voltaic battery
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of voltaic battery
First recorded in 1805–15
Example Sentences
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From one end of a voltaic battery runs a wire, dividing at a certain point into two branches, which reunite in a single wire connected with the other end of the battery.
From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John
I twist a covered copper wire round this common poker; connecting the wire with the two ends of the voltaic battery, the poker is instantly transformed into a strong magnet.
From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John
The answer to this question had been so uncertain that the effect of the voltaic battery had been termed "galvanism," while that of the friction machine retained the name "electricity."
From The Story of Great Inventions by Burns, Elmer Ellsworth
Chemistry has also interacted with the different branches of physics, giving us the voltaic battery, the telegraph, and the wonderful results of spectrum-analysis.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864 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
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