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Wireless Telegraphy and Telephony Simply Explained / A Practical Treatise Embracing Complete and Detailed Explanations of the Theory and Practice of Modern Radio Apparatus and Its Present Day Applications, Together With a Chapter on the Possibilities of Its Future Development cover

Wireless Telegraphy and Telephony Simply Explained / A Practical Treatise Embracing Complete and Detailed Explanations of the Theory and Practice of Modern Radio Apparatus and Its Present Day Applications, Together With a Chapter on the Possibilities of Its Future Development

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The text explains the physical principles of wireless transmission and reception, describing electromagnetic oscillations and how waves are radiated and intercepted, then surveys practical apparatus such as aerial systems, transmitters, receivers, coils, condensers, spark gaps and detectors. It treats tuning, coupling and directional methods, discusses telephone transmitters and the wireless telephone, and outlines applications in maritime, military and aerial service. Chapters interweave theory, constructional sketches and illustrations, and conclude with reflections on accomplishments, limitations and the technology's prospective development.

LIQUID AIR

LIQUID AIR AND THE LIQUEFACTION OF GASES. By T. O'CONOR SLOANE. This book gives the history of the theory, discovery, and manufacture of Liquid Air, and contains an illustrated description of all the experiments that have excited the wonder of audiences all over the country. It shows how liquid air, like water, is carried hundreds of miles and is handled in open buckets. It tells what may be expected from it in the near future. A book that renders simple one of the most perplexing chemical problems of the century. Startling developments illustrated by actual experiments. It is not only a work of scientific interest and authority, but is intended for the general reader, being written in a popular style-easily understood by every one. Second edition. 365 pages. Price $2.00