Magic, pretended miracles, and remarkable natural phenomena (1855)
Religious Tract Society (Great Britain), McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · Philadelphia : American Sunday-School Union ; London : Religious Tract Society · leaf 144
t the part it performs inthe undertaking is essential. While travelling, ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, 141 Mr, Cooke found great inconvenience to resultfrom the spilling of the acid solution used inSmees batteries ; and, from this, he was ledto consider if the substitution of fine whiteShanklin sand,… … the same method was tried in the permanentbatteries, and, in like manner, the result hasproved satisfactory. At present, the generatorresembles, in its principal feat^ures, the one 142 ELECTRICITY. known as Wollastons trough ; and it is soarranged, that the series of plates of copper andamalgamated…
Magic · Miracles · Curiosities and wonders
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