voltaic electricity
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of voltaic electricity
First recorded in 1810–20
Example Sentences
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What I mean is, that no electricity is evolved in any way, due or related to the causes which excite voltaic electricity, or proportionate to them.
From Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 by Faraday, Michael
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 Faraday, Michael
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'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
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
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