voltaic electricity

noun

1. electric current; moving electric charges.

Word History and Origins

Origin of voltaic electricity¹

First recorded in 1810–20

Example Sentences

Significantly, Grove also went on to say that as “it seems probable that at no very distant period voltaic electricity may become a useful means of locomotion, the arrangement of batteries so as to produce the greatest power in the smallest space becomes important”.

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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.

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Theodore, founds the Royal Society, 14.Huyghens's explanation of double refraction, 219;principle, 218.Hydrogen, electro-chemical equivalent of, 267.I.Ice-pail experiment of Faraday, 270.Identity of frictional and voltaic electricity, 266.Induced currents, discovered by Faraday, 259;explained by structure of ether, 304;from earth's action, 262.Induction coil, 320.Induction,

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Faraday's next series of researches was devoted to the experimental proof of the identity of frictional and voltaic electricity.

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Now this once despised power, in the shape of voltaic electricity, adorns our tables with electro-plate works of art, carries our thoughts around the globe, blasts rocks, fires cannons and torpedoes, and even rings the bells of our houses.

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