Modern practice of the electric telegraph. A handbook for electricians and operators (1872)
Pope, Frank L. (Franklin Leonard), 1840-1895 · New York : D. Van Nostrand · leaf 61
ncrease thelength of the key contact, especially when sending dots.For the same reason, the sounder levers in a repeatingapparatus should be adjusted to have as little motion aspossible. 77. HICKS AUTOMATIC REPEATER.—This arrangement 48 MODERN PRACTICE OF THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. dispenses with the… … The main circuits pass through the relay magnets Mand M, thence to the repeating points / g and f g,attached to the opposite sounder levers respectively,and thence to the main battery and ground at G andG. The platina points of the screws/ and/ are placeduponU shaped springs, which, in a great…
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