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From: Don Lewis
Date: Wed, 01 Aug 1990 08:18
Date: Wed, 01 Aug 1990 08:18
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In article <1990Aug1.023331.20141@loft386.uucp> mhughes@loft386.uucp (Mike Hughes) writes: >>And how about batteries with household chemicals (ie not sulphuric) > >See If you can find a copy of "Things a Boy Can Do With Electricity" by >Alfred Morgan (1951). This has plans for batteries, rectifiers and >photoelectric cells, all in jars with very basic chemistry. Nothing with >gain, however. > >Lots of other delightful things too! I seem to recall reading "The Boy Electrician" by the same author many years ago. It had lots of plans for spark coils and tesla coils, told how to use X-ray tubes :-O, etc. He also had some more recent books on how to build things intercoms and audio amps (5 watts, wow!). -- Don "Truck" Lewis Harris Semiconductor Internet: del@mlb.semi.harris.com PO Box 883 MS 62A-028 Phone: (407) 729-5205 Melbourne, FL 32901
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!soleil!mlb.semi.harris.com!thrush.mlb.semi.harris.com!del From: del@thrush.mlb.semi.harris.com (Don Lewis) Newsgroups: sci.electronics,sci.chem Subject: Re: Has anyone made any homemade valves (tubes), semiconductors ... Message-ID: <1990Aug1.081830.15979@mlb.semi.harris.com> Date: 1 Aug 90 08:18:30 GMT References: <872@massey.ac.nz> <972@flash.UUCP> <1990Aug1.023331.20141@loft386.uucp> Sender: news@mlb.semi.harris.com Organization: Harris Semiconductor, Melbourne FL Lines: 18