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Page 19
... wire by * " Galvanism , " although commonly used , is improperly applied as a designation of Voltaic electricity . The word " interrupted current " is most improperly applied to these induced currents . Its use should be strictly ...
... wire by * " Galvanism , " although commonly used , is improperly applied as a designation of Voltaic electricity . The word " interrupted current " is most improperly applied to these induced currents . Its use should be strictly ...
Page 22
... wire insulated by gutta percha ; a couple of excitors insulated by glass handles ( K and J , fig . 1 ) ; and a stool about four feet by two feet , with four glass balls or legs . A stool of this size admits of a chair being placed upon ...
... wire insulated by gutta percha ; a couple of excitors insulated by glass handles ( K and J , fig . 1 ) ; and a stool about four feet by two feet , with four glass balls or legs . A stool of this size admits of a chair being placed upon ...
Page 25
... wires of these sets are attached to buttons in rear of two revolving disks , numbered respectively from 5 to 45 , and from 50 to 100. By turning the disks the operator , without detaching the conducting wires with which the excitors are ...
... wires of these sets are attached to buttons in rear of two revolving disks , numbered respectively from 5 to 45 , and from 50 to 100. By turning the disks the operator , without detaching the conducting wires with which the excitors are ...
Page 26
... wires are brought into the consulting room and attached to the disks there . To clean and re - charge scrape the zinc plates , it , all that is necessary is to which become very foul , and to wash them , as well as the copper plates and ...
... wires are brought into the consulting room and attached to the disks there . To clean and re - charge scrape the zinc plates , it , all that is necessary is to which become very foul , and to wash them , as well as the copper plates and ...
Page 30
... wires . The battery is mounted in sizes varying from twenty to sixty cells , and in price from 67. to 157. 15s . The more generally useful sizes contain thirty and sixty elements . I have used Foveaux's battery chiefly in cases in which ...
... wires . The battery is mounted in sizes varying from twenty to sixty cells , and in price from 67. to 157. 15s . The more generally useful sizes contain thirty and sixty elements . I have used Foveaux's battery chiefly in cases in which ...
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