...particular matter or matters, or mere motion of ordinary matter, or some third kind of power or agent, yet there is an immensity of facts which justify us in...qualities, and amongst them their mutual chemical affinity. As soon as we perceive, through the teaching of Dalton, that chemical powers are, however, varied the...

...electricity be a material agent, sui generis, or mere motion of ordinary matter, Dr. Faraday maintains, that " the atoms of matter are in some way endowed...they owe their most striking qualities, and amongst others, their mutual chemical affinity," — and he has endeavoured to ascertain experimentally, the...

...xi. Electro-chemical equivalents coincide, or are the same -with ordinary chemical equivalents. (343) The theory of definite electro-chemical action led...affinity. Now, to decompose a single grain of acidulated water, an electric current, powerful enough to retain a platinum wire -jJj of an inch in thickness,...

...electricity be a material agent, sui generis, or mere motion of ordinary matter, Dr. Faraday maintains, that " the atoms of matter are in some way endowed...which they owe their most striking qualities, and among others, their mutual chemical affinity," —and he has endeavoured to ascertain experimentally,...

...most of those relating to vegetable and animal life, will ultimately be found subordinate to it." " There is an immensity of facts which justify us in...powers, to which they owe their most striking qualities. ... It is wonderful to observe how small a quantity of a compound body is decomposed by a certain portion...

...what an atom is, . . . and though we are in equal, if not greater, ignorance of electricity, . . . yet there is an immensity of facts which justify us in...qualities, and amongst them their mutual chemical affinity. As soon as we perceive, through the teaching of Dalton, that chemical powers are, however varied the...

...it would take to liberate n atoms of hydrogen.f The quantitative law seemed to FaradayJ to indicate that " the atoms of matter are in some way endowed...and amongst them their mutual chemical affinity." Looking at the facts of electrolytic decomposition from this point of view, he showed how natural it...

...of electrolysis. In this connection he made the statement, of great significance at the present day, that "the atoms of matter are in some way endowed...and amongst them their mutual chemical affinity." The concentration of Faraday's attention on the dielectric media was rewarded by the discovery that...

...of electrolysis. In this connection he made the statement, of great significance at the present day, that " the atoms of matter are in some way endowed...and amongst them their mutual chemical affinity." The concentration of Faraday's attention on the dielectric media was rewarded by the discovery that...

...may well quote Faraday's views on it. 2 ' The atoms of matter are in some way associated or endowed with electrical powers, to which they owe their most...qualities, and amongst them their mutual chemical affinity. • • • The harmony which [this view] introduces into the associated theories of definite proportions...