voltaic electricity
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of voltaic electricity
First recorded in 1810–20
Example Sentences
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I. We know that, by means of voltaic electricity or induction, we can crystallize a large number of substances.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 613, October 1, 1887 by Various
Such currents, and with magnetic properties, are always induced by powerful currents of voltaic electricity passing through wires.
From The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes by Butler, Thomas Belden
He identifies the nervous fluid with galvanism and voltaic electricity, and asserts that by a galvanic battery all the results can be obtained which mesmerism claims as its own.
From Modern Magic by Vere, Maximilian Schele de
Faraday's next series of researches was devoted to the experimental proof of the identity of frictional and voltaic electricity.
From Heroes of Science: Physicists by Garnett, William
As heated air discharges common electricity with far greater facility than points, I hoped that voltaic electricity might in this way also be discharged.
From Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 by Faraday, Michael
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