A text-book on chemistry. For the use of schools and colleges (1866)
Draper, Henry, 1837-1882 · New York, Harper & brothers · leaf 199
no reasonwhy such combinations should not eventually displaceall other sources of electricity, and be used for chemical,galvanic, and magnetic purposes. Electricity could thenbe utilized in the construction of prime movers, in warm-ing apparatus, and for a thousand other applications. What is the… … Mellonis thermo-electric pile, which is by far themost sensitive of thermometers,consists of a number of bars of bis-muth, jB, and antimony, A, withthe alternate ends soldered togeth-er, as in Fig. 161. If both endsare heated no effect is produced;but if only one, then a current issent along the…
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