Meadowcroft, Wm. H. (William Henry), b. 1853 · New York & London, Harper & brothers · leaf 130
tance to the passage ofthe current; so that generally there is as-sociated with the copper a supply of the gasoxygen. Oxygen and hydrogen are alwaysvery eager to mix with each other, and,therefore, when the hydrogen bubbles appearthey are quickly taken up by the oxygennear by. The mixture of these… … In the Edison Primary Battery (Fig. 34)the plates are zinc, known as the negative,and copper oxide (copper and oxygen), orthe positive. These are suspended in a solu-tion of caustic soda andwater, the plates and solu-tion being contained in jarsof glass or porcelain. Theplates are provided…
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