voltaic battery

American  

noun

Electricity.

1. battery.

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Etymology

Origin of voltaic battery

First recorded in 1805–15

Example Sentences

Let this rod be connected with one end of a powerful voltaic battery, a good metallic connection being established between the other end of the battery and the water-pipes under the street.

From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John

In these cases, insects were produced by the action of a powerful voltaic battery upon a saturated solution of silicate of potash, and upon ferro cyanuret of potassium.

From Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers Reprinted From an English Work, Entitled "Half-Hours With The Freethinkers." by Bradlaugh, Charles

Electric Batteries From the time of Volta to the time of Faraday the only means of producing an electric current was the "voltaic battery," so called in honor of Volta.

From The Story of Great Inventions by Burns, Elmer Ellsworth

I twist a covered copper wire round this common poker; connecting the wire with the two ends of the voltaic battery, the poker is instantly transformed into a strong magnet.

From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John

Here, then, the electric current intervenes between my muscles and the generated heat, exactly as it did a moment ago between the voltaic battery and its generated heat.

From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John