The electrodes may be placed in proximity at will,
owing to the use of the porous partition. It may be seen, then, that
the apparatus will have a considerable useful effect without its being
necessary to waste the electric energy beyond measure.
_Industrial Apparatus._--We have shown how the very concise researches
of Commandant Renard have fixed the best conditions for the
construction of an industrial voltameter. It remains for us to
describe this voltameter itself, and to show the rendering of it.
[Illustration: FIG. 3.--PLANT FOR THE INDUSTRIAL ELECTROLYSIS OF
WATER.]
The industrial voltameter consists of a large iron cylinder. A battery
of such voltameters is shown to the left of Fig. 3, and one of the
apparatus, isolated, is represented in Fig. 4. The interior electrode
is placed in an asbestos cloth bag, which is closed below and tied at
its upper part. It is provided with apertures which permit of the
ascent of the gases in the interior of the cylinder. The apparatus is
hermetically sealed at the top, the two electrodes being naturally
insulated with rubber. Above the level of the liquid the interior
electrode is continuous and forms a channel for the gas.
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