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Encyclopedia Britannica



CONDENSER

This article appears in Volume V06, Page 849 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: COM-COR
CONDENSER , the name given to many forms of apparatus which have for their
object
  the concentration of matter, or bringing it into a smaller volume, or the intensification of energy. In
chemistry
  the word is applied to an apparatus which cools down, or condenses, a vapour to a liquid; reference should be made to the article
DISTILLATION
  for the various types in use, and also to GAS (Gas Manufacture) and COAL TAR; the device for the condensation of the exhaust steam of a steam-
engine
  is treated in the article STEAM-
ENGINE
 . In woollen manufactures, " condensation " of the wool is an important operation and is accomplished by means of a " condenser." The
term
  is also givengenerally as a qualification, e.g. condensing-
syringe
 , condensing-
pump
 ,to apparatus by which air or a vapour may be compressed. In optics a " condenser " is a lens, or
system
  of lenses, which serves to concentrate or bring the luminous rays to a
focus
 ; it is specially an adjunct to the optical lantern and microscope. In electrostatics a condenser is a device for concentrating an electrostatic charge (see ELECTROSTATICS; LEYDEN JAR;
ELECTROPHORUS
 ).


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