The Study of Elementary Electricity and Magnetism by Experiment Containing Two Hundred Experiments Performed with Simple, Home-made Apparatus

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Electromagnetic Induction.--Exp. 175, To find whether a current can be generated with a bar magnet and a hollow coil of wire.--Discussion.--Induced Currents and Work.--Exp. 176, To find whether a current can be generated with a bar magnet and a coil of wire having an iron core.--Exp. 177, To find whether a current can be generated with a horseshoe magnet and a coil of wire having an iron core.--Induced Currents and Lines of Force.--Exp. 178, To find whether a current can be generated with an electromagnet and a hollow coil of wire.--Exp. 179, To find whether a current can be generated with an electromagnet and a coil of wire having an iron core.--Discussion of Exps. 178-179.--Exp. 180, To study the effect of starting or stopping a current near a coil of wire or other closed circuit.--Exp. 181, To study the effect of starting or stopping a current in a coil placed inside of another coil.--Discussion of Exps. 180-181.--Direction of Induced Current.--Laws of Induction.--Primary and Secondary Currents.--Exp. 182, To see what is meant by alternating currents.--Direct and Alternating Currents.--Self-induction; Extra Currents.