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ABC of Vacuum Tubes in Radio Reception by E. H. Lewis 1922 PDF on CD (Pages 88, 89, 114 and 115 have been added at the end of the book, but this does not affect the usability of the book. Overall the book is 100% complete.)

CD Contents:

ABC of Vacuum Tubes in Radio Reception by E. H. Lewis (1922): 134 pages

Format: PDF IN ZIP, Language: English

"AN ELEMENTARY AND PRACTICAL BOOK ON THE THEORY AND OPERATION OF VACUUM TUBES AS DETECTORS AND AMPLIFIERS. EXPLAINS NON-MATHEMATICALLY THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES UPON WHICH ALL VACUUM TUBE CIRCUITS ARE BASED.

INCLUDES PRACTICAL CIRCUITS AND PRACTICAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. IT IS WRITTEN ESPECIALLY FOR THE BEGINNER. ALL ELECTRICAL AND RADIO TERMS ARE FULLY EXPLAINED."

Table of contents of the book on the CD:

CHAPTER I

Introductory

Electric current--Electrical pressure or Electromotive force--Resistance--Direct current--Alternating current--Frequency--Inductance--Capacitance--Resonance--Oscillations--The Reception of signals--Wave length--Tuning the receiving antenna--The Antenna as a complete circuit

CHAPTER II

The Vacuum Tube as a Rectifier and Relay without Moving Parts

Tube construction--The Edison Effect--Electron Emission from a heated filament--Dependence of plate current upon plate potential--Dependence of plate current filament current--Effect of grid potential upon plate current--Relay action--Rectification

CHAPTER III

The Vacuum Tube Detector

The telephone receiver--Simple detection--Detection with grid condenser--Effect of gas in a detector tube--Heterodyne action or the production of beats

CHAPTER IV

The Vacuum Tube Amplifier

General characteristics--Audio frequency amplification--Radio frequency amplification--Radio frequency regenerative amplificatio--Autodyne production of beats

CHAPTER V

Practical Circuits and Their Operation

Methods of coupling--The variometer--Inter electrode tube, capacitance--Wave length, Frequency, and Resonancy--Circuits and explanations of their arrangement and operation

CHAPTER VI

Voice Distortion

Amplifier transformers--Normal grid potential--Too great regeneration--Telephone receiver

CHAPTER VII

Practical Questions and Answers

Practical Questions and Answers

INDEX

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