voltaic electricity
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of voltaic electricity
First recorded in 1810–20
Example Sentences
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The instrument offers the only actual measurer of voltaic electricity which we at present possess.
From Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 by Faraday, Michael
Faraday now passes from terminology to research; he sees the necessity of quantitative determinations, and seeks to supply himself with a measure of voltaic electricity.
From Faraday as a Discoverer by Tyndall, John
Faraday's next series of researches was devoted to the experimental proof of the identity of frictional and voltaic electricity.
From Heroes of Science: Physicists by Garnett, William
He identifies the nervous fluid with galvanism and voltaic electricity, and asserts that by a galvanic battery all the results can be obtained which mesmerism claims as its own.
From Modern Magic by Vere, Maximilian Schele de
But when, as we have seen, voltaic electricity entered the field, electricity became a more powerful and tractable servant, and distant intelligent signals became one of its first labors.
From Inventions in the Century by Doolittle, William Henry
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