Lynde, Carleton John, b. 1872 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 215
arged, when it willagain give a current;and so on. It will be noticed that the cell stores up not electricity butchemical energy. The commercial storage cells are usually made up of a numberof plates. For example, the cell, Fig. 148, has five negativeplates and six positive plates. All the negative… … FIG. 148. — The storage cell. ELECTROPLATING 201 are large and close together, the resistance is small and there-fore the rate of flow of current in amperes is large. These cellshave an efficiency of about 75 per cent; that is, they give back75 per cent of the electrical energy used in charging…
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