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
Transcriber's Note
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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
BY ALFRED P. MORGAN
Alfred Powell Morgan
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Wireless Telegraphy and Telephony Simply Explained
PREFACE
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY: WIRELESS TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION. THE ETHER. ELECTRICAL OSCILLATIONS. ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES.
CHAPTER II. THE MEANS FOR RADIATING AND INTERCEPTING ELECTRIC WAVES. AERIAL SYSTEMS. EARTH CONNECTION.
CHAPTER III. THE TRANSMITTING APPARATUS.
CHAPTER IV. THE RECEIVING APPARATUS.
CHAPTER V. TUNING AND COUPLING, DIRECTIVE WAVE TELEGRAPHY.
CHAPTER VI. THE DIGNITY OF WIRELESS. ITS APPLICATIONS AND SERVICE. WIRELESS IN THE ARMY AND NAVY. WIRELESS ON AN AEROPLANE. HOW A MESSAGE IS SENT AND RECEIVED.
CHAPTER VII. THE EAR. HOW WE HEAR. SOUND AND SOUND WAVES. THE VOCAL CHORDS. THE STRUCTURE OF SPEECH.
CHAPTER VIII. THE TELEPHONE TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER. THE PHOTO PHONE. THE THERMOPHONE. THE SELENIUM CELL. THE SPEAKING ARC.
CHAPTER IX. THE WIRELESS TELEPHONE.
CHAPTER X. REMARKS. THEORY. ACCOMPLISHMENTS. MAXWELL'S HERTZ'S DISCOVERY. THE FUTURE.
CATALOGUE OF GOOD, PRACTICAL BOOKS
AUTOMOBILE
BALLOONS AND FLYING MACHINES
BRAZING AND SOLDERING
CHARTS
CIVIL ENGINEERING
COKE
COMPRESSED AIR
CONCRETE
DICTIONARIES
DIES-METAL WORK
DRAWING-SKETCHING PAPER
ELECTRICITY
FACTORY MANAGEMENT, ETC.
FUEL
GAS ENGINES AND GAS
GEARING AND CAMS
HYDRAULICS
ICE AND REFRIGERATION
INVENTIONS PATENTS
KNOTS
LATHE WORK
LIQUID AIR
LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING
MACHINE SHOP PRACTICE
MANUAL TRAINING
MARINE ENGINEERING
MINING
PATTERN MAKING
PERFUMERY
PLUMBING
RECEIPT BOOK
RUBBER
SAWS
STEAM ENGINEERING
STEAM HEATING AND VENTILATION
STEAM PIPES
STEEL
TURBINES
WATCH MAKING
