voltaic electricity
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of voltaic electricity
First recorded in 1810–20
Example Sentences
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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
His object now is to compare frictional with voltaic electricity.
From Faraday as a Discoverer by Tyndall, John
I. We know that, by means of voltaic electricity or induction, we can crystallize a large number of substances.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 613, October 1, 1887 by Various
Faraday's next series of researches was devoted to the experimental proof of the identity of frictional and voltaic electricity.
From Heroes of Science: Physicists by Garnett, William
Observations on the response of Frog-muscle to stimuli led the great Italian physiologist Galvani to the discovery of dynamical or current electricity, known to us as galvanic or voltaic electricity.
From The Ranidae How to breed, feed and raise the edible frog by Unknown
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