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A text-book on chemistry. For the use of schools and colleges (1866)

Draper, Henry, 1837-1882 · New York, Harper & brothers · leaf 201

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composed. In an interrupted metallic circle a sparkwas seen, and the induced spark was also obtained by acoil. The current passed from the anterior to the pos-terior parts of the animal. Faraday, who . performedthese experiments, calculates that the quantity of elec-tricity passing at each… … ANIMAL ELECTRICITY. 189 to that of a Leyden battery of 3500 inches surfacecharged to the utmost, FigW. and this could be repeat-ed two or three timeswith scarcely a sensibleinterval of time. As the electricity whichthese animals dischargedepends on their nervousaction, the production ofit is…

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