The standard electrical dictionary; a popular dictionary of words, terms, and phrases, used in the practice of electrical engineering (1897)
Sloane, T. O'Conor (Thomas O'Conor), 1851-1940 · New York, H. W. Henley & co. · leaf 508
coin above, and a piece ofzinc below the tongue, or the reverse, andtouching their edges. A sour, peculiar tasteis at once perceived. It cannot be due to any measurable quan-tity of current or of electrolytic decomposition, because the couplecan do little more than establish a potential difference.… … Fig. 311. Tapper. 504 STANDARD ELECTRICAL DICTIONARY. is said that messages have been received in this way, the receiverplacing one terminal of the line on his tongue, and a terminalattached to a grounded wire below it, and then receiving the Morsecharacters by taste. Teazer. Originally a fine wire…
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