Nobili's rings

noun

Coloured rings formed upon a metal plate by the electrolytic disposition of copper, lead peroxide, etc. They may be produced by touching with a pointed zinc rod a silver plate on which is a solution of copper sulphate.

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Meanings

nounNobili's rings pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyColoured rings formed upon a metal plate by the electrolytic disposition of copper, lead peroxide, etc. They may be produced by touching with a pointed zinc rod a silver plate on which is a solution of copper sulphate.

Origin

After Leopoldo Nobili, the Italian physicist who first described them in 1826.

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