A text-book on chemistry. For the use of schools and colleges (1866)
Draper, Henry, 1837-1882 · New York, Harper & brothers · leaf 161
ngue, when the metalstouch a bright flash is seen. The branch of electrical science that arose from suchobservations is called Galvanism or Voltaic electricity,and its phenomena are those of electricity in motioD.Static electricity, which we have previously considered,exhibits that force in a… … 148 THE SIMPLE VOLTAIC CIRCLE. It is to be admitted, though of that abundant proofwill soon be given, that water is not a simple but a com-pound body; that it consists of two elements, oxygenand hydrogen. It is also to be understood that metal-lic zinc may be amalgamated or united with…
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