voltaic battery
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of voltaic battery
First recorded in 1805–15
Example Sentences
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One of these coils was connected with the voltaic battery and the other with the galvanometer.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" by Various
It is thus burnt when acidulated water is poured over it; it is also thus burnt in the voltaic battery.
From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John
By subscription among the members of the Royal Society, a voltaic battery of two thousand cells was obtained and in 1808 Davy exhibited the electric arc on a large scale.
From Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization by Luckiesh, Matthew
They brought Angélique into contact with a voltaic battery.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 by Various
To study this effect a platinum wire was stretched across the beam, the two ends of the wire being connected with the two poles of a voltaic battery.
From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John
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