 | William Nicholson - 1801 - 638 pages
...galvanic pile of Volta acts only when the conducing fubftance between the plates is capable of oxidating the zinc ; and that in proportion as a greater quantity...enters into combination with the zinc in a given time, fo in proportion is the power of the pile to decompofe water, and to give the (hock greater. It feems... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1801 - 664 pages
...between the plates is capable of oxidating the zinc ; and that in proportion as a greater quantiiy of oxygen enters into combination with the zinc in a given time, fo in proportion is the power of the pile to decompofe water, and to give the fhock greater. It feems... | |
 | James David Forbes - 1856 - 218 pages
..."the pile of Volta acts only when the conducting substance between the plates is capable of oxidating the zinc ; and that in proportion as a greater quantity...is the power of the pile to decompose water and to give the shock greater." He concludes .that " the chemical changes connected with" oxidation " are... | |
 | 1857 - 480 pages
...the pile of Volta acts only when the conducting substance between the plates is capable of oxidating the zinc; and that in proportion as a greater quantity...is the power of the pile to decompose water and to give the shock greater." He concludes that "the chemical changes connected with " oxidation " are somehow... | |
 | Edmund Taylor Whittaker - 1910 - 502 pages
...effects are always accompanied by chemical action. After a series of experiments he definitely concluded that " the galvanic pile of Volta acts only when the...is the power of the pile to decompose water and to give the shock greater. It seems therefore reasonable • Nicholson's Journal (4to), iv (1800), pp.... | |
 | David Knight - 1998 - 236 pages
...is capable of oxidating the zinc; and that in proportion as a greater quantiy of oxygen enters its combination with the zinc in a given time, so in proportion...is the power of the pile to decompose water, and to give the shock greater. It seems therefore reasonable to conclude, though with our present quantity... | |
 | 510 pages
...substance between the plates is capa' Tlii.-. (ta» expels much couuunn air from water. ble of oxidating the zinc ; and that in proportion as a greater quantity...is the power of the pile to decompose water, and to give the shock greater. It seems therefore reasonable to conclude, though with our present quantity... | |
 | 1801 - 604 pages
...appears, the pile of Volta arts onJjr when the conducting fubftance between the plates is capable oC oxydating the zinc, and that, in proportion as a greater...enters into combination with the zinc in a given time, fo in proportion is the power of the pile to decompofe water; and to give the fhock greater } and it... | |
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Volta acts only when the conducting substance between the plates is capable of oxydating the zinc ; and that in proportion as a greater quantity of oxygen enters into combination with the zinc, in a given time, so in proportion is the power of the pile... 