Electricity in its relations to practical medicineAppleton, 1872 - 506 pages |
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Page 11
... conductor , forms the most powerful battery . If only one liquid be used as an intermediate conductor , the current is unsteady - at first often powerful , but soon decreasing in strength ; while , by using two intermediate conductors ...
... conductor , forms the most powerful battery . If only one liquid be used as an intermediate conductor , the current is unsteady - at first often powerful , but soon decreasing in strength ; while , by using two intermediate conductors ...
Page 12
... conductors that are separated by a porous body - an animal membrane or plaster cylinder - the polarization will be prevented . In this case , the metal surfaces will be kept clean by the water- forming process that takes place on the ...
... conductors that are separated by a porous body - an animal membrane or plaster cylinder - the polarization will be prevented . In this case , the metal surfaces will be kept clean by the water- forming process that takes place on the ...
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... conductor , so long as the platina lasts , this substitute does as well as pure platina . In the Bunsen battery , instead of platina , carbon is used , which is still more electro - negative . A Bunsen element con- sists of a cylinder ...
... conductor , so long as the platina lasts , this substitute does as well as pure platina . In the Bunsen battery , instead of platina , carbon is used , which is still more electro - negative . A Bunsen element con- sists of a cylinder ...
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... conductor as large a surface as possible ; on the con- trary , the negative metal should not be so large , since other- wise the coating of hydrogen , formed by the passage of the electric current , will be too considerable to be ...
... conductor as large a surface as possible ; on the con- trary , the negative metal should not be so large , since other- wise the coating of hydrogen , formed by the passage of the electric current , will be too considerable to be ...
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... batteries are constructed of common and passive iron , and nitric acid and sulphuric acid can be used as moist conductors . negative metal . In the conducting fluid the current always 16 CONTACT ELECTRICITY OR GALVANISM .
... batteries are constructed of common and passive iron , and nitric acid and sulphuric acid can be used as moist conductors . negative metal . In the conducting fluid the current always 16 CONTACT ELECTRICITY OR GALVANISM .
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