Bateman applied that research in founding the company, which uses an “ultra-light curved paddle” to harness energy from waves, combining this energy with an electrolytic technique to grow artificial reefs.
Every man who had fallen was covered with a film of the precious metal, as if he had been dipped into an electrolytic bath.
He subsequently extended the application of the electrolytic theory to the phenomena of atmospheric electricity.
Beside being a by-product of sulphuric acid manufacture, it is separated also in the electrolytic refining of copper.
The former method of utilizing the energy embraces electrothermal processes, and the latter method, electrolytic processes.
It is in connection with the refining of metals that electrolytic processes become of prime importance.