voltaic battery
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of voltaic battery
First recorded in 1805–15
Example Sentences
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Telegraphists and electro-platers are also indebted to him for his voltaic battery.
From The Scientific Basis of National Progress Including that of Morality by Gore, George
The placing of two or three pieces of metal one above another with a moist substance between them will create a voltaic battery.
From The Universe a Vast Electric Organism by Warder, George Woodward
The needle is charged to a potential 237 of 50 to 200 volts by means of a dry pile or voltaic battery, or from a lighting circuit.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" by Various
Davy had proved that, in the voltaic battery, something must be used up to produce the current—the mere contact of the metals is not sufficient.
From The Story of Great Inventions by Burns, Elmer Ellsworth
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
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