Wireless telegraphy and Hertzian waves
By: by S. R. Bottone. With 39 illustrations.
Edition: 4th ed., rev.
Series: Whittaker's library of arts, sciences & industries
Publisher: Whittaker & co.
Published: 1910
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 136
Subjects: Telegraph, Wireless; Electric waves
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS; title: I. Preliminary Notions 1; title: II. Historical Considerations 13; title: III. On the Hertzian Waves 25; title: IV. Constructional Details 65; title: V. Recent Improvements in Wireless Telegraphy 119; title: Appendix 128; title: INDEX TO SECTIONS; title: 1. Knowledge essential 1; title: 2. What Electricity is 1; title: 3. General Laws of Electricity 5; title: 4. Two Conditions ever present 6; title: 5. Transference 6; title: 6. Induction 8; title: 7. Electrical Strain 11; title: 8. Magnetism an aspect of Electricity 11; title: 9. Action of Charged Conductor 13; title: 10. Lateral Discharge 15; title: 11. Iron-filings affected by Discharge 19; title: 12. Syntony, or 'Tuning' 22; title: 13. Guarini's Discovery 24; title: 14. The Hertzian Waves 25; title: 15. Waves compared 25; title: 16. Leyden Jar Discharges 30; title: 17. Coherence 34; title: 18. Practical Applications 38; title: 19. Effect of Light on Discharge 44; title: 20. Identity of Electricity and Light 60; title: 21. Chunder Bose's Experiments 51; title: 22. Hertzian Waves and Photography; title: 23. Hertzian Waves and Nikola Tesla 53; title: 23a. Application to Telephone 59; title: 23b. Abbb Michel's System 119; title: 23c. Collins's System 123; title: 24. Desire of making Apparatus 65; title: 25. The Induction Coil 65; title: 26. The Wheatstone Commutator 80; title: 27. The Tapping-Key 85; title: 28. The Wimshurst Machine 86; title: 29. The Transmitter 94; title: 30. The Receiver .96; title: 31. The Coherer 101; title: 32. The Bell and Decoherer 109; title: 33. The Batteries required 110; title: 34. Instruction for putting together 111; title: 35. To use the Apparatus 116; title: 36. Condenser, where applied 118; title: 37. Recent Improvements 119; title: Aerials, 120; title: Liquid Aerial, 123; title: Blake Detector, 123; title: Magnetic Detector, 124; title: Electrolytic Coherer, 125; title: Marconi Coherer, 126; title: Italian Navy Coherer, 126; title: Lodge-Muirhead Coherer, 127; title: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; title: 1. Lateral Discharge 16; title: 2. Induction Discharge 17; title: 3. Preece's System 19; title: 4. Kinging Bell by a Discharge 22; title: 5. Preece's System : another form 30; title: 6. Syntonic Jars 32; title: 7. Hertz's Oscillator and Resonator 35; title: 8. The Branly Tube 38; title: 9. Marconi's Original Arrangement 41; title: 10. Miller's Decoherer 43; title: 11. General Arrangement of Receiver 44; title: 12. Hertz's Device to show effect of Light 45; title: 13. Oliver Lodge's Arrangement 47; title: 14. Ch under Bose's Explosion Experiment 53; title: 15. Tesla's Hertzian Wave Boat: plan 54; title: 16. Tesla's Transmitter and Boat : elevation 55; title: 17. Tesla's Boat : section 57; title: 17a. Popoffs Wireless Telephone 61; title: 17b. Popoffs Radio Conductor 63; title: 18. Coil Base 67; title: 19. Section of Condenser .69; title: 20. Finished Condenser 70; title: 21. Bobbin-Winder 73; title: 22. Contact-Breaker 78; title: 23. Completed Coil : section 80; title: 24. Commutator, Roller of 83; title: 25. Commutator, Wheatstone's 84; title: 26. Tapping-Key 86; title: 27. Wimshurst Machine 94; title: 28. Lodge's Transmitter 96; title: 29. Bracket for Armature 99; title: 30. Completed Relay 101; title: 31. Simple Coherer 105; title: 32. Frame for Multilocnlar Coherer 106; title: 33. Multilocular Polytonic Coherer 108; title: 34. Bell with Decoherer 110; title: 35. Receiver, completed 116; title: 36. Michel's "Earth" go and return System 128; title: 37. Armorl's Electro-Capillary Relay 130