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Definition of Galvanoscope
1. n. An instrument or apparatus for detecting the presence of electrical currents, especially such as are of feeble intensity.
Definition of Galvanoscope
1. Noun. a device used to detect electric currents using the deflection of a magnetic needle ¹
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Definition of Galvanoscope
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Medical Definition of Galvanoscope
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Galvanoscope
Literary usage of Galvanoscope
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lessons in Elementary Practical Physics by Balfour Stewart, William Winson Haldane Gee (1901)
"Measure the resistance of the galvanoscope by Lesson XXI. ... Connect the cell,
box of coils, and galvanoscope in series, and take readings of the latter ..."
2. An Introduction to Physical Measurements: With Appendices on Absolute by Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Kohlrausch (1899)
"A circuit is formed, including an even number of cells, the galvanoscope, and a
known amount of rheostat resistance, and the deflection of the needle is ..."
3. The Annals of Philosophy by Richard Phillips, E W Brayley (1823)
"I HAVE found the galvanoscope, mentioned in the note of my last communication,
so useful in detecting minute electromagnetic action, that I wish it to be ..."
4. Elements of Natural Philosophy: Being an Experimental Introduction to the by Golding Bird (1848)
"Matteucci availed himself of this circumstance in his contrivance of the frog
galvanoscope. This is made by skinning the hind leg of a frog, and separating ..."
5. Practical Work in Physics for Use in Schools and Colleges by Walter George Woollcombe (1899)
"To calibrate a galvanoscope by a tangent galvanometer, ... A Tangent Galvanometer
joined to a commutator : a galvanoscope : a Rheostat : a Contact Key ..."
6. Physical Laboratory Guide by Frederick Condit Reeve (1912)
"To map out the lines of magnetic force about a galvanoscope. Apparatus. — A
galvanoscope, a compass, a ruler, and a source of direct current. Directions. ..."
7. Experimental Physics by Eugene Lommel (1899)
"galvanoscope.—A copper strip provided with binding- screws at its ends and bent
about a magnetic needle suspended upon a point may therefore be used to ..."
8. Scientific & Technical Papers of Werner Von Siemens by Werner von Siemens (1895)
"A similar adjustable guide is provided in the shape of the spindle R1 and the
sliding pins r, r1. THE CONTROL galvanoscope OF SIEMENS AND HALSKE, ..."
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