A dictionary of electrical words, terms and phrases (1896)
Houston, Edwin J. (Edwin James), 1847-1914 · New York, The W.J. Johnston company · leaf 458
guline Electro-Metallurgical Deposit. —(See Deposit, Electro-Metallurgical, Reg-uline) Rejuvenation of Luminescence.—(SeeLuminescence, Rejuvenation of.) Relative Calibration.—(See Calibration^Relative) Relay.—An electro-magnet, employed insystems of telegraphy, provided with contactpoints placed on… … Fig. 477. Telegraphic Relay. The use of a relay permits much smaller cur-rents to be used than could otherwise be done,since the electric impulses, on reaching a distantstation, are required to do no other work thanattracting a delicately poised movable contact,and thus, by throwing a local battery…
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