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Practical physics (1922)

Millikan, Robert Andrews, Gale, Henry Gordon · Boston : Ginn and Co. · leaf 324

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ver, since the electrical forcesalways keep the copper ions moving toward thecojiper plate, these damaging effects are to alarge extent avoided. 334. The Weston normal cell; the volt. This cell consists of a positive electrodeof mercury in a paste of mercurous sul-phate, and a negative electrode of… … Fig 284. The Westonnormal cell agreement as thestandard in terms of which all E.M.F.s and P.D.s are rated. Thus the E.M.F. of a Weston normal cell at 20° (7. is taken as1.0183 volts. The legal definition of the volt is then an electricalpresswe equal to ^ q \ ^ .^ of that produced hy a Weston…

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