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Clark cell|klɑːk sɛl|
[f. the name of Josiah Latimer Clark (1822–98), English engineer.]
A cell used as a standard of electromotive force (see quot. 1943).
1884Phil. Trans. CLXXV. ii. 447 The manner in which the Clark cells have borne the tests applied to them justifies the hope that they may be found generally available as standards of E.M.F. 1892G. F. Barker Adv. Course Physics iv. iv. 760 Two types of standard cells have been employed—the Daniell cell and the Clark cell. 1943Gloss. Terms Electr. Engin. (B.S.I.) 96 Clark cell, a standard cell having electrodes of mercury and zinc amalgam in an electrolyte of zinc sulphate with mercurous sulphate as a depolariser. (The e.m.f. of a Clark cell is 1·433 volts at 15° C.). |