Scientific American Supplement, No. 794, March 21, 1891 by Various
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it by the wires with the galvanometer, arranged as before described,
and bringing the permanent magnet, F, suddenly against the poles of the magnet, as shown in Fig. 11, a current will be induced in the coil, which, in passing through the galvanometer, causes the needle to be deflected in one direction, and when the permanent magnet is suddenly removed from the electro-magnet, a current will be set up in the opposite direction, which will cause a deflection of the needle of the galvanometer in the opposite direction. INDUCTION COIL. By placing both coils, A, upon the bundle of soft iron wires, G, connecting one of them with the terminals of the battery, as shown in Fig. 12, and holding the terminals of the other coil in the moistened thumb and fingers of the two hands, when the battery circuit is opened and closed by touching one of the wires to the battery, and removing it, a slight shock will be felt from the coil which is disconnected from the battery. By placing a coarse file in the circuit and drawing one of the terminals along the file the circuit will be rapidly interrupted. This shock is due to the current induced in the detached coil by the magnetism of the bundle of wires. [Illustration: FIG. 11.--MAGNETO-ELECTRIC INDUCTION.] EXTRA CURRENT. An experiment showing the extra or self-induced current consists in arranging the motor as shown in Fig. 6, and connecting wire with each |
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