Henry and Hora's modern electricity; a practical working encyclopedia (1915)
Henry, James. [from old catalog], Hora, Karel Jan, 1881- [from old catalog] joint author · Chicago, Laird & Lee, inc. · leaf 77
-* 76 MODERN ELECTRICITY … Fig. 19. According to Voltas law, the difference in potentialbetween zinc and tin is .210+ -069 = 279 ; between zinc andiron, -210 + -069 + -313 = -592, etc. Such a pair is called a thermo-electric couple. Thepower of any thermo-electric couple, as a rule, increases withthe increase of difference…
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