A dictionary of electrical words, terms and phrases (1898)
Houston, Edwin J. (Edwin James), 1847-1914 · New York, The W. J. Johnston company · leaf 92
l.) A voltaic cell consists of two plates of differentmetals, or of a metal and a metalloid (or of twogases, or two liquids, or of a liquid and a gas),each of which is called avoltaic ele?jient, and which, |\~taken together, form what is called a voltaic couple. The voltaic couple dips in-to a… … Fig. 103. VoltaicCouple. In any voltaic cellthe current is assumed to flow through the liquid,from the metal most acted on to the metal leastacted on, and outside the liquid, through the out-side circuit, from the metal least acted on to themetal most acted on. In Fig. 103 a zinc-copper voltaic…
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