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Elementary Lectures on Electric Discharges, Waves and Impulses, and Other Transients Coverage Atlas

Elementary Lectures on Electric Discharges, Waves and Impulses, and Other Transients

Year: 1914. Status: ocr_seeded. Processing: Internet Archive OCR downloaded; chapter/lecture candidates and candidate catalogs generated; scan and edition alignment require review.

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Reader Routes

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Coverage Summary

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10

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34,696

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18

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hidden-gem candidates

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Source Study Guide

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Best First Reads

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Mathematics To Inspect

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Field And Language Trail

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Theme Spine

Section titled “Theme Spine”
Transients / damping 573Waves / transmission lines 497Magnetism 411Field language 331Dielectricity / capacity 250Radiation / light 124Lightning / surges 119Impedance / reactance 48Complex quantities 28Ether references 19Alternating current 18Hysteresis 14

Concept Density

Section titled “Concept Density”
Frequency 93Ether 19Light 17Wave length 13Magnetic permeability 10Velocity of light 4Radiation 1

Glossary Density

Section titled “Glossary Density”
ether 19wave length 13

Priority Promotion Sections

Section titled “Priority Promotion Sections”

These sections should be considered first when converting candidate coverage into deeper narrative pages, because they combine large text spans with dense concept, equation, figure, or quote signals.

SectionThemesWhy PromoteWorkbench
Lecture 7: Line OscillationsTransients / damping, Waves / transmission lines, Radiation / light, Dielectricity / capacity8 equation candidates; 3 figure candidates; dense concept hitsOpen workbench
Lecture 4: Single-Energy Transients In Alternating Current CircuitsField language, Transients / damping, Magnetism, Waves / transmission lines8 equation candidates; 1 figure candidates; dense concept hitsOpen workbench
Lecture 6: Double-Energy TransientsTransients / damping, Dielectricity / capacity, Magnetism, Waves / transmission lines8 equation candidates; 1 figure candidates; dense concept hitsOpen workbench
Lecture 2: The Electric FieldField language, Magnetism, Dielectricity / capacity, Waves / transmission lines8 equation candidates; dense concept hitsOpen workbench
Lecture 1: Nature And Origin Of TransientsTransients / damping, Dielectricity / capacity, Field language, Magnetism6 equation candidates; 3 figure candidates; dense concept hitsOpen workbench
Lecture 5: Single-Energy Tra.Nsient Of Ironclad CircuitMagnetism, Transients / damping, Waves / transmission lines, Field language8 equation candidates; 1 figure candidates; dense concept hitsOpen workbench
Lecture 3: Single-Energy Transients In Continuous Current CircuitsMagnetism, Transients / damping, Field language, Waves / transmission lines8 equation candidatesOpen workbench
Lecture 10: Continual And Cumulative OscillationsTransients / damping, Magnetism, Dielectricity / capacity, Waves / transmission lines4 figure candidates; dense concept hitsOpen workbench
Lecture 9: Oscillations Of The Compound CircuitWaves / transmission lines, Transients / damping, Dielectricity / capacity, Impedance / reactance3 figure candidates; dense concept hitsOpen workbench
Lecture 8: Traveling WavesWaves / transmission lines, Transients / damping, Lightning / surges, Radiation / light2 figure candidates; dense concept hitsOpen workbench

Complete Section Map

Section titled “Complete Section Map”
SectionWordsThemesConceptsEq.Fig.QuotesLocation
Lecture 1: Nature And Origin Of Transients
workbench		2,710Transients / damping, Dielectricity / capacity, Field language, MagnetismLight (1), Radiation (1)630lines 557-1002
Lecture 2: The Electric Field
workbench		2,159Field language, Magnetism, Dielectricity / capacity, Waves / transmission linesEther (3), Light (2), Magnetic permeability (2), Velocity of light (2)800lines 1003-1658
Lecture 3: Single-Energy Transients In Continuous Current Circuits
workbench		2,625Magnetism, Transients / damping, Field language, Waves / transmission linespending800lines 1659-2484
Lecture 4: Single-Energy Transients In Alternating Current Circuits
workbench		5,659Field language, Transients / damping, Magnetism, Waves / transmission linesFrequency (30), Ether (2), Light (2)810lines 2485-3386
Lecture 5: Single-Energy Tra.Nsient Of Ironclad Circuit
workbench		1,321Magnetism, Transients / damping, Waves / transmission lines, Field languageMagnetic permeability (4)810lines 3387-3720
Lecture 6: Double-Energy Transients
workbench		2,822Transients / damping, Dielectricity / capacity, Magnetism, Waves / transmission linesFrequency (11), Magnetic permeability (2), Light (1)810lines 3721-4369
Lecture 7: Line Oscillations
workbench		3,408Transients / damping, Waves / transmission lines, Radiation / light, Dielectricity / capacityFrequency (18), Wave length (9), Ether (3), Light (1)830lines 4370-5278
Lecture 8: Traveling Waves
workbench		4,379Waves / transmission lines, Transients / damping, Lightning / surges, Radiation / lightFrequency (13), Ether (5), Light (2), Wave length (1)020lines 5279-6124
Lecture 9: Oscillations Of The Compound Circuit
workbench		2,923Waves / transmission lines, Transients / damping, Dielectricity / capacity, Impedance / reactanceWave length (3), Frequency (1), Light (1)030lines 6125-6803
Lecture 10: Continual And Cumulative Oscillations
workbench		6,690Transients / damping, Magnetism, Dielectricity / capacity, Waves / transmission linesFrequency (20), Light (7), Ether (6), Velocity of light (2)040lines 6804-8485

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Interpretive readings

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