Ruhmkorff's coil

Ruhmkorff's coil
Induction In*duc"tion, n. [L. inductio: cf. F. induction. See {Induct}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act or process of inducting or bringing in; introduction; entrance; beginning; commencement. [1913 Webster]

I know not you; nor am I well pleased to make this time, as the affair now stands, the induction of your acquaintance. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]

These promises are fair, the parties sure, And our induction dull of prosperous hope. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

2. An introduction or introductory scene, as to a play; a preface; a prologue. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

This is but an induction: I will draw The curtains of the tragedy hereafter. --Massinger. [1913 Webster]

3. (Philos.) The act or process of reasoning from a part to a whole, from particulars to generals, or from the individual to the universal; also, the result or inference so reached. [1913 Webster]

Induction is an inference drawn from all the particulars. --Sir W. Hamilton. [1913 Webster]

Induction is the process by which we conclude that what is true of certain individuals of a class, is true of the whole class, or that what is true at certain times will be true in similar circumstances at all times. --J. S. Mill. [1913 Webster]

4. The introduction of a clergyman into a benefice, or of an official into a office, with appropriate acts or ceremonies; the giving actual possession of an ecclesiastical living or its temporalities. [1913 Webster]

5. (Math.) A process of demonstration in which a general truth is gathered from an examination of particular cases, one of which is known to be true, the examination being so conducted that each case is made to depend on the preceding one; -- called also {successive induction}. [1913 Webster]

6. (Physics) The property by which one body, having electrical or magnetic polarity, causes or induces it in another body without direct contact; an impress of electrical or magnetic force or condition from one body on another without actual contact. [1913 Webster]

{Electro-dynamic induction}, the action by which a variable or interrupted current of electricity excites another current in a neighboring conductor forming a closed circuit.

{Electro-magnetic induction}, the influence by which an electric current produces magnetic polarity in certain bodies near or around which it passes.

{Electro-static induction}, the action by which a body possessing a charge of statical electricity develops a charge of statical electricity of the opposite character in a neighboring body.

{Induction coil}, an apparatus producing induced currents of great intensity. It consists of a coil or helix of stout insulated copper wire, surrounded by another coil of very fine insulated wire, in which a momentary current is induced, when a current (as from a voltaic battery), passing through the inner coil, is made, broken, or varied. The inner coil has within it a core of soft iron, and is connected at its terminals with a condenser; -- called also {inductorium}, and {Ruhmkorff's coil}.

{Induction pipe}, {Induction port}, or {Induction valve}, a pipe, passageway, or valve, for leading or admitting a fluid to a receiver, as steam to an engine cylinder, or water to a pump.

{Magnetic induction}, the action by which magnetic polarity is developed in a body susceptible to magnetic effects when brought under the influence of a magnet.

{Magneto-electric induction}, the influence by which a magnet excites electric currents in closed circuits. [1913 Webster]

{Logical induction}, (Philos.), an act or method of reasoning from all the parts separately to the whole which they constitute, or into which they may be united collectively; the operation of discovering and proving general propositions; the scientific method.

{Philosophical induction}, the inference, or the act of inferring, that what has been observed or established in respect to a part, individual, or species, may, on the ground of analogy, be affirmed or received of the whole to which it belongs. This last is the inductive method of Bacon. It ascends from the parts to the whole, and forms, from the general analogy of nature, or special presumptions in the case, conclusions which have greater or less degrees of force, and which may be strengthened or weakened by subsequent experience and experiment. It relates to actual existences, as in physical science or the concerns of life. Logical induction is founded on the necessary laws of thought; philosophical induction, on the interpretation of the indications or analogy of nature. [1913 Webster]

Syn: Deduction.

Usage: {Induction}, {Deduction}. In induction we observe a sufficient number of individual facts, and, on the ground of analogy, extend what is true of them to others of the same class, thus arriving at general principles or laws. This is the kind of reasoning in physical science. In deduction we begin with a general truth, which is already proven or provisionally assumed, and seek to connect it with some particular case by means of a middle term, or class of objects, known to be equally connected with both. Thus, we bring down the general into the particular, affirming of the latter the distinctive qualities of the former. This is the syllogistic method. By induction Franklin established the identity of lightning and electricity; by deduction he inferred that dwellings might be protected by lightning rods. [1913 Webster]


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  • Ruhmkorff's coil — Coil Coil, n. 1. A ring, series of rings, or spiral, into which a rope, or other like thing, is wound. [1913 Webster] The wild grapevines that twisted their coils from trec to tree. W. Irving. [1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: Entanglement; toil; mesh;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Ruhmkorff's coil — Ruhm korff s coil [So called from its inventor, Ruhmkorff, a german physicist.] (Elec.) See {Induction coil}, under {Induction}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Coil — Coil, n. 1. A ring, series of rings, or spiral, into which a rope, or other like thing, is wound. [1913 Webster] The wild grapevines that twisted their coils from trec to tree. W. Irving. [1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: Entanglement; toil; mesh;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Ruhmkorff, Heinrich Daniel — ▪ German inventor born , Jan. 15, 1803, Hannover, Hanover died Dec. 20, 1877, Paris, France       German mechanic who invented the Ruhmkorff coil, a type of induction coil that could produce sparks more than 1 foot (30 centimetres) in length.… …   Universalium

  • Ruhmkorff coil — Rumkorfo ritė statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. Ruhmkorff coil; spark inductor vok. Funkeninduktor, m; Ruhmkorff Induktor, m rus. индуктор Румкорфа, m; катушка Румкорфа, f pranc. bobine de Ruhmkorff, f …   Fizikos terminų žodynas

  • ruhmkorff coil — ˈrümˌkȯrf noun Usage: usually capitalized R Etymology: after Heinrich Ruhmkorff died 1877 German physicist, its inventor : induction coil * * * /roohm kawrf/, Elect. See induction coil. [1850 55; named after Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff (1803 77) …   Useful english dictionary

  • Induction coil — Coil Coil, n. 1. A ring, series of rings, or spiral, into which a rope, or other like thing, is wound. [1913 Webster] The wild grapevines that twisted their coils from trec to tree. W. Irving. [1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: Entanglement; toil; mesh;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Ruhmkorff-Induktor — Rumkorfo ritė statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. Ruhmkorff coil; spark inductor vok. Funkeninduktor, m; Ruhmkorff Induktor, m rus. индуктор Румкорфа, m; катушка Румкорфа, f pranc. bobine de Ruhmkorff, f …   Fizikos terminų žodynas

  • Ruhmkorff coil — /roohm kawrf/, Elect. See induction coil. [1850 55; named after Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff (1803 77), German physicist, its inventor] * * * …   Universalium

  • Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff — (January 15, 1803 in Hanover ndash; December 20, 1877 in Paris) was a German instrument maker who commercialised the induction coil (often referred to as the Ruhmkorff coil.)Ruhmkorff was born in Hanover. After an apprenticeship with a German… …   Wikipedia

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