galvanic battery
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of galvanic battery
First recorded in 1795–1805
Example Sentences
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Then, as though shocked by a galvanic battery, they woke to life.
From The Radio Boys at Mountain Pass The Midnight Call for Assistance by Chapman, Allen
The legs seemed to move from force of habit—a corpse on foot, with a concealed galvanic battery somewhere.
From H. R. by Lefevre, Edwin
Two or three layers of different metals in the earth produce a galvanic battery and results in the disaster of a volcanic explosion or an earthquake.
From The Universe a Vast Electric Organism by Warder, George Woodward
This was an admirable exposition of chemical physics, as well as of pure chemistry, and gave a more philosophical account of the theory of the galvanic battery than had previously appeared.
From Scientific Culture, and Other Essays Second Edition; with Additions by Cooke, Josiah Parsons
She would have fallen instantly, for the impulse that had overcome her weakness was like a shock from a galvanic battery, that moves, and in an instant leaves all dead as before.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 8 by Various
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