voltaic battery
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of voltaic battery
First recorded in 1805–15
Example Sentences
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The voltaic battery had been discovered, and had opened up a region of possibilities in chemistry.
From Heroes of Science Chemists by Muir, M. M. Pattison (Matthew Moncrieff Pattison)
Then, with a very large voltaic battery, a tremendous quantity of electricity could be poured into the atmosphere, and its electrical condition could be certainly disturbed.
From Meteorology or Weather Explained by M'Pherson, J. G.
Before leaving Bristol he had commenced experiments on the chemical applications of the voltaic battery; these he at once followed up with the better apparatus now at his command.
From Heroes of Science Chemists by Muir, M. M. Pattison (Matthew Moncrieff Pattison)
By such arrangements the first difficulty was practically overcome; but the second, a graver one, is probably inseparable from the construction of the voltaic battery.
From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John
The galvanic or voltaic battery by Volta in 1800.
From Inventions in the Century by Doolittle, William Henry
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