Well's natural philosophy : for the use of schools, academies and privte students, introducing the latest results of scientific discovery and research ; arranged with special reference to the practical application of physical science to the arts and the experiences of everyday life ; with three hundred and seventy-five engravings (1873)
Wells, David A · New York : Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor and Co. · leaf 417
spair, with horrid smOes, were exhijited upon the counten-ance. 781. Galvanic electricity is a powerful agent in effecting chemical decom-.positions, and in its application to such purposes, it is most practically usefuL Can galvanic Wlieu a currcnt of galvanic electricity iafecfchemirai oi^^^ to… … Thus, water is composed of two gases, oxygen and hydro-gen united together. When the wires connecting the poleaof a galvanic battery are placed in water, and a sufEcientlystrong current made to pass tlirough them, the water is decomposed, thohydrogen being given out at the negative pole of…
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