Library of Useful Knowledge: Natural philosophy, Volume 2Baldwin and Cradock, 1829 - Physics |
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... zinc towards the copper ; and along the wires , from the copper to the zinc . The completion of the circuit by means of wires , enables us to ' direct the electric current through such bodies as we may wish to subject to its opera- tion ...
... zinc towards the copper ; and along the wires , from the copper to the zinc . The completion of the circuit by means of wires , enables us to ' direct the electric current through such bodies as we may wish to subject to its opera- tion ...
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... zinc , and the thinner line C , the copper plate . The zinc sheets were nine inches by six ; the copper fourteen by six ; more of the latter metal being required ; as in every coil it was made to commence within the zinc , and com ...
... zinc , and the thinner line C , the copper plate . The zinc sheets were nine inches by six ; the copper fourteen by six ; more of the latter metal being required ; as in every coil it was made to commence within the zinc , and com ...
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... zinc and cop- per are the metals employed , and the fluid acts upon the former so as to oxi- date it , a stream of positive electricity is continually circulating from the zinc to the copper plate contained in the same vessel , through ...
... zinc and cop- per are the metals employed , and the fluid acts upon the former so as to oxi- date it , a stream of positive electricity is continually circulating from the zinc to the copper plate contained in the same vessel , through ...
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POPULAR INTRODUCTIONS to NATURAL PHILOSOPHY By | i |
Page | xvii |
MARCET icx | 10 |
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