Meadowcroft, Wm. H. (William Henry), b. 1853 · New York & London, Harper & brothers · leaf 115
ly a small jar made of claywhich is not glazed. Thus, the liquid whichis in the glass jar penetrates through theporous cup to the carbon and manganesewhich it contains, and so the chemicals affectboth these and the zinc at once, for, in orderto obtain electricity, you will remember thatthe chemical… … A certain quantity of this salt is dissolvedin water, and this solution is poured into theglass jar. When this is done the battery willgenerate electricity at once. It should be remembered that the properterm for the chemicalmixture which acts uponthe elements in any bat-tery is electrolyte. The…
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