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erthe platinum poles. Place this in the ci.-cuit of a battery. Bubblesof gas immediately arise from the poles and displace the liquidin the tubes. About twice as much gas collects overthe —poleas over the -f-pole. Thrust a lighted splinter into each of the gases;the former burns; the latter causes… … 216 ELECTRICITY AND MAGlSfETISM. Fig. 135. Since pure water is an almost perfect non-conductor of elec-tricit} (§ 178), tbe probable explanation of this action is veryclosely like that already given (§ 158) for theaction in the simple cell. The sulphuric acid isdecomposed ; H2SO4 becomes H2-i-S04;…
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