American telegraphy and encyclopedia of the telegraph; systems, apparatus, operation (1909)
Maver, William, jr. [from old catalog] · New York, Maver publishing company · leaf 343
olved in the operation of chemical telegraphy is that of the de-composition of the electrolyte through which the current is caused to pass. The liquidchosen as the electrolyte must be one readily decomposable by the current. In otherwords, one in which the component parts are held together in a,… … CHEMICAL AUTOMATIC RECEIVER. come in contact, that is, the j^en or cylinder of the receiving apparatus. But, at thesame time also, the combination, or mixture, as in part the chemical solution sometimes is,must contain elements, or sub-combinations, which will either, when freed by tlie cur-rent,…
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