Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-01-24

THE TORPEDO FISH.
Some Interesting Experiments with TIL
Animated Electric Battery.


I. THE TORPEDO FISH.
Some Interesting Experiments with TIL
" Animated Electric Battery.
s. The electric apparatus of tho torpod
}, fish Is It's defense, and is certainty
U good one. It's electric organs hay
: boon compared to the voltaic pile. au
consist of two series of layers of hex
. agonal cells, tho intervening space
. between the plates being filled with
E trembling ielly-likc substance, so tina
each cell can be compared to Leydel
:, jar. Each torpedo carries about fou
: hundred and eighty of these batteries
t the whole being equal in power t.
, about fifteen Lcyden jars, making
$500 square inches charged TO tn
highest degree. The upper side of tn,
fish is positive. the lower negatjHE2eo n q
III, - portion OF 1t
A naturalisls once made some inter-
esting exp ,riments, one OF which was
the application Of the telephone to
u torpedo to SEQ II the shock gave an
audible sound. Such proved 10 be the
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