Stewart, Balfour, 1828-1887 · Toronto : James Campbell · leaf 134
es 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 readyfbr action, and introduce a bit of very fine platinum PODIES.] PHYS/CS. 123 wire between the two pole wires of the battery ; whenthe… … ^^(nn^ Fig. 4& inverted vessels containing water, as in fig. 46.It will be found that the current decomposes thewater, and 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…
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