voltaic battery
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of voltaic battery
First recorded in 1805–15
Example Sentences
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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
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
They brought Angélique into contact with a voltaic battery.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 by Various
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
A voltaic battery furnished the current to conducting wires which led to two electric lamps on the mantel-piece of the drawing-room, and in which strips of platinum constituted the resisting and lighting medium.
From Inventions in the Century by Doolittle, William Henry
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