The Boy Electrician

Definitely not just for boys, The Boy Electrician is a classic introduction to electricity for curious minds of any age or gender. Full of easy-to-follow experiments and projects, this fun guidebook offers advice on building and creating your own real-life demonstrations of the principles explained, making this a true scientific adventure. Lessons on magnetism, static electricity, batteries, motors, telegraphy, radio, and much more can be found in this single volume. If you have ever wanted to build your own simple electrical machine or just have a better overall understanding of how electricity works, this book is a must-have! The Boy Electrician has stood the test of time, offering a gateway of understanding that can lead to more sophisticated explorations in electronics and how machines work. This timeless book has inspired generations of engineers, scientists, tinkerers, and technology geeks. Reprinted here is the third edition in its entirety. Alfred P. Morgan, electrical engineer and inventor, attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author of more than fifty books and hundreds of articles and holds multiple patents for radio and mechanical devices.

From the leafy suburbs of Boston in the 1970s through the go-it-alone hedonism of the 1980s, this is a story told through the heart and eyes of a child struggling to make sense of it all and become a man--whatever that means.Both hilarious and poignant, The Electrician explores the life of a boy growing up surrounded by elderly, slightly crazy relatives whose experiences were tainted by the Depression and World War II. With omnipresent religious and ethnic traditions, impending nuclear holocaust, failed romances, alcoholism and, ultimately, recovery, it's a coming-of-age tale that will resonate with anyone who grew up in the shadow of history.

Comprehensive. Detailed. Practical. Set Lighting Technician's Handbook, Fourth Edition, is a friendly, hands-on manual covering the day-to-day practices, equipment, and tricks of the trade essential to anyone doing motion picture lighting, including the lamp operator, rigging crew, gaffer, best boy, or director of photography. This handbook offers a wealth of practical technical information, useful techniques, as well as aesthetic discussions. The Set Lighting Technician's Handbook focuses on what is important when working on-set: trouble-shooting, teamwork, set protocol, and safety. It describes tricks and techniques for operating a vast array of lighting equipment including LEDs, xenons, camera synchronous strobes, black lights, underwater units, lighting effects units, and many others. Since its first edition, this handy on-set reference continues to be widely adopted as a training and reference manual by union training programs as well as top university film production programs. New to the fourth edition: * Detailed information on LED technology and gear * Harmonized with union safety and training procedures * All the latest and greatest DMX gadgets, including remote control systems * Many new and useful lights and how to use them and troubleshoot them. * New additions to the arsenal of electrical distribution equipment that make our sets safer and easier to power. * More rigging tricks and techniques. * the same friendly, easy to read style that has made this book so popular.