Electronics for Scientists: Principles and Experiments for Those Who Use Instruments

Has much material on older vacuum-tube based circuits. Publisher's description from preface: This book is a practical book for scientists and science students. It is written expressly for chemists, physicists, engineers, medical researchers, biologists, and other science students and research workers who have little or no background in electronics but who need to gain a working knowledge of electronic devices and circuits . The order of presentation is laboratory-centered. There is a natural progression from the basic measurement techniques necessary to start experimentation toward the complete instruments and systems. Table of Contents: 1. Electrical Measurements 2. Power Supplies 3. Amplification by Vacuum Tubes and Transistors 4. Amplifier Circuits 5. Oscillators 6. Comparison Measurements 7. Servo Systems 8. Operational Amplifiers for Measurement Control 9. Electronic Switching and Timing and Digital Counting Systems Supplements: 1. An Integrated System of Instruments, Test Equipment, and Rapid-Connect Parts 2. DC Circuits 3. Electrical Signals and Reactive Circuits Appendixes: A. Transistor Parameter Equivalents and Interconversion Tables B. Vacuum-Tube Characteristic Curves C. Resistors (EIA-JAN Values) D. Power-Transformer Color Code