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  2. Electric bell - Wikipedia

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    The modern electric bell mechanism had its origin in vibrating "contact breaker" or interrupter mechanisms devised to break the primary current in induction coils. [5] Vibrating "hammer" interrupters were invented by Johann Philipp Wagner (1839) and Christian Ernst Neeff (1847), and was developed into a buzzer by Froment (1847).

  3. Knob-and-tube wiring - Wikipedia

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    Your Old Wiring. New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0071357012. Written for home owners and do-it-yourselfers. Shapiro, David E. (2010). Old Electrical Wiring: Evaluating, Repairing, and Upgrading Dated Systems (2nd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0071663571. Written for professional electricians and advanced property owners.

  4. The Call of the Marching Bell - Wikipedia

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    The book is named "The call of the Marching Bell" [Bang-e-Dara]. It is a bell that people used to ring in old times to awaken the travelers that now it is time to move on to their next destination, this book has the same purpose to awaken the Muslims of Hindustan and remind them that this is time for them to move on. This poem helped the ...

  5. Oxford Electric Bell - Wikipedia

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    The Oxford Electric Bell or Clarendon Dry Pile is an experimental electric bell, in particular a type of bell that uses the electrostatic clock principle that was set up in 1840 and which has run nearly continuously ever since. It was one of the first pieces purchased for a collection of apparatus by clergyman and physicist Robert Walker.

  6. Bell System Practices - Wikipedia

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    A typical volume of Bell System Practices from the 1970s. The Bell System Practices (BSPs) is a compilation of technical publications which describes the best methods of engineering, constructing, installing, and maintaining the telephone plant of the Bell System under direction of AT&T and Bell Telephone Laboratories. [1]

  7. Urdu Dictionary Board - Wikipedia

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    The Urdu Dictionary Board (Urdu: اردو لغت بورڈ, romanized: Urdu Lughat Board) is an academic and literary institution of Pakistan, administered by National History and Literary Heritage Division of the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. Its objective is to edit and publish a comprehensive dictionary of the Urdu language.

  8. Baghdad Battery - Wikipedia

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    When linked in series, the cells had sufficient power to electroplate a small token and to deliver current to acupuncture type needles for therapeutic purposes, but not enough to deliver an electric shock to MythBusters co-host Adam Savage who was instead pranked by co-hosts who hooked him up to a 10,000 volt cattle fence shock generator. [21]

  9. History of electrical engineering - Wikipedia

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    The donation of his extensive electrical library was a considerable boon for the fledgling Society. Michael Faraday portrayed by Thomas Phillips c. 1841–1842 [25] Development of the scientific basis for electrical engineering, using research techniques, intensified during the 19th century.