An elementary book on electricity and magnetism and their applications (1919)
Jackson, Dugald C. (Dugald Caleb), 1865-1951, Jackson, John Price, b. 1868, Black, Newton Henry, b. 1874 · New York, The Macmillian Co · leaf 368
her, thus leaving the circuit open, the lamp is not lighted. We say thatthe lamp glows because there is capacity in the circuit. 234. What is the action of a condenser? Perhaps we canpicture the action of a condenser by comparing it to a box ina pipe line, as shown in figure 232. This box is… … Fig. 232. Water Electricity Mechanical analogue of a condenser in circuit. This reciprocating pump displaces the fluid, first in one direc-tion, as the piston travels upward, then in the other, as ittravels downward. Thus the surging of the fluid back andforth subjects the rubber diaphragm to a…
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