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WE last week announced briefly the death of Dr. J. P. Gassiot, and now give some account of the principal scientific results obtained by him. Mr. Gassiot, partner in the firm of Martinez Gassiot and Co., wine merchants, Mark Lane, first devoted his spare time to electrical experiments about the year 1838. An Electrical Society was formed about that time in which he took an active part. At one of the meetings it was observed that when the two copper wires forming the poles of a powerful voltaic battery were crossed and drawn asunder so that the voltaic arc passed between them, the positive terminal became heated to incandescence, while the negative remained comparatively cool. This excited great interest in Mr. Gassiot's mind and led him to make several experiments, but without thoroughly explaining the phenomenon. In the course of these experiments he procured powerful batteries, first of Daniell's construction, then of Grove's, and ultimately a large water battery.
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The Late Mr. Gassiot . Nature 16, 399–400 (1877). https://doi.org/10.1038/016399b0
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