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 79
i Battery, The lower half of the paper is saturated with copper sulphate solution, and this rests upon the copper plate. Battery, Tyers. A modification, as regards the positive cle-ment, of Smecs battery, q. v. The bottom <>f the battery jar … Fig. 52. Tvers Battery. contains a quantity of mercury in which pieces of zinc are thrown,and this constitutes the positive element. A ball of zinc at the end STANDARD ELECTRICAL DICTIONARY. 75 of an insulated copper wire affords the connection with the zinc and mercury. Its great advantage is that…
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