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 94
alternate ends, while they are in-sulated or separated from each other by paper orpasteboard, which prevents any passage of electricityfrom one to the other, except through the junctions.127. A thermo-electric series of considerable pow-er may be constructed of strips of German silver andbrass. It… … pairs are connected in this manner, it is necessarythat the junctions should be somewhat larger thanin the case of a single pair. Then, the slighter7* 78 DAVISS MANUAL. the connection the better; but as the current hasto flow through all the junctions in a series of pairs,the electricity generated…
