Open AccessNote on a means of producing a high-voltage continuous or ‘Pertinacious’ current.
Author(s) -
Oliver Lodge
Publication year - 1905
Publication title -
proceedings of the royal society of london
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-9126
pISSN - 0370-1662
DOI - 10.1098/rspl.1904.0119
Subject(s) - current (fluid) , electrical engineering , voltage , alternating current , computer science , mechanics , mechanical engineering , materials science , control theory (sociology) , physics , engineering , artificial intelligence , control (management)
The methods hitherto employed for propelling a current through very high resistance have involved the use either of a very large static inductive machine, such as that of Wimshurst and others, or a battery of a very large number of cells, as employed by De la Rue, Trowbridge, etc. The author finds that by the use of high-tension mercury-rectifiers the same result can be attained with ordinary sources of supply,e.g ., by transforming and utilising the current from any steady or alternating main.