Elementary treatise on electricity and magnetism : (1905)
Foster, G. C. (George Carey), 1835-1919, Joubert, J. (Jules François), 1834-1910, Porter, Alfred W. (Alfred William), 1863-1939 · London ; New York ; Bombay : Longmans, Green, and Co. · leaf 175
nd portable, and tofacilitate filling in and removing the acid, a further eaidy devicewas Oruickshanks trough battery (Fig. 99), consisting of a nvimberof double plates of zinc and copper cemented into grooves cut inthe opposite sides of a wooden trough so as to divide the troughinto a number of… … Fig. 99. whatever form it is constructed the electromotive force falls rapidlywhen the ciicuit is closed. 108. Use of Amalgamated Zinc.—If ordinary commercialzinc is used in the construction of a voltaic cell, it dissolves in theacid even when the circuit is not closed. But pure zinc, or commonzinc…
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