Excerpt from Magazine of Science, Vol. 7: Plainly Worded-Exactly Described A strong solution, containing only a small proportion of water, conducts well, and rapidly produces a rich, silky deposit, but it has the disadvantage of aggravating those troubles to which reference has just been made, and great care is necessary in managing the cell. The cathode becomes covered with a series of variously-coloured deposits, ranging from a good silver tint to lilac, or even to brown. Frequent stirring will, in a great measure, prevent this 3 but perhaps the safest way is to weaken the solution by the addition of a little more water, when it becomes much more manageable, albeit a little slower. 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.