HIGH FREQUENCY APPARATUS DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND PRACTICAL APPLICATION A PRACTICAL TREATISE FOR ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS, ELECTRICIANS, PHYSICIANS, STUDENTS AND EXPERIMENTERS. COVERS THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF ALL KINDS OF HIGH FREQUENCY APPARATUS FOR USE IN EXPERIMENTAL, MEDICAL AND PLANT CULTIVATION WORK. Includes Also Directions for the Construction of a Complete Stage Outfit for Both Low and High Potential Work. BY THOMAS STANLEY CURTIS AUTHOR OF “Experimental igh Frequency Apparatwa," “Construction of In- duction Coile aud Tranaformers,” "Model Submarine With Wire Jess Control,” Ete. SECOND EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED NEW YORK NORMAN W. HENLEY PUBLISHING COMPANY 2 west 45TH STREET 1020BY THE NORMAN W. HENLEY PUBLISHING Co, Copyrighted 1916 BY THOMAS STANLEY CURTIS Ail Rights ReservedPREFACE This volume has been prepared in Tesponse to a general demand created by a series of articles which appeared in Electrician and Mechanic, Popular Electricity and Modern Mechanics, and The Werid’s Advance. The articles covered briefly the apparatus employed in an experimental study of high frequency current phenomena over a period of several years. In this work, I have spared no effort to produce a treatise _ of practical value. Theory has been ignored chiefly because it would serve merely to confuse the non-technical reader. The designs offered are more than theoretical—they are the result of actual construction and experiment. In many cases, the entire oscillation transformer has been rebuilt and rewound many times before Satisfactory results were obtained. The work has been divided into six basic parts. The first _ two chapters tell the uninitiated reader what the high fre- ‘ency current is, what it is used for, and how it is produced. The second section comprising four chapters describes in de- tail the principles of the transformer, condenser, spark gap, and oscillation transformer, and covers the main points in the design and construction of these devices as applied to the work inhand, The third section covers the construction of small high frequency outfits designed for experimental work in the home laboratory or in the clase reom. The fourth sec- Hon is devoted to electro-therapeutic and X-Ray apparatus: The Afth describes apparatus for the cultivation of plants and Yegetables. The sixth section is devoted to a comprehensive discussion of apparatus of large size for use upon the stage My Spectacular productions; F 3