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...inquiring into the cases of persons who have been saved from these dangers. Dr. Jaggar explained at some length the celebrated cases of the prisoner of St. Pierre, Martinique, and the overseer and men of the sugar refinery at Orange Hill. The prisoner was in a heavily constructed masonry cell having two small openings for air, and this cell was protected by the brow of a spur of cliffs. The man was burned somewhat by hot dust but was otherwise unhurt. In the case of the men at Orange Hill, they were in a large cellar which was absolutely closed...
...Lecture. The Seat of the Electromotive Force in the Voltaic Cell. Dr. H. H. Brown. Jefferson Physical Laboratory, Room...
...Lecture. The Seat of the Electromotive Force in the Voltaic Cell. Dr. H. H. Brown. Jefferson Physical Laboratory, Room...
Cathode means the way down or the way out as distinguished from the annode, the way in. Taking an ordinary Leclanche cell, such as is used in connection with house bells, Professor Trowbridge showed how the carbon pole would be the annode and the zinc pole the cathode. It would take 50 or 60 of such cells arranged in series of tandem to produce one incandescent light. If the loop of wire is broken in the middle the lamp will go out. Then if more cells are added until the number is 10, 000 a pale luminous glow will come...
Physical Colloquium. On the Latimer Clark Cell. Mr. P. R. Heyl. Jefferson Physical Laboratory, Room...