The standard electrical dictionary : a popular encyclopaedia of words and terms used in the practice of electrical engineering (1898)
Sloane, T. O'Conor (Thomas O'Conor), 1851-1940 · London : Crosby Lockwood and Son · 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. V ^ ^ > 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 recei\dng the Morsecharacters by taste. Teazer.…
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