Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Electricity evolved by the action of magnets.
- noun That branch of science which treats of phenomena in which the principles of both magnetism and electricity are involved. See
electromagnetism .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Electricity evolved by the action of magnets.
- noun (Physics) That branch of science which treats of the development of electricity by the action of magnets; -- the counterpart of
electro-magnetism .
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Examples
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It was characteristic of Faradays devotion to the enlargement of the bounds of human knowledge that on his discovery of magneto-electricity he abandoned the commercial work by which he had added to his small salary, in order to reserve all his energies for research.
Introductory Note 1909
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AS we have seen, it was in 1831 that Faraday opened up the field of magneto-electricity.
A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume III: Modern development of the physical sciences 1904
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Again, by turning the machine contrary to the direction of the attractive forces, so as to increase the intensity of the voltaic current by the assistance of the magneto-electricity, he found that the evolution of heat was still proportional to the square of the current.
A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume III: Modern development of the physical sciences 1904
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The magneto-electricity developed in the coils of the revolving electro-magnet was measured by an accurate galvanometer; and the temperature of the water was taken before and after each experiment by a very delicate thermometer.
A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume III: Modern development of the physical sciences 1904
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For more than twenty years magneto-electricity had subserved its first and noblest purpose of augmenting our knowledge of the powers of nature.
Fragments of science, V. 1-2 John Tyndall 1856
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His own researches on magneto-electricity, on electro-chemistry, and on the
Fragments of science, V. 1-2 John Tyndall 1856
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Faraday, the discoverer of the great domain of magneto-electricity.
Six Lectures on Light Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873 John Tyndall 1856
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[A] I am glad to refer here to the results obtained by Mr. Christie with magneto-electricity, Philosophical Transactions, 1833, p. 113 note.
Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 Michael Faraday 1829
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Having long sought for some transverse force in statical electricity, which should be the equivalent to magnetism or the transverse force of current electricity, and conceiving that it might be connected with the transverse action of the lines of inductive force, already described (1297.), I was desirous, by various experiments, of bringing out the effect of such a force, and making it tell upon the phenomena of electro-magnetism and magneto-electricity [A].
Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 Michael Faraday 1829
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As magneto-electricity can produce sparks, it would be able to show the effects proper to this apparatus.
Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 Michael Faraday 1829
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