A dictionary of electrical words, terms and phrases (1898)
Houston, Edwin J. (Edwin James), 1847-1914 · New York, The W. J. Johnston company · leaf 415
lectricsources. Pill, Insulator -A bolt by means Pile, Toltaic -A battery consisting of a number of voltaic couples connected soas to form a single electric source. A form similar to Voltas original pile, consist-ing of alternate discs of copper and zinc, separatedfrom each other by discs of wet… … Fig. 436. Voltaic Pile. thinner. The discs of moistened cloth are shownat d d. One end of such a pile would then beterminated by a plate of copper, and the otherby a plate of zinc. The copper end forms thepositive electrode, and the zinc end the negativeelectrode. (See Cell, Voltaic ) Pilot…
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