<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>From Scratch on Teddy Rook Book</title><link>https://teddyrookbook.com/inventors/from-scratch/</link><description>Recent content in From Scratch on Teddy Rook Book</description><image><title>Teddy Rook Book</title><url>https://teddyrookbook.com/img/share.jpg</url><link>https://teddyrookbook.com/img/share.jpg</link></image><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en</language><atom:link href="https://teddyrookbook.com/inventors/from-scratch/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>A Lemon Battery, Like Volta's Pile</title><link>https://teddyrookbook.com/inventors/from-scratch/lemon-battery/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://teddyrookbook.com/inventors/from-scratch/lemon-battery/</guid><description>Two different metals in a sour juice make a small voltage; cells in series add their voltages. From Scratch · Inventors Ladder</description></item><item><title>A Nail Electromagnet, Like Sturgeon's and Henry's</title><link>https://teddyrookbook.com/inventors/from-scratch/electromagnet/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://teddyrookbook.com/inventors/from-scratch/electromagnet/</guid><description>Current in a coil makes a magnet; more turns and more current make it stronger, and an iron core multiplies it. From Scratch · Inventors Ladder</description></item><item><title>A Homopolar Motor, Faraday's 1821 Idea</title><link>https://teddyrookbook.com/inventors/from-scratch/simple-motor/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://teddyrookbook.com/inventors/from-scratch/simple-motor/</guid><description>A current crossing a magnetic field feels a push, F = BIL; arranged right, the push keeps a wire spinning. From Scratch · Inventors Ladder</description></item><item><title>A Hand Generator, Faraday's 1831 Discovery</title><link>https://teddyrookbook.com/inventors/from-scratch/hand-generator/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://teddyrookbook.com/inventors/from-scratch/hand-generator/</guid><description>A changing magnetic field through a coil makes a voltage; faster changes and more turns make more. From Scratch · Inventors Ladder</description></item><item><title>A Telegraph, Like Morse's</title><link>https://teddyrookbook.com/inventors/from-scratch/telegraph/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://teddyrookbook.com/inventors/from-scratch/telegraph/</guid><description>A key closes a circuit; an electromagnet far away clicks; dots and dashes carry letters. From Scratch · Inventors Ladder</description></item><item><title>A Glowing Filament, Edison's and Swan's Problem</title><link>https://teddyrookbook.com/inventors/from-scratch/filament-bulb/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://teddyrookbook.com/inventors/from-scratch/filament-bulb/</guid><description>Current heats a thin filament until it glows; in air it burns away, so lamps need a vacuum or a gas without oxygen. From Scratch · Inventors Ladder</description></item><item><title>A Crystal Radio with No Battery</title><link>https://teddyrookbook.com/inventors/from-scratch/crystal-radio/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://teddyrookbook.com/inventors/from-scratch/crystal-radio/</guid><description>A coil and capacitor pick one station; a diode turns its radio wave back into sound you can hear in a sensitive earphone. From Scratch · Inventors Ladder</description></item><item><title>A Printing Press, Gutenberg's Way</title><link>https://teddyrookbook.com/inventors/from-scratch/printing-press/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://teddyrookbook.com/inventors/from-scratch/printing-press/</guid><description>Backward metal letters, set and justified, inked and pressed, print a page the right way round, hundreds of times a day. From Scratch · Inventors Ladder</description></item></channel></rss>