Electricity in its relations to practical medicineAppleton, 1872 - 506 pages |
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Page 12
... takes a contrary direction to the one by which it is produced , always more or less weakens the latter , or finally wholly de- stroys it . If we have , for instance , a zinc and a copper plate , connected by a wire and immersed in a ...
... takes a contrary direction to the one by which it is produced , always more or less weakens the latter , or finally wholly de- stroys it . If we have , for instance , a zinc and a copper plate , connected by a wire and immersed in a ...
Page 13
... takes place as follows : the hydrogen generated by the dissolution of the zinc in the sulphuric acid is immediately oxidized at the expense of the nitric acid , whereby nitrous acid is formed , which escapes in the form of vapor . Owing ...
... takes place as follows : the hydrogen generated by the dissolution of the zinc in the sulphuric acid is immediately oxidized at the expense of the nitric acid , whereby nitrous acid is formed , which escapes in the form of vapor . Owing ...
Page 19
... takes place . An important influence is exercised over the resistance by the quality of the conductor or the substance of which it is made ; and here innumerable differences are to be con- sidered - thus , for example , the resistance ...
... takes place . An important influence is exercised over the resistance by the quality of the conductor or the substance of which it is made ; and here innumerable differences are to be con- sidered - thus , for example , the resistance ...
Page 31
... take a simple galvanic battery and close it , at first with a short , and then , for comparison , with a long ... takes at the closing a direction opposite to , at the opening a direction corresponding with , the primitive current ...
... take a simple galvanic battery and close it , at first with a short , and then , for comparison , with a long ... takes at the closing a direction opposite to , at the opening a direction corresponding with , the primitive current ...
Page 33
... takes place independently of the fact that the iron is most powerfully magnetized when the helices stand opposite the poles of the magnet , and are always at the moment when the rollers move away from the two poles of the magnet ...
... takes place independently of the fact that the iron is most powerfully magnetized when the helices stand opposite the poles of the magnet , and are always at the moment when the rollers move away from the two poles of the magnet ...
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