voltaic

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“I have just completed a curious voltaic pile which I think you would like to see,” he wrote.

From Scientific American • Oct. 29, 2017

A battery is a multiple connection of voltaic cells, as shown in Figure 21.18.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

The lineup spans the early, voltaic work of William Forsythe, and includes pieces by Francesca Harper and Elisa Monte.

From New York Times • Jun. 12, 2014

The photo voltaic panels would make my house, which is over 300 years old, carbon negative.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2009

From this result Thomson proceeded to calculate the electromotive forces required to effect chemical changes of different kinds, and those of various types of voltaic cell.

From Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work by Gray, Andrew