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voltaic electricity
noun
- electric current; moving electric charges.
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of voltaic electricity1
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 importantâ€.
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.
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,
Faraday's next series of researches was devoted to the experimental proof of the identity of frictional and voltaic electricity.
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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