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 82
ands water battery dispenses with cups and uses capillarityinstead. The zinc and platinum or copper plates of a couple areplaced very close together, while the couples are more distant.On dipping into water each couple picks up and retains by capil-larity a little water between its plates, which…
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