The elements of dynamic electricity and magnetism (1903)
Atkinson, Philip. [from old catalog] · New York, D. Van Nostrand company · leaf 28
current-flow occurs withrespect to the battery, internally from zinc to copper,externally from copper to zinc, completing the circuitthrough the decomposing vessel. And since the currentfrom the gas tubes, when disconnected from the battery THE VOLTAIC BATTERY. DEFINITIONS. ir and brought into… … FlG. I. verse current, which neutralizes the primary current.Hence this action is appropriately termed polarization,since it produces opposing poles. But since the oxygen, from its strong affinity for thebase metals, combines with the zinc, the polarization isconfined to the hydrogen, taking place…
Electricity · Magnetism
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