INDEX

electrolysis of, 136, 143
., electrolysis of, 142 j

dlcali, transference of, 72,!

>a.ses, combination of, 315; j
Lrx voltaic pile, 189 ;

on voltaic excitement, \
electric pole, 48, 50, 82 ;
a. non-conductor, 81, 135
scribed, 114, 157; action
c circle, 200 ••

Bribed, 113, 157

compounds, electrolytic
is of, 120; voltaic effects
oret of potassium, 267
.£, 118
ic electricity, 19

chemical, modes of
95; hygrometric, 99, 100;
Les, 98, 100

decomposition by atmo-
lectricity, 20
See Voltaic battery
:y of electro-chemical de-
Ion, 58

roltaic effects in sulphuret
slum, 265

decomposition by atmo-
slectricity, 19

yoltaic effects in sulphuret

slum, 268

xide, combining power of

prevented by, 106

lescribed, 113, 157; ex-

: at, 298, 306

ascribed, 114, 157; table

cited, i, 16

b.emical, for battery, 227;

on of, 230

action, affected . by tem-

, 271, 274; essential for

*n.t iri voltaic pile, 304;

f electricity, 179, 180, 181,

190, 233, 302'
t lead, electrolysis of, 208;
3 conductor, 35

Chloride of sulphur, electrolysis of,
119

Chloride of tin, electrolysis of, 146

Chlorides, fused, electrolysis of, 146,
154; in solution, electrolysis of, 141

Colladon cited, i, 8

Combined bodies, transference of, 76

Common electricity, 7; chemical de-
composition by, 12; evolution of
heat by, 7; identity with voltaic
electricity, 31; physiological effects
of, 28; spark produced by, 19

Conducting circles. See Voltaic

• circles.

Conduction, 41, 46; bodies not sub-
ject to law of, 38; bodies subject
to law of, 37; consequent on
fusion, 35; new] law of, 32

Conductors, particular, liquid and
solid, 238, 240

Contact theory of voltaic electricity,
232, 233, 243, 244, 253, 257, 263,
281, 288, 294, 308

Copper, voltaic effects in sulphuret
of potassium, 266

Correspondence on electricity by
author, 317

Current, voltaic, denned, 6, 172;
various views of, 66

Cyanides in solution, decomposition
of, 142

Davy, Sir Humphrey, i, 2, 57
Decomposition, electro-chemical, by
animal electricity, 25; by com-
mon electricity, 12; l>y single pair
of plates, 167, 178, 180; by single
pole, 49; chemical affinity of par-
ticles in, 69, 72, 79; conditions of,
47, 115; constant electrolytic
action in, 122, 125; definite nature
and extent of, 145; dependent 011
electric current, 60, 66,71; elec-
trolytic intensity necessary for,
206; experiments with various
substances (q.v.}t 118-154; general
propositions relating to, 157; in air,
50; by magneto-electricity, 23; op-
posed distant chemical actions in,

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