Baille, Jean Baptiste Alexandre, b. 1841, Armstrong, John W., ed · New York, Scribner, Armstrong, and co. · leaf 82
ow used enclosing a plate of zincplaced in acidulated water, and a porous vase isfilled with sulphate of mercury, and a plate of car-bon placed in the middle of it. Here we find again the analogous elements tothose in Daniel!s battery. The carbon takes theplace of the copper and transmits the… … Davys Battery. blue vitriol, and as it does not dissolve in water, itadmits of no mixture of the liquids. The plate ofzinc is surrounded similarly with acidulated water,and the mercury, reduced by chemical action, ac-tually keeps the zinc amalgamated during the ac-tion of the battery. Here again…
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