National Telegraphic Union · New York : N.T.U. · leaf 96
by the chemical action and as rapidly destroyed. Thus a constant transfer orcurrent is established, and the electricity is said to be ina dynamic state. The plate (usually zinc) upon the surface of which theelectricity is generated is called the negative or — pole,because it is there that the… … Fig. 1. If both metals in this arrangement were equally actedupon by the liquid, an equal tension would be acquiredby each, and there would consequently be no tendencytowards a transfer of electricity; but whenever thechemical action upon one plate is greater than upon theother, the tension of the…
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