galvanic battery
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of galvanic battery
First recorded in 1795–1805
Example Sentences
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The poles of a galvanic battery may be applied to a dead body, and that body made to imitate the functions of life.
From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George
The first form of the galvanic battery was the result of Volta's investigations, and was called the Voltaic pile.
From The Telephone An Account of the Phenomena of Electricity, Magnetism, and Sound, as Involved in Its Action by Dolbear, A. E. (Amos Emerson)
Anelectrode, the positive pole of a galvanic battery.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various
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
Over there a wonderful sun-telescope; against the wall Bunsen's galvanic battery, together with every conceivable invention, every sort of chemical apparatus for analyzing and searching into the mysteries of Nature.
From Black Diamonds by Jókai, Mór
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