Lynde, Carleton John, b. 1872 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 181
is, on work where the current is needed only for a short time and the cell has time to recover before it is needed again, for example, on electric bells and the telephone.The dry cell. — The most convenient cell for use in the home is the dry cell (Fig. 108). It is portable; the liquids cannot… … FIG. 108. — The drycell. ELECTRICITY IN THE HOME 167 the Leclanche cell. The metals are zinc and carbon and thechief constituent of the liquid is ammonium chloride. Thearrangement is as follows. The zinc plate is the whole outercylinder Z which holds the cell; next to this is a strong solutionof…
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