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R.. television. 285 Compassneedle manufacturerin Carner systems in telephony t 248 1576. 24 Cathode ray tube, 283 Compoundwindingof field coils, Cat's whisker, 273 1882,113 Cavendish investigates electric conductionConcentric cable , 258 in sea water, 30 Conduction, electric, Stephen Gray Centimetric waves, 280 enunciates, 27 360 Index Continuous loading , telephone cables , Decomposition of water , George 246 Pearson , 34 Continuous vulcanization , 263 de Forest , Dr . 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R . , 211 Duddell , William du Bois : Crompton , Rookes Evelyn : oscillatory arc , 272 Chelmsford factory , 114 oscillograph , 312 early life , 135 Duddell - Mather wattmeter , 297 electric supply , 147 Dufay , vitreous and resinous electricity strip conductors , 255 , 27 Cruickshank of Woolwich , identifies Duplex telegraph , 223 gases in electrical decomposition Dust cores , 316 of water , 34 Dynamometer , electro : Cunaeus , discoverer of Leyden jar , Frolich , 294 28 Weber , 294 Curbing condensers introduced by Varley , 222 Eddy currents : Cuthbertson anticipates voltaic current Arago ' s disc , 60 , 1796 , 30 Varley , 174 Edison , Thomas Alva : Cyclotron , Lawrence , 281 association with Swan , 128 Edison effect . 266 dal Negro , Salvatore : first motor , 178 Edison Electric Illuminating Co " 144 oscillating magnetic engine , 99 Daniell , self - depolarizing cell , 45 electric pen , 181 Darwin , Sir Charles , International electrical inventor , 119 units , 303 Holborn Viaduct , 145 Davidson , Robert , electric car , 179 Pearl Street , 144 Davies , W . Langdon , induction motor , traction , 181 1R9 underground cable , 254 Davy , Humphry : Einthoven , string galvanometer , 316 Electric current no future , Bostock , appointed Royal Institution , 36 44 carbon arc , 38 decomposes alkalis , 40 Electric eel , 21 early life , 35 Electric Lighting Act : De Civitate Dei of St . Augustine , and the first , 1882 , 145 the second , 1888 , 147 magnetism , 22 Deckert granular telephone transmitter Electric power , a civilizing influence , 342 , 235 361 Index Electricrailway , thefirst , 181 Faraday, Michael: Electrictraction in nationallife , 343 Diary, 91 Electricalattraction by rubbed amber , earlylife , 89 27 electrolysisnomenclature , 41 Electricalcoupling of machines, 190 introducedto RoyalInstitution , 90 Electricalmachine , Otto von Gue- appointedassistant , 91 ricke, 1660, 27 lighthouses, 106 ElectricalReview , The, 324 majordiscoveries , 92-7 Electricalstandards , 298 tour of Europe, 334 ElectricalTimes , The, 324 Farmer, multiplextelegraph , 225 Electrician, The, 142, 324 Faure, formedplate of storagebatteries Electricitygrid , 202 . 155 ElectricitySupply Acts ; 1919, 202; Ferrant i, SebastianZiani de : 1926, 202 alternator, 173 Electrochemicalequivalents , 41 breakwith directors, 167 Electrochemistry, Davy's early experimentsDeptford, 162 , 38 Ferrant i effect, 167 Electrolysis, Faraday, anode, cathode, GrosvenorGallery , 143 etc.,
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