A dictionary of electrical words, terms and phrases (1898)
Houston, Edwin J. (Edwin James), 1847-1914 · New York, The W. J. Johnston company · leaf 96
sometimes given to the bichromate cell. (SeeCell.. Voltaic, Bichromate) Cell, Voltaic, Grove —A zinc-plati-num couple, the elements of which are usedwith electrolytes of sulphuric and nitric acidsrespectively. The zinc, Z, Fig. no, is amalgamated andplaced in dilute sulphuric acid, and the… … Fig. ioq The Gravity Cell. (See Cell, Voltaic, num plate is prevented by the nitric acid, whichoxidizes and thus removes the hydrogen thattends to be liberated at its surface. The con-stancy of the currentis not maintained forany considerable time,since the two liquidsare rapidly decom-posed, or…
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