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 535
the fact that differential heat is therequisite in a thermo-electric couple. (b) See Thermo-electric Call. Thermo=chemical Battery. A voltaic battery in which theelectro-motive force is generated by chemical action induced byheat. The chemical used generally is sodium nitrate or potassiumnitrate.… … Fig. 330. Pouillets Thermo-electric Battery. Thermo=electric Battery or Pile. A number of thermo-electriccouples q. v., connected generally in series. In Nobilis pile the metals are bismuth and antimony ; paper STANDARD ELECTRICAL DICTIONARY. 531 bands covered with varnish are used to insulate…
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