Lessons in practical electricity; principles, experiments, and arithmetical problems, an elementary text-book (1902)
Swoope, Coates Walton. [from old catalog] · New York, D. Van Nostrand company · leaf 146
141. Cells Connected in Series to Increase the E. M.F.—Consider the hydraulic analogy in Fig. 107, where the twosimilar cylindrical tanks A and B have a capacity of 100 gal-lons each. The pressure on the water in tank A and con-necting pipe C is 10 pounds per square inch, due to theweight of the… … the piston on tank A above it, plus 10 pounds per square inch, due to the weight of its own piston, so that gauge 2 will reg-ister 20 pounds per square inch. The weight of the water is neglected. AVhen the valve in the drain pipe of tank B is opened this tank will deliver the same quantity of water…
Electricity · Magnetism
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