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Galvanic battery   /gælvˈænɪk bˈætəri/   Listen
adjective
Galvanic  adj.  Of or pertaining to, or exhibiting the phenomena of, galvanism; employing or producing electrical currents.
Galvanic battery (Elec.), an apparatus for generating electrical currents by the mutual action of certain liquids and metals; now usually called voltaic battery. See Battery.
Galvanic circuit or Galvanic circle. (Elec.) See under Circuit.
Galvanic pile (Elec.), the voltaic pile. See under Voltaic.






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"Galvanic battery" Quotes from Famous Books



... up their cuffs; and they will repine because they, too, did not live in those stirring times. But we of the present generation who recently passed through these experiences have already accepted them without undue excitement, just as our forefathers in their day accepted the submarine cable, the galvanic battery and ...
— Roughing it De Luxe • Irvin S. Cobb

... other Narcotics—After vomiting has occurred, cold water should be dashed over the face and head. The patient must be kept awake, walked about between two strong persons, made to grasp the handles of a galvanic battery, dosed with strong coffee, and vigorously slapped. Belladonna is an antidote for opium and for morphia, etc.; its active principles; and, on the other hand, the latter counteract the effects of belladonna. But a knowledge of medicine ...
— The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing - A Manual of Ready Reference • Joseph Triemens



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