Davis's manual of magnetism : including galvanism, magnetism, electro-magnetism, electro-dynamics, magneto-electricity, and thermo-electricity (1854)
Davis, Daniel · Boston : Palmer and Hall · leaf 26
om the copper to the zinc again, to restore theequilibrium of the fluid. Thus the current is con-sidered as passing from zinc to copper within theseries, and from copper to zinc without it. Thewire connected with C is called the positive pole ofthe arrangement, and that with Z the negative pole.17.… … 10 DAVlS^S MANUAL, that from the negative pole corresponds with theelectricity obtained from the rubber of the machine.These terms are, however, to a certain extent, arbi-trary. It is still an open question, whether there isone fluid moving in a particular direction, or twofluids moving in opposite…
