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 36
but that the twoatoms of water in contact with the plates are simul-taneously decomposed, and that a chemical equilib-rium is then established by a progressive exchangeof elements in all the intervening particles. The sub-ject of electro-decomposition will be further spokenof in connection with the… … cause a discharge between the metals within the bat-tery, instead of through the poles without. To obvi-ate this, the platinum is either confined in its properposition by some fixture at the bottom, or a bead ofglass is attached to it, which prevents its swingingagainst the zinc. Kg-. 10. ^S- ^^…
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