Connection  for  Quantity. — Connection  in
multiple.  (See  Connection,  Multiple?)

This  term  is  now  nearly  obsolete.
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— (See  Hand-          Connection,  Mercurial


— A    form


of  readily  adjustable  connection  obtained  by
providing  the  poles  of  one  piece  of  electric
apparatus  with  cups  or  cavities  filled  with
mercury,  into  which  the  terminals  of  another
piece  of  apparatus  are  dipped  in  order  to
place  the  two  in  circuit  with  each  other.
This  form  of  connection  is  used  particularly
when  a  very  perfect  contact  or  one  free  from
friction  is  desired.
Connection,  Multiple Such  a  con-
nection of  a  number  of  separate  electric
sources,  or  electro-receptive  devices,  or  circuits,
that  all  the  positive  terminals  are  connected
to  one  main  or  positive  conductor,  and  all  the
negative  terminals  are  connected  to  one  main
or  negative  conductor.
