Why does gas collect twice as fast at one electrode as at the other?
"An Introduction to Chemical Science"
R.P. Williams
The site of the posts being as above suggested, it will be found that the wire which is to connect the head electrode with one post requires to be about 18 inches long, that which runs from the other post to the foot-electrode, between eight and nine feet.
"The Electric Bath"
George M. Schweig
Where a descending current is desired, the binding post which represents the electrode at the head of the tub must be connected to the positive pole of the battery, the other binding post to the negative pole; where an ascending current is desired, the reverse of this is done.
"The Electric Bath"
George M. Schweig