galvanic battery
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of galvanic battery
First recorded in 1795–1805
Example Sentences
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Joule started from quite similar convictions concerning the galvanic battery.
From Popular scientific lectures by Mach, Ernst
The science of electricity and magnetism could only advance by getting regular supplies of electricity from the common electric machine or the galvanic battery and by making powerful electromagnets.
From How We Think by Dewey, John
In fact, they were placing a galvanic battery ready for action, and making some mysterious preparations that the sailors did not understand.
From Dutch the Diver A Man's Mistake by Fenn, George Manville
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
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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