A voltaic cell with a solid electrolyte

ABSTRACT I BELIEVE that there has never hitherto been made a voltaic cell with a solid electrolyte which was capable of generating the smallest sensible current—at least at ordinary

temperatures. Sir William Thomson found that when warm glass was placed between plates of zinc and copper, the existence of an electromotive force was indicated by an electrometer in

connection with the metals, and Profs. Ayrton and Perry extended the observation to the cases of paraffin-wax, gutta-percha, indiarubber, and shellac. But it is needless to say that with

electrolytes of such enormous resistance no current could be generated of sufficient strength to be detected by any galvanometer, however delicate. Access through your institution Buy or

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