Robison's Manual of radio telegraphy and telephony for the use of naval electricians (1918)
Robison, S. S. (Samuel Shelburne), b. 1867, United States Naval Institute, Todd, David Wooster, Hooper, Stanford Caldwell · Annapolis, Md. : The United States Naval Institute · leaf 61
ruction of the quenched gap seems to be to restore thenonconducting character of the gap the first time the closed circuit comesto rest, and thus leave the open circuit free to radiate. It would be inter-esting to take photographs in both circuits to determine whether thisreally is the case. 87.… … Fig. 18h.—Oscillations from Quenched Spark-gap. stopped and opened. Thereafter the open circuit is free to vibrate in itsown period, and that it changes to that period can be shown by wave meterreadings, but in building up it is sending out waves of a different period. The first maximum reached in…
