A dictionary of electrical words, terms and phrases (1896)
Houston, Edwin J. (Edwin James), 1847-1914 · New York, The W.J. Johnston company · leaf 497
ere kept separate from eachother and a branch wire taken from the line andslid from point to point on the outer wire enabledthe effective length of the same to be adjusted.The inner coil was connected through a smallspark gap, as at A, to the outer coating of a Ley-den jar, while the wire L, was… … Fig> Sx3* Apparatus/or Tand Y Shaped Sparks. inner coil. When a certain length of the outercoil was employed, only a very short, almost im-perceptible spark was obtainable at a. If thebalance of the turns were disturbed by includingmore or less than the proper number of the outerturns, not only…
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