Electro-deposition: A Practical Treatise on the Electrolysis of Gold, Silver, Copper, Nickel, and Other Metals, and Alloys, with Descriptions of Voltaic Batteries, Magneto and Dynamo-electric Machines, Thermopiles, and of the Materials and Processes Used in Every Department of the Art and Several Chapters on Electrometallurgy |
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