galvanic battery
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of galvanic battery
First recorded in 1795–1805
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The legs seemed to move from force of habit—a corpse on foot, with a concealed galvanic battery somewhere.
From H. R. by Edwin Lefevre
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 Josiah Parsons Cooke
Cathode, kath-ōd′, n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery, as opposed to anode: the surface in contact with the negative pole: the object to be coated in electroplating—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
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 George Dadd
In a few moments I received a hit on the right arm, which seemed to run along it, and resembled a shock from a galvanic battery.
From The Ascent of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper
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