A manual of electricity, magnetism and meteorology (1844)
Lardner, Dionysius, 1793-1859, Walker, Charles Vincent, 1812-1882 · London Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans · leaf 343
xalted ; and, in each case, thecourse of the positive electricityis that indicated by the arrows.The figure before irs representsone pair of a Voltas pile. Whenwater alone is used, there is no ap-preciable chemical action; wheng|§| salt is added, this action becomesevident; but when sulphuric… … CHAP. I. CHEMICAL THEORY. 307 use the words of one of its great advocates, M. Bec-querel — There is no chemical action without a considerable disengagement ofelectricity. A voltaic pile, charged with a liquid not acting chemically on eitherof the two elements of which each body is composed, does…
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