e, 68, 74;
effect of B-battery upon, 128;
how to plot a, 70
Characteristic curve of transformer, 64
Chemistry, 8
Choke coils, 210, 221
Circuit, A, B, C, 187;
coupled, 115;
defined, 43;
oscillating, 113;
plate, 45;
short, 30;
tune of a, 117
Condenser, defined, 77;
charging current of, 78;
discharge current of, 80;
impedance of, 135;
theory of, 78;
tuning, 224
Common battery system, 254
Connection for wire to radio, 254
Continuous waves, 86
Copper, atomic number of, 13
Copper sulphate, in solution, 21
Crystals, atomic structure, 147
Crystal detectors, 146;
characteristic of, 148;
circuit of, 150;
theory of, 147
Current, transient, 114;
radio, 144
Cycle, 94, 97
Damped oscillations, 114
Demodulation, 231
Detection, explained, 146
Detectors, audion, 126;
crystal, 146
Direct currents, 205
Dissociation, 22
Distortion, of wave form, 163
Dry battery, 27
Earth, atomic constitution, 11
Effective value, of ampere, 207;
of volt, 207
Efficiency, of regenerative circuit, 182
Electrical charge, 22
Electricity, current of, 15, 16
Electrodes, of vacuum tube, 41;
definition of, 41
Electrolyte, definition of, 34
Electrons, properties of, 4;
planetary, 10, 12;
rate of flow, 48;
vapor of, 39;
wandering of, 14
Electron streams, laws of attraction, 200
E. M. F., 59;
alternating, 76;
of self-induction, 238
Energy, expended in tube, 235;
of electrons, 113;
radiation of, 125
Ether, 88
Feed-back circuit, 182
Frequency, 98, 158;
effect upon pitch, 133;
interval, 247;
natural, 117;
of voice, 163
Fundamental note, of string, 157
Gravity battery, theory of, 23
Grid, action of, 47;
condenser, 169;
current, 173;
leak, 171;
leak, construction, 172, 216;
of audion, 41
Harmonics, 160
Helium, properties of, 9
Henry, 83
Heterodyne, 181
Hot-wire ammeter, 51
Human voice, mechanism of, 152
Hydrogen, action of in acid, 7;
atom of, 7
Impedance, of coil, 136;
of condenser, 136;
of transformer, 195;
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