Re:The Magnetic Amplifier – A Lost Technology of the 1950s
by senectus1 on Thursday June 18, 2020 @12:35AM
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huh, I always wondered what those little loops of what looked like a "life saver" lolly was when I was pulling shit apart as a kid.
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Re:The Magnetic Amplifier – A Lost Technology of the 1950s
by akovaski on Thursday June 18, 2020 @12:58AM
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Those would most likely be inductors or transformers. It is mentioned in the article how the simplistic Figures 2 & 3 magnetic amps would act as a transformer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toroidal_inductors_and_transfo...