gravity cell

American  

noun

Electricity.

1. a cell containing two electrolytes that have different specific gravities.

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gravity cell British  

noun

1. an electrolytic cell in which the electrodes lie in two different electrolytes, which are separated into two layers by the difference in their relative densities

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gravity cell

The gravity cell is really a two-fluid cell in which the two liquids are kept separate by the joint action of the current and the force of gravity.

From How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus Containing Complete Directions for Making All Kinds of Simple Apparatus for the Study of Elementary Electricity by Thomas M. (Thomas Matthew) St. John

The gravity cell is perhaps the most common type of cell wherein depolarization is affected by electro-chemical means.

From Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. by Kempster Miller

These are connected in series and the positive terminal binding-post on the storage cell is connected to the wire leading from the copper plate in the gravity cell.

From The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do by Popular Mechanics Co.

The gravity cell is cheap, easy to construct, and of constant strength, and is in almost universal use in telegraphic work.

From General Science by Bertha M. Clark

The voltage of a dry cell is approximately 1.5 volts, and the voltage of a voltaic cell and of a gravity cell is approximately 1 volt.

From General Science by Bertha M. Clark