A dictionary of electrical words, terms and phrases (1896)
Houston, Edwin J. (Edwin James), 1847-1914 · New York, The W.J. Johnston company · leaf 110
which the ground is not employed as any part of thepath of the current, metallic conductors beingemployed throughout the entire circuit. Circuit, Multiple A compound cir-cuit, in which a number of separate sourcesor separate electro-receptive devices, or both,have all their positive poles connected… … Fig. 128. Batteries connected in a Multiple Circuit. bons, C, C, C, are connected together so as to formthe positive, or ~\~ terminal of the battery, andthe three zincs, Zn, Zn, Zn, are similarly con-nected together so as to form the negative, or —terminal. The electromotive force is the same as…
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