An account of Experiments made with the view of ascertaining the possibility of obtaining a Spark before the Circuit of the Voltaic Battery is completed. Received October 11, - Read December 19, 1839.

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(London, Richard and John E., Taylor, 1840). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1840 - Part I. Pp. 183-192, 4 textillustrations. Clean and fine. First printing of this importent investigation on the voltaic battery."In the late 1830s, when Gassiot began his investigations, the identity of static and voltaic seemed likely. But if this were so, voltaic, like voltaic, electricity ought to produce sparks before the circuit was completed. In 1839 (in the paper offered) Gassiot showed that even with a battery of 1,024 Daniell cells bno sparks occurred. But if he used these cells either to charge a bank of nine Leyden jars in conjunction with a circuit interrupter and transformer, he could produce sparks before contact."(DSB V, p. 292).Ronalds Library Catalogue, p. 193.

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Title
An account of Experiments made with the view of ascertaining the possibility of obtaining a Spark before the Circuit of the Voltaic Battery is completed. Received October 11, - Read December 19, 1839.
Author
"GASSIOT, JOHN P.
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Soft cover
Edition
1st Edition
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