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

Example Sentences

Construction of the galvanic pile or battery, 101 102.

From A Select Collection of Valuable and Curious Arts and Interesting Experiments, Which are Well Explained and Warranted Genuine and may be Performed Easily, Safely, and at Little Expense. by Unknown, Various

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 Darwin, Erasmus

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 Lalor, John J. (John Joseph)

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 Negretti, Henry

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 Bacon, John Mackenzie