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
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
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
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
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
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