Cumming, Linnæus, b. 1843. [from old catalog] · New York, D. Van Nostrand · leaf 201
l.—In this the porous vessel con-tains a paste of mercury sulphate, in which the carbon rod isimmersed; the outer vessel contains a zinc rod immersedin brine. In this cell zinc chloride is formed, and the sodiumset free attacks the sulphate of mercury, forming sodiumsulphate, and liberating… … Fig. 118. oxygen battery, is of rather theoretical than practical im-portance, being constructed without the use of two metals. It chap, l] The Battery. 183 consists (Fig. 118) of an outer vessel containing nitric acid,and a porous vessel containing caustic potash, platinum platesdipping into each…
Electricity
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