Harper's Electricity Book for BoysAdams, Joseph H. (Joseph Henry)
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Harper's Electricity Book for Boys
Adams, Joseph H. (Joseph Henry)
Electricity -- Juvenile literature
The complete apparatus of wheels, axle, hub, and handle is shown at Fig.
5, and in the frame this is so hung that the iron axle rests in the
grooves cut in the uprights. To hold this in place two metal straps, as
shown in Fig. 6, are made and screwed fast to the wood. When finally
adjusted the driving-wheels should rotate freely whenever the crank is
turned. The wooden bosses, Fig. 3, are given two or three coats of
shellac; then they are made fast to the glass disks on the same side to
which the tin-foil sectors are attached. The disks should be placed over
the paper plan, Fig. 1, and so adjusted that the outer line tallies with
the large circle. Acetic glue[4] is then applied to the flat surface of
the boss, and the latter is placed at the middle of the disk to line
with the small circle. Place a weight on the end of the boss to hold it
down, and leave it for ten or twelve hours or until thoroughly dry.
[4] See Formulæ, Chapter xiv., for the recipe of acetic glue.
Both bosses should be set at the same time so that they may dry
together.
If the bosses are turned on a lathe a hole should be made in each one
about half-way through from the small end. This, in turn, should be
bushed or lined with a piece of brass tube, which should fit snugly in
the hole. A little shellac painted on each piece of tube will make it
stick. Pieces of steel rod that will just fit within the tubing are to
be cut long enough to enter the full length of the hole, pass through
the holes made in the top of the uprights, and extend half an inch
beyond, as shown in Fig. 9. The bosses and axles will then appear as
shown in Fig. 7.
Flat places should be filed on each rod where it passes through the wood
upright; a set-screw will then hold it fast and keep it from revolving.
When the hole, or tubing, is oiled so that the boss and disk will
revolve freely on the axle, the disks, bosses, and axles are ready to be
mounted in the frame.
A red fibre washer, such as is used in faucets, should be made fast to
one glass disk at the centre, so as to separate the disks and prevent
them from touching when they are revolving in opposite directions. These
fibre washers can be had from a plumber or purchased at a hardware
store. Shellac or acetic glue will hold the washers in place.
[Illustration: FIG. 7]
[Illustration: FIG. 8]
[Illustration: FIG. 9]
[Illustration: FIG. 10]
Mount one disk by holding the boss with the small end opposite a hole in
one upright, and slip an axle through from the outside of the upright.
Hold the other disk in place, and slip the remaining axle through the
other upright and into the boss. When both plates are in place and
centred, turn the set-screws down on the flattened axles to hold them in
place.
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