A manual of electricity, magnetism and meteorology (1844)
Lardner, Dionysius, 1793-1859, Walker, Charles Vincent, 1812-1882 · London Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans · leaf 345
on of a wire, W, as inJig. 127. ; and, what is very remarkable, they see W, thiswire, often melted by the passing current; and as thecontact made by this wire is to them the efficient causeof the electricity, it is somewhat inconsistent to seethe instrument of contact actually destroyed by the… … tion ceases, electrical effects alsosubside; that, if the chemical ac-tion creates a new non-conduct-ing compound which coats theactive metal Z, the power of thebattery is at once destroyed.These observations will find theirillustrations in the sequel. The effects of contact whichhave been now…
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