 | Royal Society (Great Britain) - Mathematics - 1808 - 456 pages
...the atmosphere, rose through the potash. The platina, as might have been expected, was considerably acted upon ; and in the cases when it had been negative,...with the negative side of the battery of the power of 250 of 6 and 4, in a state of intense activity ; and a platina wire, communicating wifh the positive... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1808 - 476 pages
...atmosphere, so as to give Conducting power to the surface, was placed upon aa insulated disc of platiua, connected with the negative side of the battery of the power of 250 of 6 and 4, in a state of intense activity ; and a platina wire, communicating with the positive... | |
 | Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand), Sir Humphry Davy - Chemistry - 1809 - 434 pages
...seconds to the atmosphere, so as to give conducting power to the surface, was placed upon an insttlated disc of platina, connected with the negative side...six and four, in a state of intense activity ; and a.platiria wire, communicating with the positive side, was brought in contact with the upper surface... | |
 | Arthur Aikin - 1809 - 832 pages
...effected in the following manner. " A small p iece of pure , which had been exposed for a few <econds to the atmosphere, so as to give conducting power...disc of platina, connected with the negative side ot tht battery of the power of 250of6 and 4, in a stale of intense activity ; and a phtina wire, communicating... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1809 - 684 pages
...this state it readily fuses and decomposes by strong electrical powers. A small piece ef pare potash was placed upon an' insulated disc of platina, connected with the negative side of the battery, in a state of intense actifitj i and a platina wire, communicating with tl? positive side, was brought... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 716 pages
...this state it readily fuses and decompose« by strong electrical powers. A small piece ef pare potash was placed upon an insulated disc of platina, connected with the negative aide of the battery, in a state of intense activity; and a platina wire, communicating with the positive... | |
 | History - 1810 - 928 pages
...bj employing electricity as the common accent for fusion and (!• • • position. Though pota?h, perfectly dried by ignition, is a nonconductor, yet...platina, connected •with the negative side of the bat. tery of the power of 250 of 6 and 4, in a state of intense activity ; and a platina wire, communicating... | |
 | Samuel Parkes - Chemistry - 1814 - 584 pages
...fusion, as well as its decomposition. A small piece of pure potash, moistened a little by the breath, was placed upon an insulated disc of platina, connected with the negative side of a batter)- consisting of 10O plates of 6 inches and 150 of 4 inches square, in ? state of intense activity,... | |
 | James Smith - Industrial arts - 1815 - 942 pages
...electricity to the alkali in its usual state. A small piece of potass, moistened a little by the breath, was placed upon an insulated disc of platina, connected with the negative side of a battery, consisting of 100 plates of 6 inches, and 150 of 4 inches square, in a state of intense... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1820 - 958 pages
...agent for fusion and decomposition. Though potash, perfectly dried by by ignition, is a nonconducter, yet it is rendered a conductor by a very slight addition...with the negative side of the battery of the power of 250 of 6 and 4, in a state of intense activity ; and a platina wire, communicating with the positive... | |
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A small piece of pure potash, which had been exposed for a few seconds to the atmosphere, so as to give conducting power to the surface, was placed upon an insulated disc of platina, connected with the negative side of the battery of the power of 250... 
