From glowbugs@theporch.com Sun Feb 4 10:38:43 1996 Return-Path: glowbugs@theporch.com Received: from uro (localhost.theporch.com [127.0.0.1]) by uro.theporch.com (8.7.3/AUX-3.1.1) with SMTP id KAA14308; Sun, 4 Feb 1996 10:33:13 -0600 (CST) Date: Sun, 4 Feb 1996 10:33:13 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <199602041633.KAA14308@uro.theporch.com> Errors-To: ws4s@midtenn.net Reply-To: glowbugs@theporch.com Originator: glowbugs@theporch.com Sender: glowbugs@theporch.com Precedence: bulk From: glowbugs@theporch.com To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: GLOWBUGS digest 95 X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Comment: Please send list server requests to listproc@theporch.com Status: O GLOWBUGS Digest 95 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Books by Alfred P. Morgan by JSchanker@aol.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 3 Feb 1996 18:02:58 -0500 From: JSchanker@aol.com To: glowbugs@theporch.com Subject: Books by Alfred P. Morgan Message-ID: <960203180257_413787965@mail02.mail.aol.com> Recent messages about Boys' Book of this and that by Alfred P. Morgan revived my childhood memories. A check of the local (Monroe County NY) library system showed 18 books by Morgan, who died in 1972, still in their collection. A quick trip to the local branch got me the Second and Third Book of Radio and Electronics. I put a reserve on the First Book - it was actually out ! For those who would like a nostalgia trip, the following are the Tables of Contents of these books. AUTHOR(s): Morgan, Alfred Powell 1889-1972 TITLE(s): The boys' second book of radio and electronics With diagrs. by the author. New York, Scribner [1957] 276 p. illus. 22 cm. The Boy's Second Book of Radio and Electronics by Alfred Morgan (1957) Foreword by Brig. General David Sarnoff 1. An Adventure in Science 2. Building Your First Radio Receiver Germanium Semi-conductors 3. How to Build a More Selective Crystal Receiver 4. Taking the Mystery out of Tuning 5. A Simple Outdoor Receiving Antenna 6. Components and Electronic Circuits Capacitors and Capacitance, Resistors and Controls 7. Transducers - Components of an Electronic Circuit Earphones, loudspeakers, microphones and pickups 8. Transistors - Versatile Midgets Which Can Do the Work of Vacuum Tubes 9. Transistor Apparatus Which You Can Build A one-stage audio amplifier A combination crystal diode and transistor radio receiver A transistor timer switch A transistor code practice oscillator Learning to telegraph 10. About Radio Tubes 11. Introduction to Amplifiers 12 The Photocells and Phototubes Which Are Popularly Called Electric Eyes How to build a phototube relay 13. Prospecting for Uranium Radioactivity Geigerscopes Geiger Counters Scintillometers How to make a Geiger Counter 14. How to Build a Two-stage Audio Amplifier 15. How Phonograph Records are Made Build your own record player You can play records with the amplifier in a radio receiver How to build the Hush-a-Tune Repairs and adjustments to loudspeakers 16. Electron Tubes as Oscillators and Some of Their Uses Capacity Relays You can build a capacity relay Fun with a capacity relay 17. How to Build and Operate a Miniature Home Broadcasting Station Where to Obtain Materials AUTHOR(s): Morgan, Alfred Powell, 1889-1972 TITLE(s): The boy's third book of radio and electronics With diagrs. by the author. New York, Scribner [1962] 277 p. illus. 22 cm. The Boys' Third Book of Radio and Electronics by Alfred Morgan (1962) 1. An Introduction to Electricity Electronics defined. Some of the terms used in Electrical science and Electronics. The nature of electricity. The Volt , Ampere and Watt. Resistance and Ohm's Law. 2. Inductance, Impedance, Capacitance, and other Qualities of Electric Circuits Which You should Know About Electricity creates magnetism. Tuning a radio circuit. Transformers. An experiment with electromagnetic induction. An experiment demonstrating the principle of the transformer. 3. Some of the Components Which Comprise Electronic Circuits Resistors. Capacitors. Transducers. Headphones. Speakers. Loopsticks. 4. Electron Tubes - Their Purpose - How They Were Developed - How They Function The Edison Effect. The Fleming Valve. Electron emission. The diode. The triode. Tetrodes. Pentodes. Multi-unit tubes. 5. The Transistor - What It Is - What It Does - How It Works Semiconductors. Power Transistors. Sockets and mounts for transistors. Heat sinks. 6. Radio Communications and Electromagnetic Waves Oscillators. Modulation. What a radio receiver is and how it performs. Selectivity. A basic radio receiver. 7. Four Simple, Practical Radio Receivers - How To Build and Operate Them Circuit diagrams. Symbols. A radio receiver with a crystal-diode detector. A radio receiver with a vacuum tube detector. A radio receiver with a grid-leak detector. A radio receiver with a transistor detector. 8. Outdoor Antennas for the Receivers Lightning arrestors. Earth connection. 9. Audio Amplifiers You Can Build Electron tubes. Transistors as amplifiers. A transistor audio amplifier. A transistorized power megaphone. A two-stage vacuum tube amplifier for a record player. A 5 Watt push-pull high-fidelity amplifier. 10. You Can Make a Portable Record Player 11. Music From Transistors - The Construction of a Toy Electronic Organ 12. A High-Fidelity Sound System Sound. The construction of a bass reflex speaker enclosure. Connecting the player, amplifier and speaker. 13. A Home Intercom System 14. An Opportunity to be Your Own Technician and Electronics Engineer A sun battery will operate a radio receiver. A sensitive "electric eye" or photo relay. Code practice oscillator. Simple diode receiver with diode detector and one- stage audio amplifier. A vest pocket receiver with two-stage audio amplifier. Where to Obtain Materials 73, Jack W2STM ------------------------------ End of GLOWBUGS Digest 95 *************************