Modern electricity and magnetism, theoretically and practically considered (1885)
Avery, Elroy M[cKendree], 1844- [from old catalog] · New York and Chicago, Sheldon and company · leaf 18
touch the zinc or itswire. JVo bubbles appear either on the zinc or thecopper. It may be convenient to place a narrowglass strip between the ends of the metal stripsin the tumbler to keep them apart. Experiment 13.—Bring the upper ends of thestrips together, as shown in Fig. 124, or, stillbetter,… … Fig. 124. 305. Suspicion.—It seems that the connectingwire is an important part of the apparatus as now ar-ranged and we are led to suspect that something unusualis taking place in the wire itself. It is evident that wehave a complete ^^circuit^ through the liquid^ the metalstrip and the wire.…
Electricity · Magnetism
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