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acid cell

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noun

  1. Electricity. a cell using an acid electrolyte.

  2. parietal cell.

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Now, if we take one pound of zinc and place it in the acid cell of an electric battery, the oxygen of the acid attacks the zinc and oxide of zinc is formed.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 312, December 24, 1881 by Various

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