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
=Electrolytic Resistance.= (_See_ Resistance, Electrolytic.)
=Electro-magnetic Induction.= (_See_ Induction, Electro-Magnetic.)
=Electro-magnetism.= Magnetism created by electric current.
That branch of electrical science which treats of the magnetic
relations of a field of force produced by a current.
=Electro-medical Bath.= A bath provided with connections and electrodes
for causing a current of electricity to pass through the body of the
patient.
=Electrometer.= An instrument used for measuring static electricity.
Electrometers are different from galvanometers, since the latter depend
on a current flowing through wires to create an action of the magnetic
needles.
=Electro-motive Force.= Voltage. It may be compared to the pressure of
water in hydraulic systems. The unit of electro-motive force is the
volt.
=Electro-motor.= A term sometimes applied to a current-generator, such
as a small dynamo or voltaic battery.
=Electro-plating.= (_See_ Plating, Electro.)
=Electropoion Fluid.= An acid depolarizing solution for use in
zinc-carbon couples, such as the “Grenet” and “Daniell” cells. The
bi-chromate-of-potash and sulphuric-acid solution for battery charges is
a good example.
=Electroscope.= An apparatus for indicating the presence of an electric
charge and whether the charge is negative or positive.
=Electrostatic Accumulator.= Two conducting surfaces, separated by a
dielectric and arranged for the opposite charging of the two surfaces. A
faradic or static machine for accumulating frictional electricity is an
example.
=Electrostatics.= That division of electric science which treats of the
phenomena of the electric charge, or of electricity in repose, as
contrasted with electro-dynamics or electricity in motion.
=Electrotype.= The reproduction of a form of type or engraving by the
copper electro-plating process. The original is coated with plumbago and
a wax impression taken of it. The face of the negative is made
conductive with plumbago or tin dust, then suspended in a copper bath
and connected with the current. A film of copper will be deposited on
the face of the wax impression.
=Element, Chemical.= Original forms of matter that cannot be separated
into simple constituents by any known process. There are about seventy
in all, but as science advances the list is constantly being revised.
New elements are discovered and known ones are being resolved into
simpler forms.
=Elements of Battery Cell.= (_See_ Battery Cell, Elements of.)
=Emergency Switch.= An auxiliary switch used as a controller on a car to
reverse the action of the motor.
=E-M-F.= An abbreviation for electro-motive force, or voltage.
=Equalizer.= A term applied to a wire or bar in electro-magnetic
mechanism for equalizing the pressure over a system.
=Exciter.= A generator used for exciting the field-magnets of a dynamo.
=Extension Call-bell.= A bell connected with a telephone call-bell, and
located in another part of a building so as to give a distant summons.
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