galvanic pile

American  

noun

Electricity.

1. voltaic pile.

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galvanic pile British  

noun

1. another name for voltaic pile

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Etymology

Origin of galvanic pile

First recorded in 1795–1805

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Example Sentences

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galvanic pile

A small ball of gold gives off a great deal of vapor if placed between two carbon points and subjected to the action of a powerful galvanic pile.

From Principles Of Political Economy by John J. (John Joseph) Lalor

The galvanic pile employed in this electroscope is that invented by Zamboni.

From A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility by Henry Negretti

A series of simple experiments now embarked upon showed the behaviour of magnetised iron, as also of a galvanic pile or battery, to remain unaltered.

From The Dominion of the Air; the story of aerial navigation by John Mackenzie Bacon

By heat and by decomposition; the tourmalin; cats; galvanic pile; evaporation of water.

From The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society A Poem, with Philosophical Notes by Erasmus Darwin

If we burn the zinc under the boiler of a steam-engine, consequently in the oxygen of the air instead of the galvanic pile, we should produce steam, and by it a certain amount of force.

From Familiar Letters on Chemistry by Justus, Freiherr von Liebig

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