Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- LIST OF TABLES
- ERRATA
- CHAPTER I THE APPEARANCE OF THE ARC
- CHAPTER II A SHORT HISTORY OF THE ARC
- CHAPTER III “STRIKING” THE ARC AND SUDDEN VARIATIONS OF CURRENT
- CHAPTER IV CURVES FOR P.D. AND CURRENT WITH CONSTANT LENGTH OF ARC, AND FOR P.D. AND LENGTH OF ARC WITH CONSTANT CURRENT
- CHAPTER V AREA OF CRATER AND CRATER RATIOS.—VARIATION OF P.D. WITH DIAMETERS OF CORED CARBONS.—CONSTANT CURRENT-RESISTANCE CURVES.—CONSTANT P.D. CURVES
- CHAPTER VI THE EQUATION FOR P.D., CURRENT, AND LENGTH OF ARC, WITH SOLID CARBONS, AND ITS APPLICATION TO THE RESULTS OF EARLIER EXPERIMENTERS
- CHAPTER VII THE P.D. BETWEEN EACH CARBON AND THE ARC, AND THE FALL OF POTENTIAL THROUGH THE ARC
- CHAPTER VIII RELATIONS BETWEEN E.M.F. OF GENERATOR, RESISTANCE IN SERIES WITH ARC, P.D., CURRENT AND LENGTH OF ARC WITH SOLID CARBONS
- CHAPTER IX THE POWER EFFICIENCY OF THE ARC AND THE RESISTANCE NEEDED IN SERIES WITH IT
- CHAPTER X HISSING ARCS
- CHAPTER XI THE LIGHT AND LUMINOUS EFFICIENCY OF THE ARC
- CHAPTER XII THE MECHANISM OF THE ARC—ITS TRUE RESISTANCE—HAS IT A LARGE BACK E.M.F.? — THE REASON FOR THE DIFFERENT EFFECTS OF SOLID AND CORED CARBONS
- APPENDIX
- INDEX TO CONTENTS
CHAPTER III - “STRIKING” THE ARC AND SUDDEN VARIATIONS OF CURRENT
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2013
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- LIST OF TABLES
- ERRATA
- CHAPTER I THE APPEARANCE OF THE ARC
- CHAPTER II A SHORT HISTORY OF THE ARC
- CHAPTER III “STRIKING” THE ARC AND SUDDEN VARIATIONS OF CURRENT
- CHAPTER IV CURVES FOR P.D. AND CURRENT WITH CONSTANT LENGTH OF ARC, AND FOR P.D. AND LENGTH OF ARC WITH CONSTANT CURRENT
- CHAPTER V AREA OF CRATER AND CRATER RATIOS.—VARIATION OF P.D. WITH DIAMETERS OF CORED CARBONS.—CONSTANT CURRENT-RESISTANCE CURVES.—CONSTANT P.D. CURVES
- CHAPTER VI THE EQUATION FOR P.D., CURRENT, AND LENGTH OF ARC, WITH SOLID CARBONS, AND ITS APPLICATION TO THE RESULTS OF EARLIER EXPERIMENTERS
- CHAPTER VII THE P.D. BETWEEN EACH CARBON AND THE ARC, AND THE FALL OF POTENTIAL THROUGH THE ARC
- CHAPTER VIII RELATIONS BETWEEN E.M.F. OF GENERATOR, RESISTANCE IN SERIES WITH ARC, P.D., CURRENT AND LENGTH OF ARC WITH SOLID CARBONS
- CHAPTER IX THE POWER EFFICIENCY OF THE ARC AND THE RESISTANCE NEEDED IN SERIES WITH IT
- CHAPTER X HISSING ARCS
- CHAPTER XI THE LIGHT AND LUMINOUS EFFICIENCY OF THE ARC
- CHAPTER XII THE MECHANISM OF THE ARC—ITS TRUE RESISTANCE—HAS IT A LARGE BACK E.M.F.? — THE REASON FOR THE DIFFERENT EFFECTS OF SOLID AND CORED CARBONS
- APPENDIX
- INDEX TO CONTENTS
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- The Electric Arc , pp. 97 - 118Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012First published in: 1902