induction-coil love

Definitions

Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word induction-coil.

Examples

  • Rock screwed the Vitek-112 induction-coil silencer onto the end of the Colt's barrel.

    Floating City Lustbader, Eric 1990

  • The commonest instance now of the use of the induction-coil is in the very frequent small machine known as a medical battery.

    Steam, Steel and Electricity James W. Steele

  • And it must be understood that instead of the single instrument shown at T1 or T2, a complete set of telephonic instruments, including transmitter, battery, induction-coil, and receiver or receivers, may be substituted.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 443, June 28, 1884 Various

  • [Here was shown a large electro-magnet and an induction-coil vacuum discharge spinning round and round when placed in its field.]

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 275, April 9, 1881 Various

  • Before the days of practical electric lighting the induction-coil was used for the simultaneous lighting of the gas-jets in public buildings, and is still so used to a limited extent.

    Steam, Steel and Electricity James W. Steele

  • With Edison's telephone the battery current does not flow on the main line, but passes through the primary circuit of an induction-coil, from the secondary of which corresponding impulses of enormously higher potential are sent out on the main line to the receiving end.

    Edison, His Life and Inventions, vol. 2 1910

  • If a message is to be transmitted from the car to a receiving station, near or distant, the switch, S, is thrown to the other side, thus connecting with a wire leading to one end of the secondary of induction-coil C.

    Edison, His Life and Inventions, vol. 2 1910

  • The train, and also each signalling station, was equipped with regulation telegraph apparatus, such as battery, key, relay, and sounder, together with induction-coil and condenser.

    Edison, His Life and Inventions, vol. 2 1910

  • The primary of the induction-coil is connected as shown, one end going to key K and the other to the buzzer circuit.

    Edison, His Life and Inventions, vol. 2 1910

  • Its vibrations were broken by means of a telegraph key into long and short periods, representing Morse characters, which were transmitted inductively from the train circuit to the pole line or vice versa, and received by the operator at the other end through a high-resistance telephone receiver inserted in the secondary circuit of the induction-coil.

    Edison, His Life and Inventions, vol. 2 1910

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.