voltaic electricity
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of voltaic electricity
First recorded in 1810–20
Example Sentences
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According to Dr. Davy60, the current deflected the needle and made magnets under the same law, as to direction, which governs currents of ordinary and voltaic electricity.
From Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 by Faraday, Michael
Acierage, coating a copper-plate with steel by voltaic electricity.
From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin
His object now is to compare frictional with voltaic electricity.
From Faraday as a Discoverer by Tyndall, John
The phenomena of volcanoes, and those of earthquakes, have been considered of late as the effects of voltaic electricity, developed by a particular disposition of heterogeneous strata.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 by Ross, Thomasina
Many intelligent people have failed to apprehend the vast difference between the low tension of voltaic electricity and frictional electricity, lightning being in the nature of the latter.
From Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science by Various
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