voltaic electricity
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of voltaic electricity
First recorded in 1810–20
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The late experiments of Mr. Crosse seemed to show that insects were produced in silicate of potash under a long-continued action of voltaic electricity.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen
The accordance between it and voltaic electricity is in this respect complete.
From Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 by Michael Faraday
Observations on the response of Frog-muscle to stimuli led the great Italian physiologist Galvani to the discovery of dynamical or current electricity, known to us as galvanic or voltaic electricity.
From The Ranidae How to breed, feed and raise the edible frog by Unknown
Finally, the experiment was extended into the following form, supplying in this case the tidiest analogy between common and voltaic electricity.
From Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 by Michael Faraday
Acierage, coating a copper-plate with steel by voltaic electricity.
From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall
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