Introductory course of natural philosophy for the use of schools and academies. Ed. from Ganot's popular physics. By William G. Peck (1869)
Ganot, Adolphe, 1804-1887, Peck, William Guy, 1820-1892 · New York A.S. Barnes · leaf 440
by an acid, the former ispositively and the latter negatively electrified. According to this view, which is now universally adopted,the acidulated cloths, that Yolta regarded as simply con-ductors, are in fact the principal cause of the developmentof electricity. The Carbon Pile. 415. The Carbon… … Fig 2S5. parts are: 1. An earthen vessel, A, containing dilute sulphuric acid; 2. a zinc cylinder, H, open at one side andhaving a strip of copper soldered to its upper extremity;3. a vessel, (7, of porous earthen-ware, containing nitricacid ; 4. a cylinder of carbon or coke, which is well…
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