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 47
ces, connected with the poles, for the purposeof holding wires, &c. The battery represented in thecut, consisting of twenty-five pairs of plates, shouldbe able to ignite a considerable length of wire, todecompose acidulated water with rapidity, and togive a brilliant light with charcoal points.… … TROUGH BATTERY. 31 whole may be used as a single series of one hundredpairs, or as a battery of fifty pairs of double size, byestablishing proper connections between these cups.Or only half the battery may be put in action, eachhaving a separate trough to contain the acid. Theplates are stationary,…
