In alternating current the flow of electric charge periodically reverses direction. Nikola Tesla was an inventor, mechanical engineer, and electrical engineer. Tesla devised a better system for electrical transmission - the AC system that we use in our homes today. AC offered great advantages over the DC system. By using Tesla's newly developed Transformers, AC voltages could be stepped up and transmitted over long distances through thin wires.
It is an alternating current that switches its polarity 60 times in a second. 60 Hertz is the frequency that electricity is generated in the U.S.
This Website shows you what alternating currents are: http://www.play-hookey.com/ac_theory/
Franz Ollendorff has written: 'Technische Elektrodynamik' -- subject(s): Electrodynamics, Electronics 'Die Welt der Vektoren' -- subject(s): Vector analysis 'Die grundlagen der hochfrequenztechnik' -- subject(s): Alternating Electric currents, Electric currents, Alternating, Electricity
Alternating Current
same as DC electricity
Harlan Morse Blake has written: 'Cases and materials on antitrust law' -- subject(s): Cases, Industrial Trusts, Restraint of trade
Alexander Russell has written: 'A treatise on the theory of alternating currents' -- subject(s): Accessible book, Alternating Electric currents
AC generators, powerplants etc produce alternating currents.
Knox McIlwain has written: 'High-frequency alternating currents' -- subject(s): Alternating Electric currents 'Principles of color television'
Edith Clarke has written: 'Circuit analysis of A-C power systems' -- subject(s): Alternating Electric currents, Alternating current, Electric circuits, Electric currents, Alternating, Electric power distribution
Scientists initially experimented with static electricity, generated through friction, such as rubbing amber with fur. This led to the development of Leyden jars for storing electricity. Later, they explored current electricity through the invention of batteries and early electrochemical cells.
Benjamin Franklin.