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
A sectional view of this transmitter is shown in Fig. 12. A hole one
inch and a half in diameter is cut in the cover (A). A round or square
block (B) two inches and a quarter across and half an inch thick is made
fast to the rear of the cover, and in this a hole is bored seven-eighths
of an inch in diameter and one-quarter of an inch deep.
The sides and bottom of this hole are lined with flannel or felt, and a
carbon button with roughened surface, as shown at F F, is made fast in
it by a small machine screw and nut (F). A diaphragm (D) is cut from
thin ferrotype plate, and a carbon button is made fast to the middle of
it by a small machine screw or a rivet made from soft copper or brass.
When the block (B) has been screwed fast to A, place some granules of
carbon in the space (H); then lay the diaphragm over the opening, and
make it fast with small screws or pins driven around the edge.
From a small tin funnel and a tin-can cap make a mouth-piece (C) by
cutting a hole in the cap and slipping the funnel through it, then
cutting the end of the funnel that projects through the hole and bending
back the ears so that they lap on the inner side of the cap. These small
ears may be soldered to the cap so as to hold the mouth-piece securely
in place. From felt or flannel cut a washer the size of the can top and
about three-eighths of an inch in width. Lay this over the diaphragm;
then place the mouth-piece on it and fasten it to the door (A) with
small screws. The use of this washer is to prevent any false vibrations
in the mouth-piece affecting the sensitive diaphragm. Make a small hole
through A and B and pass a bolt (E) through this hole, taking care to
lap a thin piece of sheet-brass on the diaphragm (D), bending it over so
that it will lie under the head of the bolt (E). The diaphragm must be
scraped where the metal touches it, so as to make perfect electrical
connection between D and E. At the rear end of E arrange a washer and
nut (G), so that the current passing in at G travels through E and D,
then through the carbon buttons and granules, and out at F.
From pine or white-wood one-quarter or three-eighths of an inch thick
make a box four inches wide, six inches high, and two inches and a half
deep. To the front of this attach a cover, which should measure a
quarter of an inch larger all around than the width and height of the
box. Use brass hinges for this work so that the cover may be opened.
Fasten a transmitter to the front of the cover, or make one on the
cover, as shown in Fig. 11, and attach the box to a back-board or
wall-plate five inches wide and seven inches high made of pine or
white-wood half an inch in thickness (see Fig. 13).
[Illustration: FIG. 13]
[Illustration: FIG. 14]
[Illustration: FIG. 15]
[Illustration: FIG. 16]
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