog Pond.--An Electric + Ding-Dong.--The Magic Finger.--Daddy Long-Legs.--Jumping + Sally.--An Electric Kite.--Very Shocking.--Condensed + Lightning.--An Electric Fly-Trap.--The Merry Pendulum.--An + Electric Ferry-Boat.--A Funny Piece of Paper.--A Joke on the + Family Cat.--Electricity Plays Leap-Frog.--Lightning Goes + Over a Bridge.--Electricity Carries a Lantern.--And _=40 + Others=_. + + The =_OUTFIT_= contains 20 different articles. The =_BOOK + OF INSTRUCTION=_ measures 5 x 7-1/2 inches, and has 38 + illustrations, 55 pages, good paper and clear type. + + _The Book, and Complete Outfit will be sent, by mail or + express, Charges Prepaid, upon receipt of 65 Cents, by_ + + =THOMAS M. ST. JOHN, 407 W. 51st St., New York.= + + + + +Fun With Puzzles. + +BOOK, KEY, AND COMPLETE OUTFIT FOR FOUR HUNDRED PUZZLES... + + +The BOOK measures 5 x 7-1/2 inches. It is well printed, nicely bound, +and contains 15 chapters, 80 pages, and 128 illustrations. The KEY is +illustrated. It is bound with the book, and contains the solution of +every puzzle. The COMPLETE OUTFIT is placed in a neat box with the +book. It consists of numbers, counters, figures, pictures, etc., for +doing the puzzles. + + =CONTENTS:= _Chapter_ (1) Secret Writing. (2) Magic + Triangles, Squares, Rectangles, Hexagons, Crosses, Circles, + etc. (3) Dropped Letter and Dropped Word Puzzles. (4) Mixed + Proverbs, Prose and Rhyme. (5) Word Diamonds, Squares, + Triangles, and Rhomboids. (6) Numerical Enigmas. (7) + Jumbled Writing and Magic Proverbs. (8) Dissected Puzzles. + (9) Hidden and Concealed Words. (10) Divided Cakes, Pies, + Gardens, Farms, etc. (11) Bicycle and Boat Puzzles. (12) + Various Word and Letter Puzzles. (13) Puzzles with Counters. + (14) Combination Puzzles. (15) Mazes and Labyrinths. + +"Fun With Puzzles" is a book that every boy and girl should have. It +is amusing, instructive,--educational. It is just the thing to wake up +boys and girls and make them think. They like it, because it is real +fun. This sort of educational play should be given in every school-room +and in every home. + +"Fun With Puzzles" will puzzle your friends, as well as yourself; it +contains some real brain-splitters. Over 300 new and original puzzles +are given, besides many that are hundreds of years old. + +=Secret Writing.= Among the many things that "F. W. P." contains, is +the key to _secret writing_. It shows you a very simple way to write +letters to your friends, and it is simply impossible for others to read +what you have written, unless they know the secret. This, alone is a +valuable thing for any boy or girl who wants to have some fun. + + _The Book, Key, and Complete Outfit will be sent, postpaid, + upon receipt of 35 cents, by_ + + =THOMAS M. ST. JOHN, 407 West 51st St., New York City.= + + + + +Fun With Soap-Bubbles. + +BOOK AND COMPLETE OUTFIT FOR FANCY BUBBLES AND FILMS.... + + +[Illustration] + +=THE OUTFIT= contains everything necessary for thousands of beautiful +bubbles and films. All highly colored articles have been carefully +avoided, as cheap paints and dyes are positively dangerous in +children's mouths. The outfit contains the following articles: + +One Book of Instructions, called "Fun With Soap-Bubbles," 1 Metal Base +for Bubble Stand, 1 Wooden Rod for Bubble Stand, 3 Large Wire Rings for +Bubble Stand, 1 Small Wire Ring, 3 Straws, 1 Package of Prepared Soap, +1 Bubble Pipe, 1 Water-proof Bubble Horn. The complete outfit is placed +in a neat box with the book. (Extra Horns, Soap, etc., furnished at +slight cost.) + + =CONTENTS OF BOOK.=--Twenty-one + Illustrations.--Introduction.--The Colors of + Soap-bubbles.--The Outfit.--Soap Mixture.--Useful + Hints.--Bubbles Blown With Pipes.--Bubbles Blown + With Straws.--Bubbles Blown With the Horn.--Floating + Bubbles.--Baby Bubbles.--Smoke Bubbles.--Bombshell + Bubbles.--Dancing Bubbles.--Bubble Games.--Supported + Bubbles.--Bubble Cluster.--Suspended Bubbles.--Bubble + Lamp Chimney.--Bubble Lenses.--Bubble Basket.--Bubble + Bellows.--To Draw a Bubble Through a Ring.--Bubble + Acorn.--Bubble Bottle.--A Bubble Within a Bubble.--Another + Way.--Bubble Shade.--Bubble Hammock.--Wrestling + Bubbles.--A Smoking Bubble.--Soap Films.--The Tennis + Racket Film.--Fish-net Film.--Pan-shaped Film.--Bow and + Arrow Film.--Bubble Dome.--Double Bubble Dome.--Pyramid + Bubbles.--Turtle-back Bubbles.--Soap-bubbles and Frictional + Electricity. + + +"There is nothing more beautiful than the airy-fairy soap-bubble with +its everchanging colors." + + _THE BEST POSSIBLE AMUSEMENT FOR OLD + AND YOUNG._ + + + _The Book and Complete Outfit will be sent, =POST-PAID=, + upon receipt of 35 cents, by_ + + =THOMAS M. ST. JOHN, 407 West 51st St., New York City.= + + + + +The Study of Elementary Electricity and + +Magnetism by Experiment. + + + By THOMAS M. ST. JOHN, Met. E. + + The book contains 220 pages and 168 illustrations; + it measures 5 x 7-1/2 in. and is bound in green cloth. + + PRICE, POST-PAID, $1.25. + +This book is designed as a text-book for amateurs, students, and others +who wish to take up a systematic course of elementary electrical +experiments at home or in school. Full directions are given for....... + + _Two Hundred Simple Experiments._ + +The experiments are discussed by the author, after the student has been +led to form his own opinion about the results obtained and the points +learned. + +In selecting the apparatus for the experiments in this book, the author +has kept constantly in mind the fact that the average student will not +buy the expensive pieces usually described in text-books. + + The two hundred experiments given can be performed with + simple apparatus; in fact, the student should make at least + a part of his own apparatus, and for the benefit of those + who wish to do this, the author has given, throughout the + work, explanations that will aid in the construction of + certain pieces especially adapted to these experiments. For + those who have the author's "How Two Boys Made Their Own + Electrical Apparatus," constant references have been made to + it as the "Apparatus Book," as this contains full details + for making almost all kinds of simple apparatus needed + in "The Study of Elementary Electricity and Magnetism by + Experiment." + +_If you wish to take up a systematic course of experiments--experiments +that may be performed with simple, inexpensive apparatus,--this book +will serve as a valuable guide._ + + + + +Condensed List of Apparatus + +FOR + +"The Study of Elementary Electricity and Magnetism by Experiment." + + +_Number_ 1. Steel Needles; package of twenty-five.--2. Flat Cork.--3. +Candle.--4-15. Annealed Iron Wires; assorted lengths.--16. Horseshoe +Magnet; best quality; English.--17. Iron Filings.--18. Parts for +Compass.--19, 20. Wire Nails; soft steel.--21, 22. Spring Steel; for +bar magnets.--23. Iron Ring.--24. Sifter; for iron filings.--25. +Spring Steel; for flexible magnet.--26, 27. Ebonite Sheets; with +special surface.--28. Ebonite Rod.--29. Ebonite Rod; short.--30. +Flannel Cloth.--31. Tissue Paper.--32. Cotton Thread.--33. Silk +Thread.--34. Support Base.--35. Support Rod.--36. Support Wire.--37. +Wire Swing.--38. Sheet of Glass.--39. Hairpin.--40. Circular +Conductor.--41. Circular Conductor.--42. Electrophorus Cover.--43. +Insulating Table.--44. Insulated Copper Wire.--45. Rubber Band.--46. +Bent Wire Clamps.--47. Cylindrical Conductor.--48. Discharger; for +condenser.--49. Aluminum-Leaf.--50. Wires. + +51. Dry Cell.--52. Mercury.--53. Insulated Copper Wire; for +connections.--54. Spring Connectors; two dozen.--55. Parts +for Key.--56. Metal Connecting Plates.--57. Parts for Current +Reverser.--58. Parts for Galvanoscope.--59. Parts for Astatic +Galvanoscope.--60-63. Zinc Strips.--64. Carbon Rod.--65, 66. Glass +Tumblers.--67, 68. Copper Strips.--69. Galvanized Iron Nail.--70, +71. Wooden Cross-Pieces.--72. Brass Screws; one dozen.--73. Porous +Cup.--74. Zinc Rod.--75. Copper Plate.--76. Iron Strip.--77, 78. Lead +Strips.--79. Parts for Resistance Coil.--80. Parts for Wheatstone's +Bridge.--81. German-Silver Wire; Size No. 30.--82. German-Silver Wire; +No. 28.--83--85. Plate Binding-Posts.--86. Copper Sulphate.--87. Copper +Burs; one dozen.--88. Combination Rule.--89. Coil of Wire; on spool +for electromagnet.--90. Coil of Wire; on spool for electromagnet.--91. +Carbon Rod.--92, 93. Soft Iron Cores with Screws.--94. Combined +Base and Yoke.--95. Combination Connecting Plates.--96. Long Iron +Core.--97. Round Bar Magnet, 5 x 3/8 in.--98. Thin Electromagnet.--99. +Degree-Card; for galvanoscope.--100. Scale for Bridge.--101, 102. Soft +Iron Cores with Heads.--103, 104. Flat Bar Magnets; these are 6 x 1/2 +x 1/4 in.; highly polished steel; poles marked.--105. Compass. + + =_Illustrated Price Catalogue upon Application._= + + + + +Electrical Apparatus For Sale + +A COMPLETE ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC CABINET FOR STUDENTS, SCHOOLS AND +AMATEURS. SIX EXTRAORDINARY OFFERS + + +=This Cabinet of Electrical Experiments= contains three main parts: +(_A_) Apparatus; (_B_) Text-Book; (_C_) Apparatus List. + +(_A_) =The Apparatus= furnished consists of one hundred and five +pieces. Over three hundred separate articles are used in making up this +set. Most of it is ready for use when received. Seven pieces, however, +are not assembled; but the parts can be readily finished and put +together. (Sold, also, _all_ pieces assembled.) + +(_B_) =The Text-Book=--called "The Study of Elementary Electricity +and Magnetism by Experiment"--gives full directions for two hundred +experiments. (See table of contents, etc.) Price, post-paid, $1.25. + +(_C_) =The Apparatus List= is an illustrated book devoted entirely to +this special set of apparatus. Not given with first offer. + + _THE APPARATUS IS SIMPLE because the designs and methods of + construction have been worked out with great care._ + + _THE APPARATUS IS PRACTICAL because it has been designed + for real use in "The Study of Elementary Electricity and + Magnetism by Experiment."_ + + _THE APPARATUS IS CHEAP because the various parts are + so designed that they can be turned out in quantity by + machinery._ + + =1st Offer:= Pieces 1 to 50 $1.00 + =2d Offer:= Pieces 51 to 105, with part (_C_) 3.50 + =3d Offer:= Pieces 1 to 105, with part (_C_) 4.00 + =4th Offer:= Complete Cabinet, parts (_A_), (_B_), (_C_) 5.00 + =5th Offer:= Apparatus only, all pieces assembled 4.60 + =6th Offer:= Complete Cabinet, all pieces assembled 5.60 + + =_Express charges must be paid by you. Estimates given._= + +A "Special Catalogue," pertaining to the above, with complete +price-list, will be mailed upon application. + + =THOMAS M. ST. JOHN, 407 West 51st St., New York City= + + + + +Fun With Telegraphy + +BOOK AND COMPLETE OUTFIT. + + +[Illustration] + +=TELEGRAPHY= is of the greatest importance to all civilized nations, +and upon it depend some of the world's most important enterprises. +Every boy and girl can make practical use of telegraphy in one way or +another, and the time it takes to learn it will be well spent. + + +=THE OUTFIT.=--Mr. St. John has worked for a number of years to produce +a telegraph outfit that would be simple, cheap, and practical for those +who wish to make a study of telegraphy. After making and experimenting +with nearly one hundred models, many of which were good, he has at last +perfected an instrument so simple, original, and effective that it is +now being made in large quantities. + +The sounders are so designed that they will work properly with any dry +cell of ordinary strength, and this is a great advantage for practice +lines. Dry batteries are cheap and clean, and there are no dangers from +acids. + +The outfit consists of the following articles, placed in a neat box: +One Book of Instruction, called "Fun With Telegraphy"; one Telegraph +"Key"; one Telegraph "Sounder"; Insulated Copper Wires for connections. +The "key" and "sounder" are mounted, with proper "binding-posts," upon +a base of peculiar construction, which aids in giving a large volume of +sound. + + +=CONTENTS OF BOOK.=--Telegraphy.--The Outfit.--A Complete Telegraph +Line.--Connections.--The Telegraph Key.--The Sounder.--The Battery.--A +Practice Line.--A Two-instrument Line.--Operation of Line.--The Morse +Telegraph Alphabet.--Aids to Learning Alphabet.--Cautions.--Office +Calls.--Receiving Messages.--Remember.--Extra Parts. + + +=ABOUT BATTERIES.=--For those who cannot easily secure batteries, we +will furnish small dry cells, post-paid, at 15 cents each, in order to +deliver the outfits complete to our customers. This price barely covers +the total cost to us, postage alone being 6 cents. + + _=FUN WITH TELEGRAPHY, including Book, Key, Sounder, + and Wire (no battery), post-paid, 50 cents, by=_ + + =THOMAS M. ST. JOHN, 848 Ninth Ave., New York= + + + + +Tool Sets for Students + + +The following tool sets have been arranged especially for those who +wish to make use of the designs contained in "How Two Boys Made Their +Own Electrical Apparatus," "Real Electric Toy-Making for Boys," +"Electric Instrument-Making," etc. It is very poor economy to waste +valuable time and energy in order to save the cost of a few extra tools. + +=NOTE.=--Save money by buying your tools in sets. We do not pay express +or freight charges at the special prices below. + +=FOR $1.00.=--One _Steel Punch_; round, knurled head.--One light +_Hammer_; polished, nickel-plated, varnished handle.--One _Iron Clamp_; +japanned, 2-1/4 in.--One _Screw-Driver_; tempered and polished blade, +cherry stained hardwood handle, nickel ferrule.--One _Wrench_; retinned +skeleton frame, gilt adjusting wheel.--One _Awl_; tempered steel +point, turned and stained wood handle, with ferrule.--One _Vise_; full +malleable, nicely retinned, 1-3/8 in. jaws, full malleable screw with +spring.--One pair _Steel Pliers_; 4 in. long, polished tool steel, +unbreakable, best grooved jaw.--One pair of _Shears_; carbonized steel +blades, hardened edge, nickel-plated, heavy brass nut and bolt.--One +_File_; triangular, good steel.--One _File Handle_; good wood, brass +ferrule.--One _Foot Rule_; varnished wood, has English and metric +system.--One _Soldering Set_; contains soldering iron, solder, resin, +sal ammoniac, and directions. One _Center-Punch_; finely tempered steel. + +=FOR $2.00.=--All that is contained in the $1.00 set of tools, together +with the following: One pair of _Tinner's Shears_; cut, 2-3/4 in., cast +iron, hardened, suitable for cutting thin metal.--One _Hollow Handle +Tool Set_; very useful; polished handle holds 10 tools, gimlet, +brad-awls, chisel, etc.--One _Try Square_; 6-in. blue steel blade, +marked in 1/8s, strongly riveted.--One 1-lb. _Hammer_; full size, +polished head, wedged varnished hardwood handle.--One _Hack Saw_; steel +frame, 9-1/2-in. polished steel blade, black enamel handle; very useful. + +=FOR $3.50.=--Two _Steel Punches_; different sizes, one solid round, +knurled head, polished; the other, point and head brightly polished, +full nickel, center part knurled.--One _Light Hammer_; polished and +nickel plated, varnished handle.--One regular _Machinist's Hammer_; +ball peen, solid cast steel, with varnished hardwood handle; a +superior article.--Two _Iron Clamps_; one opens 2-1/4 in., the other +3 in., japanned.--One _Screw-Driver_; tempered and polished blade, +firmly set in cherry stained hardwood handle with nickel ferrule.--One +_Wrench_; retinned, skeleton frame, gilt adjusting wheel.--One _Awl_; +tempered steel blade, ground to point, firmly set in turned and stained +handle with ferrule.--One _Steel Vise_; 2-1/4-in., jaws, steel screw, +bright polished jaws and handle; a good strong vise.--One pair of +_Steel Pliers_; 6 in. long, bright steel, flat nose, 2 wire-cutters, +practically unbreakable.--One pair of _Shears_; carbonized steel +blades, hardened edges, nickel plated, heavy brass nut and bolt.--One +_File_; triangular and of good steel.--One _File Handle_; good wood, +with brass ferrule.--One _Foot Rule_; varnished wood, has both the +English and metric systems.--One _Soldering Set_; contains soldering +iron, solder, resin, sal ammoniac, and directions; a very handy +article.--One _Center-Punch_; finely tempered steel.--One pair of +_Tinner's Shears_; these are best grade, inlaid steel cutting edges, +polished and tempered, japanned handles; thoroughly reliable.--One +_Hollow Handle Tool Set_; very useful; the polished handle holds 10 +tools, gimlet, chisel, brad-awl, etc.--One _Try Square_; 6-in. blue +steel blade, marked both sides in 1/8s, strongly riveted with brass +rivets.--One _Hack Saw_; steel frame, 9-1/2-in. polished steel blade, +black enamel handle; very useful for sawing small pieces of wood. + +=FOR $5.00= will be included everything in the $3.50 offer, and the +following: One _Glue-Pot_; medium size, with brush and best wood +glue; inside pot has hinge cover.--One _Ratchet Screw-Driver_; great +improvement over ordinary screw-drivers; well made and useful.--One +_Hand Drill_; frame malleable iron; hollow screw top holding 6 drills; +bores from 1-16 to 3-16-in. holes; solid gear teeth; 3-jawed nickel +plated chuck; a superior tool, and almost a necessity. + + =GIVE THE BOY A SET OF TOOLS= + + =THOMAS M. ST. JOHN, 848 Ninth Ave., New York= + + + + +REAL ELECTRIC TOY-MAKING FOR BOYS + + _By_ THOMAS M. ST. JOHN, Met. E. + + + This book contains 140 pages and over one hundred + original drawings, diagrams, and full-page plates. + It measures 5 x 7-1/2 in., and is bound in cloth. + + Price, post-paid, $1.00 + + +=CONTENTS:= _Chapter_ I. Toys Operated by Permanent Magnets.--II. +Toys Operated by Static Electricity.--III. Making Electromagnets for +Toys.--IV. Electric Batteries.--V. Circuits and Connections.--VI. Toys +Operated by Electromagnets. VII. Making Solenoids for Toys.--VIII. +Toys Operated by Solenoids.--IX. Electric Motors.--X. Power, +Speed, and Gearing.--XI. Shafting and Bearings.--XII. Pulleys and +Winding-Drums.--XIII. Belts and Cables.--XIV. Toys Operated by +Electric Motors.--XV. Miscellaneous Electric Toys.--XVI. Tools.--XVII. +Materials.--XVIII. Various Aids to Construction. + +While planning this book, Mr. St. John definitely decided that he would +not fill it with descriptions of complicated, machine-made instruments +and apparatus, under the name of "Toy-Making," for it is just as +impossible for most boys to get the parts for such things as it is +for them to do the required machine work even after they have the raw +materials. + +Great care has been taken in designing the toys which are described +in this book, in order to make them so simple that any boy of average +ability can construct them out of ordinary materials. The author can +personally guarantee the designs, for there is no guesswork about +them. Every toy was made, changed, and experimented with until it was +as simple as possible; the drawings were then made from the perfected +models. + +As the result of the enormous amount of work and experimenting which +were required to originate and perfect so many new models, the author +feels that this book may be truly called "Real Electric Toy-Making for +Boys." + + =Every Boy Should Make Electrical Toys.= + + + + +The Electric Shooting Game> + +A MOST ORIGINAL AND FASCINATING GAME PATENT APPLIED FOR AND COPYRIGHTED + + +[Illustration] + +_=SHOOTING BY ELECTRICITY=_ + +=The Electric Shooting Game= is an entirely new idea, and one that +brings into use that most mysterious something--_electricity_. The +game is so simple that small children can play it, and as there are +no batteries, acids, or liquids of any kind, there is absolutely no +danger. The electricity is of such a nature that it is perfectly +harmless--but very active. + +The "_game-preserve_" is neat and attractive, being printed in colors, +and the birds and animals are well worth hunting. Each has a fixed +value--and some of them must not be shot at all--so there is ample +opportunity for a display of skill in bringing down those which count +most. + +"_Electric bullets_" are actually shot from the "_electric gun_" by +electricity. This instructive game will furnish a vast amount of +amusement to all. + + _=The "Game-Preserve,"--the "Electric Gun,"--the + "Shooting-Box,"--the "Electric Bullets,"--in fact, the + entire electrical outfit, together with complete illustrated + directions, will be sent in a neat box, Post-Paid, upon + receipt of 50 cents, by=_ + + =THOMAS M. ST. JOHN, 848 Ninth Ave., New York= + + + + + * * * * * + + + + +Transcriber's note: + +Obvious punctuation errors were corrected. + +Page 46, "turnnd" changed to "turned" (be turned to 1) + +Page 66, word "a" added to text (in a glass jar) + + + +***END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THINGS A BOY SHOULD KNOW ABOUT +ELECTRICITY*** + + +******* This file should be named 44665.txt or 44665.zip ******* + + +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: +http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/4/4/6/6/44665 + + + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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