galvanic battery
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of galvanic battery
First recorded in 1795–1805
Example Sentences
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In that instant Micky's keen vision beheld something that acted upon his intelligence like a galvanic battery, swiftly launching his wits upon previously unguessed channels of absorbing and profitable speculation.
From The Lash by Lyman, Olin L.
He identifies the nervous fluid with galvanism and voltaic electricity, and asserts that by a galvanic battery all the results can be obtained which mesmerism claims as its own.
From Modern Magic by Vere, Maximilian Schele de
He even pretended never to have seen a galvanic battery or a theodolite.
From The Tower of Dago by Jókai, Mór
It is placed in connection with the wires of the galvanic battery.
From Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. by Knight, Charles
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
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