Stewart, Balfour, 1828-1887 · Toronto : James Campbell · leaf 132
ties of the current.—Let us nowsee what an electric current can do; that is to say,let us perform a few simple experiments. Experiment 62.—Make a Groves battery readyfor action, and introduce a bit of very fine platinum PODIES.] PHYSICS. 123 wire between the two pole wires of the. battery; whenthe… … Fig. 46 iaverted vessels containing water, as in fig. 46.It will be found that the current decomposes thewater, a^ad that oxygen gas will appear in the onevessel and hydrogen gas in the other. The oxygengas will appear at the pole which is connected withthe platinum plate, while the hydrogen will…
Physics
Internet Archive · Western University Libraries · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
