History, theory, and practice of the electric telegraph (1866)
Prescott, George B.(George Bartlett),1830-1894 · Boston, Ticknor and Fields · leaf 455
f the same particles turned away from the water positively, in conse-quence of an inductive action, which is exerted by the polarized waterupon the platinum. All the other particles of the platinum are similarly affected, thatis, the side of each molecule turned from the water has positive… … 436 GALVANISM. It is very evident that this condition of all the particles of the sub-stance in question will last as long as the cause producing the polar-ization exists ; that is, as longas the chemical attraction ofthe zinc for the oxygen ofthe water continues. But ifthe contact of the zinc…
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