The Radio Amateur's Hand Book / A Complete, Authentic and Informative Work on Wireless Telegraphy and Telephony

by A. Frederick Collins

CARBORUNDUM DETECTOR.--See Detector.

CARRIER CURRENT TELEPHONY.--See Wired-Wireless.

CARRIER FREQUENCY.--See Frequency, Carrier.

CARRIER FREQUENCY TELEPHONY.--See Wired-Wireless.

CASCADE AMPLIFICATION.--Two or more amplifying tubes hooked up in a receiving set.

CAT WHISKER CONTACT.--A long, thin wire which makes contact with the crystal of a detector.

CENTIMETER OF CAPACITANCE.--Equal to 1.11 microfarads.

CENTIMETER OF INDUCTANCE.--Equal to one one-thousandth part of a microhenry.

CELLULAR COILS.--See Coils, Inductance.

C.G.S. ELECTROSTATIC UNIT OF CAPACITANCE.--See Centimeter of Capacitance.