Excerpt from Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Vol. 33: From May, 1897, to May, 1898 We might nevertheless expect the change of electromotive force with the temperature of a single electrode to be in general affected by the same factors as that of a cell in other words, to be independent of every affect ing cause but the potential, the absolute temperature, and the relation of the change of total energy to the quantity of electricity. We Should expect the nature of the kation in the surrounding solution to have no direct influence, and hence the very large discrepancies observed by Gockel remain without explanation. The matter seemed worth investigation, and two years ago the present work was begun. In the first place, many crude experiments were made for the purpose Of orientation. These determinations were little more than a repetition of Gockel's, with the addition Of a few with more dilute solutions, and the substance of them is presented in the first table below. Each of the figures is the average of a number Of experiments, which agreed reason ably well with one another. Some of these experiments were made by Mr. Harold Edwards, to whom I would here express my thanks. 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.