voltaic battery
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of voltaic battery
First recorded in 1805–15
Example Sentences
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It is thus burnt when acidulated water is poured over it; it is also thus burnt in the voltaic battery.
From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John
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
I make the coil part of the wire which connects the two ends of the voltaic battery.
From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John
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)
One of these coils was connected with the voltaic battery and the other with the galvanometer.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" by Various
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