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The solutions of many problems involving circuit quantities such as voltage, current and resistance, can be found only by making appropriate measurements. For the purpose of measuring electrical quantities there are many useful instruments, among which the most common are the ammeter, the voltmeter and the ohmmeter. The incorporation of indicating instruments into electronic circuits to form valve-volmeters, pH meters, Potentiometric recorders and the like is discussed in Chapter 13 ; the present chapter deals mainly with the principles, construction and application of instruments commonly used in the measurement of voltage, current and resistance. By far the most common and important meter movement relevant to these measurements is the moving-coil meter.
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Suggestions for Further Reading
A.C.D.C. Test Meters by W. H. Cazaly and T. Roddam. Pitman and Sons Ltd., 1951.
Basic Electronic Test Instruments by R. P. Turner. Holt, Rinehart and Winston Inc., 1963.
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Olsen, G.H. (1968). Indicating Instruments. In: Electronics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6535-6_6
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