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Meanings of ruhmkorff coil in English

Russian
румкорфа
Portuguese
bobina de indução
Spanish
bobina de ruhmkorff
Catalan
generador de guspira
Wikidata

Type of electrical transformer used to produce high-voltage pulses from a low-voltage direct current (DC) supply.

        румкорфа
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        Examples for "inductorium"
        Examples for "inductorium"
        1
        The spark from secondary coil of the inductorium passed from the platinum tip, piercing the paper.
        Experimental Determination of the Velocity of Light / Made at th...
        2
        The spark from the secondary coil of an inductorium was delivered from a wire near the tip of the fork.
        Experimental Determination of the Velocity of Light / Made at th...
        1
        What is the function of the induction coil in the telephone circuit?
        Cyclopedia of Telephony and Telegraphy, Vol. 1 / A General Refer...
        2
        This brings us to the induction coil of which I spoke a second ago.
        Walter and the Wireless
        3
        Was it in the extraordinary voltage obtained from some new kind of induction coil?
        Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of th...
        4
        What is the function of an induction coil in telephony?
        Cyclopedia of Telephony and Telegraphy, Vol. 1 / A General Refer...
        5
        What is a repeating coil and how does it differ from an induction coil?
        Cyclopedia of Telephony and Telegraphy, Vol. 1 / A General Refer...
        1
        I must brace up that tank and put in a new high-tension wire from the spark coil.
        Tom Swift and His Motor-Boat; Or, The Rivals of Lake Carlopa
        2
        I ran down a man who once owned a power boat, and he had a spark coil.
        The River and I
        3
        The magneto was out of order and the batteries needed renewing, while the spark coil had short-circuited and took considerable time to adjust.
        Tom Swift and His Motor-Boat; Or, The Rivals of Lake Carlopa
        4
        1)-TheSpark Coil-TheBattery-The Telegraph Key-TheSpark Gap-TheTuning Coil-The High-tension Condenser-A Better Transmitting Set (No.
        The Radio Amateur's Hand Book / A Complete, Authentic and Inform...
        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