Meadowcroft, Wm. H. (William Henry), b. 1853 · New York & London, Harper & brothers · leaf 139
in front.)These two elements,positive and negative,having wires or con-ductors attached, areplaced in a nickeled-steel can containing theelectrolyte, which con-sists of a potash solu-tion. You will see thatthis differs from a lead storage battery, inwhich the electrolyte is sulphuric acid andwater.… … Fig. 37 BATTERIES Edison alkaline storage battery. If an elec-tric current from a dynamo or other sourceof electricity is caused to pass through thepositive to the negative plate the oxygenpresent in the iron oxide passes to and re-mains with the nickel oxide. During all thetime this is going on…
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