Definition of "volta-electrometer" []

• An instrument for the exact measurement of electric currents. (noun)

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• "No iodine was evolved during the whole action, and finally the loss of lead at the _anode_ was the same as the gain at the _cathode_, the equivalent number, by comparison with the result in the volta-electrometer, being"
• "But if I had used a weaker acid or a worse conductor in the volta-electrometer, then the number of plates which would produce the most advantageous effect would have risen; or if I had used a better conductor than that really employed in the volta-electrometer, I might have reduced the number even to one; as, for instance, when a thick wire is used to complete the circuit (865., &c.)."
• "With one volta-electrometer 52 cubic inches of gas were obtained; with two, only"