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 444
tho battery. Despretz experiments. APPLICATIONS OF GALVANIC ELECTUICITY. iil Illuminating Effects. 419. The heating effects just described are accompaniedwith a disengagement of more or less light, but to obtainthe most brilliant electrical light possible, calcined carbonpoints are employed. They… … Fig 2S7. (419.) Describe the illuminating effects.19* 442 POPULAR PHYSICS. emitting a light of dazzling brightness. If the points areslightly separated, the current still continues to pass be-tween them, and the light takes the form of a luminousarch, called the voltaic arch. In this experiment the…
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