Merchant, F. W. (Francis Walter), 1855-1937, Chant, Clarence Augustus, 1865-1956 · Toronto : Copp Clark · leaf 428
of 0.000010384 grams persecond. Otlier elements may be used in defining the unit, but inpractice when the strength of a current is to be estintated byelectrolysis, it is usually doterniincd by ascertaining theamount of silver, copper, or lij^drogen wliich is deposited in aspecified time. If W^,… … 496. Voltameters. An electrolytic cell used for the purposeof measuring the strength of an electriccurrent is called a voltameter. For silver, tlie cell consists of a platinumbowl, partially filled with a solution ofsilver nitrate in which is suspended a silverdisc (Fig. 500). When the voltameter…
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