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 32
o-sition and deflagration, batteries capable of producingintense currents are required. The most conveniient^orms of single pairs and of series will therefore nowbe described. 24. Smees Battery. — This form will be firstFig. 9. spoken of, as furnishing an example of the galvanic battery in its most… … 16 Daviss manual. are platinum and zinc. The original battery ofSmee consisted of zinc, and silver covered with a filmof platinum; but the metal platinum itself is foundso much superior to the platinized silver, and the dif-ference in expense so slight, that it has been substi-tuted. The…
