The Study of Elementary Electricity and Magnetism by Experiment: Containing Two Hundred Experiments Performed with Simple, Home-made ApparatusSt. John, Thomas M. (Thomas Matthew)
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The Study of Elementary Electricity and Magnetism by Experiment: Containing Two Hundred Experiments Performed with Simple, Home-made Apparatus
(B) Remove the connector from Cu, swing it over into the
position of the dotted line (Fig. 115), slip the connector
upon M P and watch the needle. This cuts the cells out of the
circuit; but, if you desire, also remove wire 3 from M P.
Does the storage cell, S C, produce any current? Does it pass
through A G in the same direction as that which came directly
from the two cells?
(C) Try the dry cell in place of the two simple cells. Try 2
other cells in series if you have them.
_=382. Secondary or Storage Cells=_ must be charged by a current
before they can give out a current. _Electricity_ is not really
stored. Chemical changes are produced in the storage cell by the
charging current, as in the voltameter or electroplating bath; and
it is, then, potential chemical energy that is stored. When the new
compounds are allowed to go back to their original condition by joining
the electrodes of the charged cell a current is produced. In other
words, an electric current produces chemical changes in the cell by
electrolysis, and these new compounds have an E. M. F. of polarization
because they are constantly willing and anxious to get back to their
old state. The plates are lead and are usually coated with compounds of
lead. Hydrogen and oxygen are given out at the electrodes. The current
from a dynamo is used to charge secondary batteries. (See "Things a Boy
Should Know About Electricity.")
CHAPTER XXII.
ELECTROMAGNETISM.
_=383. Electromagnetism=_ is the name given to magnetism that is
developed by electricity. You have already seen that if a magnetic
needle be placed in the magnetic field of a _magnet_, its N pole will
point in the direction in which the lines of force pass on their way
from the N to the S pole of the magnet. You have also seen that in the
galvanoscope, etc., a coil of wire acts like a magnet when a current
passes through it. Can we not, then, use the needle to study the lines
of force about wires and coils?
[Illustration: Fig. 116.]
[Illustration: Fig. 117.]
=EXPERIMENT 152. To study the lines of magnetic force about a
straight wire carrying a current.=
_Apparatus._ The compass, O C; key, K; dry cell, D C. Arrange
as in Fig. 116.
=384. Directions.= (A) Arrange the wire so that the current
will flow through it from N to S over the compass-needle as
soon as the circuit is closed (Fig. 117, A). Press K for an
instant only, and note the direction in which the N pole is
deflected. Repeat two or three times until you get clearly in
mind the direction taken by the needle. Sketch the result in
your note-book, and compare with Fig. 118, A. The arrow shows
the direction of the current.
(B) Let the current pass for an instant from N to S and _under_
the needle, as shown in Fig. 117, B. Sketch result.
(C) Let the current pass for an instant from S to N _above_ the
needle (Fig. 117, C). Sketch result.
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