direct current

Examples of direct current in the following topics:

• The Inventions of the Telephone and Electricity

  • A funnel-shaped mouthpiece directed the voice sounds upon the membrane, and as it vibrated, the soft iron "armature" induced corresponding currents in the coils of the electromagnet.
  • Most of the inventions produced there were legally attributed to Edison, though many employees carried out research and development under his direction.
  • In 1882, generation was with direct current (DC), which could not easily be increased in voltage for long-distance transmission.
  • George Westinghouse became an adversary of Edison when he promoted the direct current (DC) for electric power distribution instead of the more easily transmitted alternating current (AC) system invented by Nikola Tesla and promoted by Westinghouse.
  • Though widespread use of DC ultimately lost favor for distribution, it exists today primarily in long-distance high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission systems.

• Land Policy

  • Map of current U.S. states that are direct successor states of the original Thirteen Colonies that declared independence from Great Britain in 1776.

• Across the Atlantic: France and Britain

  • Despite orders to seek no direct military assistance from France, the American commissioners were instructed to acquire most favored nation trading relations with France.
  • The Treaty of Alliance was, in effect, an insurance policy for France that guaranteed the support of the United States if Britain broke the current peace they had with the French, "either by direct hostilities, or by (hindering) her commerce and navigation," as a result of the signing of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce.

• War Propaganda

  • The avenues of distribution for the message included all types of current media and communications: newsprint, posters, radio, telegraphs, and movies.
  • The committee also used direct human media in the form of about 75,000 "Four Minute Men," volunteers who delivered positive public messages about the war.

• A New Nation

  • The new American government experienced tensions between the Federalist Party currently in power and the Democratic-Republican Party.
  • The Alien and Sedition Acts were denounced by Democratic-Republicans as a direct assault on freedom of speech and the right to organized legislative opposition to the current administration.

• In the West: The Native Americans

  • William Travis, leading the "war party," advocated for independence from Mexico, while the "peace party" led by Austin attempted to get more autonomy within the current relationship.
  • Mexico, however, viewed the US annexation of Texas as a direct attack on Mexican sovereignty, which precipitated the Mexican War in the 1840s.

• The George H.W. Bush Administration

  • The administration had been under intense pressure to meet with the Soviets, but not all of Bush's advisers initially thought the Malta summit to be a step in the right direction.
  • Gutierrez, current United States Secretary of Commerce, wrote, "Quitting NAFTA would send economic shock waves throughout the world, and the damage would start here at home."

• Globalization and the U.S.

  • The word globalization is a very recent term, only establishing its current meaning in the 1970s when it was brought about by the intersections of the work of academics, librarians, journalists, and publishers/editors.
  • The direction of cultural flows has often been one-sided, and worldwide export of Western culture to non-Western nations has proliferated through new forms of mass media: film, radio, television, recorded music, and most recently the internet.

• Indochina: The Background to War

  • In spite of military resistance, by 1888 the area of the current-day nations of Cambodia and Vietnam was made into the colony of French Indochina (Laos was later added to the colony).
  • Truman began covertly authorizing direct financial assistance to the French.

• Democracy

  • The initiative may take the form of a direct initiative or an indirect initiative.
  • In a direct initiative, a measure is put directly to a vote after being submitted by a petition.
  • It is a form of direct democracy.
  • The goals of his policy included establishing the recall, referendum, direct primary, and initiative.
  • All of these were aimed at giving citizens a more direct role in government.