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 79
Fig. 51. Trouves Blotting Paper Battery. The lower half of the paper is saturated with copper sulphatesolution, and this rests upon the copper plate. Battery, Tyers. A modification, as regards the positive ele-ment, of Smees battery, q. v. The bottom of 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 ELECTRICAIy DICTIONARY. 75 of an insulated copper wire affords the connection with the zincand mercury. Its great advantage is that…
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