voltaic battery

American  

noun

Electricity.

1. battery.

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Etymology

Origin of voltaic battery

First recorded in 1805–15

Example Sentences

Amp�re floated a voltaic battery with a coil of wire in its circuit in order to observe the effects of the earth’s magnetism on the electric circuit.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various

Zincode, zing′kōd, n. the negative pole of a voltaic battery: the anode of an electrolytic cell.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

We have seen that Davy produced a brilliant electric light with two pieces of charcoal in the electric circuit of a voltaic battery.

From Inventions in the Century by Doolittle, William Henry

To study this effect a platinum wire was stretched across the beam, the two ends of the wire being connected with the two poles of a voltaic battery.

From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John

Electric Batteries From the time of Volta to the time of Faraday the only means of producing an electric current was the "voltaic battery," so called in honor of Volta.

From The Story of Great Inventions by Burns, Elmer Ellsworth