lithanoden.
/ˈlɪθənəʊd/ A hard compact form of peroxide of lead, used in storage batteries. Also attributive.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > galvanism, voltaism > voltaic or galvanic battery > [noun] > storage battery > components of
grid1884
lithanode1887
1887 D. G. Fitz-Gerald Brit. Patent 16,608/1886 3 My invention relates to the manufacture of peroxide of lead in dense yet porous coherent self-supporting masses (or what is known as ‘lithanode’).
1892 Electr. Engineer 16 Sept. 283/2 This difficulty, we are told, was soon overcome by utilising some of the small lithanode cells to produce a flashing arc.
1893 Pall Mall Gaz. 10 Jan. 4/3 The lamps are worked by Lithanode batteries from the stage.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
<
n.1887- postdates
- postdating
- postdavidic
- postdecretal
- postdeflection
- postdelivery
- postdental
- postdepositional
- postdestinarian
- postdestination
- postdetermine
- postdetermined
- postdiana
- postdiastolic
- postdicrotic
- postdict
- postdiction
- postdigital
- postdiluvial
- postdiluvian
- postdiluvians
- postdiphtheritic
- postdisapprove
- postdisease
- postdisruption