voltameter
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He wished to ascertain what relation this decomposition bore to that of the water in his voltameter.
From Faraday as a Discoverer by Tyndall, John
Industrial Apparatus.—We have shown how the very concise researches of Commandant Renard have fixed the best conditions for the construction of an industrial voltameter.
From Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891 by Various
To prevent these changes having too great an effect on the current, some resistance besides that of the voltameter should be inserted in the circuit.
From Scientific American Supplement No. 822, October 3, 1891 by Various
His most important contribution at 186 this date was the invention of the voltameter and his enunciation of the laws of electrolysis.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" by Various
Of these by far the most important are based on its property of developing light and heat as in the electric spark, chemical action as m the voltameter, and magnetism as in the electromagnet.
From The Story of Electricity by Munro, John
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