Three { Magnetic, electromagnet, uses and applications.
Principal { Chemical, electrolysis, applications.
Effects: { Heat, lighting and heating devices.
Theories: (a) of voltaic cells, (b) of electrolysis.
Units: Ampere, ohm, volt, watt, joule, kilowatt, horse power.
Measurement--(a) magnetic effect; galvanometer, ammeter, voltmeter,
wattmeter, Wheatstone bridge, construction
and use.
(b) chemical effect; voltameter.
Laws: (a) Right hand rules, for conductor and helix.
(b) Resistance, Conductors in series and parallel.
(c) Ohm's law, heat law, power law, 3 forms for each.
(d) Cells in parallel and series.
Problems: Upon applications of the laws and formulas studied.
Devices. { Voltaic cells; wet, dry, and Daniell.
and { Electrolysis and the storage battery.
Instruments: { Measuring instruments, electric bell, sounder,
{ heating and lighting devices.
Terms: Anode, cathode, electrolyte, ion, circuit switch, current,
e.m.f., resistance, potential.
CHAPTER XIV
INDUCED CURRENTS
(1) ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION
=296. Current Induced by a Magnet.=--The discovery in 1819 that a
current in a conductor can deflect a magnetic needle or that it has a
magnetic effect, led to many attempts _to produce an electric current by
means of a magnet_. It was not until about 1831, however, that _Joseph
Henry_ in America and _Michael Faraday_ in England, independently
discovered how to accomplish this important result.
At the present time, voltaic cells produce but a very small part of the
current electricity used. Practically all that is employed for _power,
light, heat, and electrolysis is produced by the use of magnetic fields,
or by electromagnetic induction_.
=297. Laws of Induced Currents.=[M]--To illustrate how a current can be
produced by electromagnetic induction:
[M] An induced current is one produced by changing the number of
magnetic lines of force passing through a coil.
Connect a coil of 400 or more turns of No. 22 insulated copper wire
to a sensitive galvanometer. (See Fig. 279.) Now insert a bar
magnet in the coil. A sudden movement of the galvanometer will be
noticed, indicating the _production of a current_. When the magnet
stops moving, however, the current stops, and the coil of the
galvanometer returns to its first position. If now the magnet is
removed, a movement of the galvanometer coil _in the opposite
direction is_ noticed. This action may be repeated as often as
desired with similar results.
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