On Dissymmetry in the Electrolytic Discharge. 39 1 



values of J ^ ^ cos 8 — cos a corresponding to each value 



p cos£— cos a ii,i 



- were calculated, until each increment of 



sin a 



= 0° 



cosS— cos a became very small as compared with each 



. cosS— cos a .. , , . ' , 



increment of — , it would be found that the difFer- 



:1S0 



sin a 



ent values 



of 



cos 8— cos a form the ordinates of a curve 



which approaches towards an asymptote, — the abscissae repre- 

 senting the current-strengths, and the ordinates the amount 



cos£- 



of magnetism of a magnetic circle of molecules- 

 intensity of magnetism of the iron. 



fcos£— cos a _ a 

 I sin a. fi 



that is, 



the 



LVIII. Dissymmetry in the Electrolytic Discharge. By Alfred 

 Tribe , F.Inst. C, Lecturer on Chemistry in Dulwich College*. 



IN the Philosophical Magazine for June 1881, p. 446, I 

 gave the results of some experiments, from which it was 

 concluded that the electrical discharge through an electrolyte 

 whose transverse section was greater than the width of the 

 electrodes was accompanied by dissymmetry in opposite but 

 corresponding parts of the field of electrolytic action. The 

 evidence consisted in the very different superficial magnitudes 

 of the electrifications registered on similar plates of silver in 

 corresponding positions near the + and — electrodes respec- 

 tively. The silver plates, which I have called analyzers, were 

 immersed in a solution of copper sulphate undergoing electro- 

 lysis. It was likewise shown that the dissymmetry was con- 

 nected with the spreading-out of the lines of force; for as this 

 was prevented, so the dissymmetry was less and less marked; 



* Communicated by the Author. 



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