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Meanings of ruhmkorff coil in English

Russian
румкорфа
Portuguese
bobina de indução
Spanish
bobina de ruhmkorff
Catalan
generador de guspira
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Type of electrical transformer used to produce high-voltage pulses from a low-voltage direct current (DC) supply.

румкорфа
Usage of ruhmkorff coil in English
1
The action is analogous to the spark produced by a Ruhmkorff coil.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 388, June 9, 1883
2
Ruhmkorff coil which is in action but not sparking.
The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
3
A Ruhmkorff coil may also be employed for obtaining sparks in proportion to the current emitted.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 275, April 9, 1881
4
My uncle had charge of one of the Ruhmkorff coils, I had possession of the other.
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth
5
The Ruhmkorff coil in the background; the Crookes tube in front of it; under the hand is the photographic plate in its plate-holder.
McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 6, May, 1896
6
An interesting detail is that the exact moment for producing the spark is regulated by the motor itself, and the Ruhmkorff coil is suppressed.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896
7
This pile was connected with the inductor of a small Ruhmkorff coil, whose armature was connected with a snaffle-bit placed in the horse's mouth.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 443, June 28, 1884
8
Two Ruhmkorff coils, which, by means of a current of electricity, would ensure us a very excellent, easily carried, and certain means of obtaining light.
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth