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The Chemistry of the Planté and Faure Batteries

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IN your issue of the 20th ult. there is a letter by Dr. Oliver Lodge on the recent experiments of Mr. Tribe and myself. While confirming our general results from his own experience, he asks a question about the lead sulphate into which we state the spongy lead is converted during the discharge of a Planté or Faure battery.

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GLADSTONE, J. The Chemistry of the Planté and Faure Batteries. Nature 26, 342 (1882). https://doi.org/10.1038/026342a0

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