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CONTENTS
PAGE I. § 1. Identity of Electricities from Different Sources................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................1 i. Voltaic Electricity................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................3 ii. Ordinary Electricity................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................7 iii. Magneto-Electricity................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................22 iv. Thermo-Electricity................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................24 v. Animal Electricity................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................24
- §2. Relation by Measure of Common and Voltaic Electricity................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
27 II. 3. New Law of Electric Conduction................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................32 - 4. On Conducting Power Generally................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
41 III. 5. Electro-chemical Decomposition................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................47 ¶ i. New Conditions of Electro-chemical Decomposition................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................48 ¶ ii. Influence of Water in such Decomposition................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................54 ¶ iii. Theory of Electro-chemical Decomposition................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................55
IV. 6. Power of Platina, etc., to Induce Combination................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................84 V. 5. Electro-chemical Decomposition- Continued (Nomenclature)................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................111 iv. Some General Conditions of Electro-chemical Decomposition................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................115 ¶ v. Volta-electrometer................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................122 ¶ vi. Primary and Secondary Results................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................133 ¶ vii. Definite Nature and Extent of Electro-chemical Forces................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................145
- 7. Absolute Quantity of Electricity in the Molecules of Matter................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
163 VI. 8. Electricity of the Voltaic Pile................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................172 ¶ i. Simple Voltaic Circles................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................172 ¶ ii. Electrolytic Intensity................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................203 ¶ iii. Associated Voltaic Circles; or Battery................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................211 ¶ iv. Resistance of an Electrolyte to Decomposition................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................218 ¶ v. General Remarks on the Active Battery................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................226
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