1. battery, d'arsonval's A battery of the Bunsen type, differing therefrom in the solutions. As excitant in which the zincelectrode is immersed, the following solution is used:
Water, 20 volumes; Sulphuric Acid (purified by shaking with a littleolive or similar oil), 1 volume; hydrochloric acid, 1 volume.
As polarizer in which the carbon is immersed the following is used:
Nitric acid, 1 volume; hydrochloric acid, 1 volume; water acidulated with 1/20th sulphuric acid, 2 volumes.