Excerpt from Transformers: Their Theory, Construction and Amplification, Simplified It has often been observed by almost every member of the electrical fraternity, that induction, and its out come, the transformer, is to the popular mind, the greatest mystery of the whole lighting system with which they come in contact. There is something tangible about the dynamo. Its movement, and the applied power are apparent. The lamp glows, and its action is appreciable, but the trans former remains to them an uncanny mystery. So too the average electrician whose training has long accustomed him to the management and applica tion of the electric current, finds in the transformer as a rule, more points regarding which his mind is hazy and uncertain, than in any other one piece of appara tus with which he has to deal. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.