A dictionary of electrical words, terms and phrases (1896)
Houston, Edwin J. (Edwin James), 1847-1914 · New York, The W.J. Johnston company · leaf 417
d as commercial electricsources. Pile, Yoltaic 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 cloth, and piledon… … 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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