dry battery
a dry cell or a voltaic battery consisting of a number of dry cells.
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How to use dry battery in a sentence
If all these alternatives are lacking there is the electric flash lamp working with the dry battery.
Practical Cinematography and Its Applications | Frederick Arthur Ambrose TalbotIt was the same kind, made with the same storage dry battery, that ran his train and lighted the Teddy bear's eyes.
Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue in the Big Woods | Laura Lee HopeThe Gassner dry battery polarizes much less quickly than the ordinary Leclanch.
Electric Bells and All About Them | S. R. BottoneA dry battery will do, but if you use the sounder much, an open-circuit battery will soon use itself up.
How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus | Thomas M. (Thomas Matthew) St. JohnIf you wish to use the buzzer simply to call some one occasionally, a dry battery or Leclanché cell is best.
How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus | Thomas M. (Thomas Matthew) St. John
British Dictionary definitions for dry battery
an electric battery consisting of two or more dry cells
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