Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881 by Various
page 117 of 160 (73%)
page 117 of 160 (73%)
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Using electrometer....... = almost infinitely small
currents. Using delicate galvanometer =0.00,000,000,040 weber. Current received from Atlantic cable, when 25 words per minute are being sent ................ = 0.000,001 weber Current in ordinary land telegraph lines ......................... = 0.003 weber Current from dynamo machine.... = 5 to 100 weber In any circuit, _current_ in webers = _electro-motive force_ in volts / _resistance_ in ohms. RATE OF PRODUCTION OF HEAT, CALCULATED IN THE SHAPE OF HORSE-POWER. In the whole of a circuit=_current_ in webers x _electro-motive force_ in volts / 746. In any part of circuit=_current_ in webers x _difference of potential_ at the two ends of the part of the circuit in question / 746. Or, =square of current in webers x resistance of the part in ohms / 746. If there are a number of generators of electricity in a circuit, whose electromotive forces in volts are E_1, E_2, etc., and if there are also opposing electro-motive forces. F_1, F_2, etc., volts, and if C is the current in webers, R the whole resistance of the current in ohms, P the total horse-power taken at the generators, Q the total horse-power converted into some other form of energy, and given out at the places where there are opposing electro-motive forces, H the total horse-power wasted in heat, because of resistance, then: |
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