Poynting, J. H. (John Henry), 1852-1914, Shakespear, Gilbert Arden, ed, Barlow, Guy, joint ed · Cambridge, University Press · leaf 317
of charge, such as MOLEOTILAR ELEOTRIOITY 281 occurs on our supposition at the electrodes, is up to the present an unexplained,an ultimate fact. Without attempting explanation, but rather as a crudemode of picturing a process which would lead to the result, we might thinl-of a + H and a — Pt as… … Fig. 6. In (6) two atoms have come in contact, in (c) the tubes are beginning toslide round, in {d) the ends have changed places, and in (e) the atoms havedrawn apart with reversed charges. Having thus, or otherwise, reversed halfthe pairs, combination with the other half may ensue as in Fig. 7,…
Poynting, J. H. (John Henry), 1852-1914 · Physics
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