Excerpt from Electro-Chemical Analysis, Vol. 1 The larger texts devoted to analysis have omitted electrolysis from their pages, thus rendering its special treatment necessary and desirable. The plan adopted in the following pages in present ing this subject has been to give a brief introduction upon the behavior of the current toward the different acids and salts, a short description Of the various sources of the electric energy; its control and measure ment; after which follow a condensed history Of the introduction of the current into chemical analysis, and sections relating to the determination and separation of metals, as well as the oxidations possible by means Of the electric agent. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.