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Elementary treatise on electric batteries (1880)

Niaudet, Alfred, 1835-1883. [from old catalog], Fishback, L. M., [from old catalog] tr · New York, J. Wiley & sons · leaf 192

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epresent the Bunsen cell prop-erly so called, with a hollow cylinder of rolled zinc. The ACID BATTERIES. 173 glass jar is narrowed at the top in order to check theevaporation of the nitric acid. Sometimes the hollow zinc cylinder is replaced by arod of cast zinc. Siemens prefers a rod of cast… … Fig. 42. preferable. Here arises the question, Which is the betterarrangement, the German or the French ? The German model contains more nitric acid, whichmay increase and prolong the constancy of the battery.But we think the French model ought to be preferred,because in the German arrangement the…

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