 | Edwin James Houston - 1894 - 240 oldal
...the action of the alkali, and this substance soon penetrated through the body of the tube." "Soia, when acted upon in the same manner as potash, exhibited...much thinner and smaller pieces. With the battery of 100 of 6 inches, in full activity I obtained good results from pieces of potash weighing from iO to... | |
 | Thomas Edward Thorpe - 1896 - 438 oldal
...produced when copper, silver, gold, plumbago, or even charcoal was employed for completing the circuit. "Soda when acted upon in the same manner as potash,...required to be in much thinner and smaller pieces." " The substance produced from potash remained fluid at the temperature of the atmosphere at the time... | |
 | Edwin James Houston - 1904 - 670 oldal
...wires by which the electrical action was«S^f°'" transmitted. But this operation could not be ca ried on for any considerable time ; the glass was rapidly...much thinner and smaller pieces. With the battery of 100 of 6 inches, in full activity, I obtained good results from pieces of potash weighing from 40 to... | |
 | Edwin James Houston - 1905 - 668 oldal
...and furnished with hermetically inserted platina wires by which the electrical action wasSjuJ,? 1 " transmitted. But this operation could not be carried...much thinner and smaller pieces. With the battery of loo of 6 inches, in full activity, I obtained good results from pieces of potash weighing from 40 to... | |
 | Sir Humphry Davy - 1906 - 62 oldal
...produced when pieces of copper, silver, gold, plumbago, or even charcoal were employed for compleating the circuit. The phenomenon was independent of the...much thinner and smaller pieces. With the battery of 100 of 6 inches in full activity I obtained good results from pieces of potash weighing from 40 to... | |
 | Oliver Joseph Thatcher - 1907 - 506 oldal
...decomposition ; and a substance of the same kind was produced when pieces of copper, silver, gold, plumbago, or even charcoal were employed for completing the circuit....much thinner and smaller pieces. With the battery of 100 of 6 inches in full activity I obtained good results from pieces of potash weighing from 40 to... | |
 | Royal Institution of Great Britain - 1912 - 1316 oldal
...tarnished, and finally covered by a white film which formed on their surfaces.” He goes on to say :— “Soda, when acted upon in the same manner as potash,...required to be in much thinner and smaller pieces. “The substance produced from potash remained fluid at the temperature of the atmosphmere at the time... | |
 | William S. Knickerbocker - 1927 - 410 oldal
...decomposition ; and a substance of the same kind was produced when pieces of copper, silver, gold, plumbago, or even charcoal were employed for completing the circuit....much thinner and smaller pieces. With the battery of 100 of 6 inches in full activity I obtained good results from pieces of potash weighing from 40 to... | |
 | 1928 - 430 oldal
...furnished with hermetically inserted platina wires by which the electrical action was transmitted. Rut this operation could not be carried on for any considerable...much thinner and smaller pieces. With the battery of 100 of 6 inches in full activity I obtained good re- (Turn to next page) Isolation :,'. Potassium —Conti... | |
 | Sir Humphry Davy - 1840 - 580 oldal
...decomposition ; and a substance of the same kind was produced when pieces of copper, silver, gold, plumbago, or even charcoal were employed for completing the circuit....much thinner and smaller pieces. With the battery of 100 of 6 inches in * [In a Manuscript Lecture it is stated by the author, that he discovered Potassium... | |
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Soda, when acted upon in the same manner as potash, exhibited an analogous result ; but the decomposition demanded greater intensity of action in the batteries, or the alkali was required to be in much thinner and smaller pieces. With the battery of 100... 
