Boy Scouts Handbook / The First Edition, 1911

by Boy Scouts of America

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4. Test at least five cows for ten days each, with the Babcock test, and make proper reports.

Electricity

To obtain a merit badge for Electricity a scout must

1. Illustrate the experiment by which the laws of electrical attraction and repulsion are shown.

2. Name three uses of the direct current, and tell how it differs from the alternating current.

3. Make a simple electro-magnet.

4. Have an elementary knowledge of the action of simple battery cells and of the working of electric bells and telephones.

5. Be able to remedy fused wire, and to repair broken electric connections.