galvanic battery
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of galvanic battery
First recorded in 1795–1805
Example Sentences
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Anelectrode, the positive pole of a galvanic battery.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various
Joule started from quite similar convictions concerning the galvanic battery.
From Popular scientific lectures by Mach, Ernst
Only instead of hooks and lines, we must use wires—two wires, one from one end, the other from the other, of a galvanic battery.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 by Various
His thought has been compared to a galvanic battery for the use of spiritual paralytics.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 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 Dadd, George
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