voltaic battery
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of voltaic battery
First recorded in 1805–15
Example Sentences
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Here, then, the electric current intervenes between my muscles and the generated heat, exactly as it did a moment ago between the voltaic battery and its generated heat.
From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John
A voltaic battery furnished the current to conducting wires which led to two electric lamps on the mantel-piece of the drawing-room, and in which strips of platinum constituted the resisting and lighting medium.
From Inventions in the Century by Doolittle, William Henry
The placing of two or three pieces of metal one above another with a moist substance between them will create a voltaic battery.
From The Universe a Vast Electric Organism by Warder, George Woodward
In summary, he reported that a compass needle experienced deviations when placed near a wire connecting the terminals of a voltaic battery.
From The Earliest Electromagnetic Instruments by Chipman, Robert A.
Scientists and inventors now had two forms of electrical machines to produce light: the voltaic battery and the magneto-electric apparatus.
From Inventions in the Century by Doolittle, William Henry
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