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
This system may be installed in the box shown in Fig. 13, the flexible
cord containing two wires being attached to the binding-posts at the top
of the box and to the posts at the end of the receiver. This system
differs from the one shown in Fig. 6 only in the addition of receivers T
and T 2, and in the substitution of the automatic lever-switches (L S
and L S 2) for the plain switches (S and S 2) in Fig. 6. When the line
is “quiet” the receiver (R) should be hanging on the lever-switch (L S),
which rests on the contact-plate (A). At the opposite side of the line
the receiver (R 2) hangs on the lever-switch (L S 2), which in turn
rests on the contact-plate (A A). This puts the bell circuit in
service.
[Illustration: FIG. 17
PLAN OF TELEPHONE CIRCUIT, COMPRISING RECEIVERS, TRANSMITTER, ELECTRIC
BUZZERS OR BELLS, LEVER-SWITCHES, PUSH-BUTTONS AND BATTERIES FOR
STATIONS NOT OVER FIVE MILES APART.]
If the boy at the left wishes to call up the boy at the right he removes
the receiver (R) from the hook (L S) and presses on the button (P B).
This closes the circuit through the battery (C C C), and operates the
electric buzzer or bell (E B 2) at the other end of the system, through
line No. 1 and line No. 2. The operation may be clearly understood by
following the lines in the drawing with a pointer. The boy at the left
may keep on calling the boy at the right so long as the receiver (R 2)
hangs on the lever (L S 2) and holds it down against the plate (A A).
But directly the receiver (R 2) is removed, the lever (L S 2) flies
up--being drawn upward by the spring (D) shown in Fig. 14--and closes
the telephone circuit through the spring-contact (B B), at the same time
cutting out the bell circuit. The boy at the left having already removed
his receiver, the telephone circuit is then complete through lines Nos.
1 and 2 and batteries C C C and C 2 C 2 C 2, the boys at both ends
speaking into the transmitters and hearing through the receivers. The
contacts B and B B are made from spring-brass or copper, and are
attached inside the boxes at the back, so that when the levers are up
contact is made, but when down the circuit is broken or opened. In Fig.
18 an interior view of a box is shown, the door being thrown open and
the receiver left hanging on the hook.
[Illustration: FIG. 18
FIG. 19
FIG. 20
TELEPHONE INSTALLATION. INTERIOR VIEW OF BOX]
The arrangement of the several parts will be found convenient and easy
of access. E B is the electric buzzer, L S the lever-switch, P B the
push-button, T the transmitter, and R the receiver. Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8 are binding-posts or terminals, and B is the spring-contact
against which the lever-switch (L S) strikes when drawn up by the spring
(D).
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