Ritter
[ritə]
Definition
n. a knight.—n. Ritt′-mas′ter a captain of cavalry.
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Examples
- In 1800 Nicholson and Carlisle decomposed water by passing the electric current through the same; Ritter decomposed copper sulphate, and Davy decomposed the alkalies, potash and soda. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Probably the earliest suggestion of a storage battery is by Ritter in 1812, in his secondary pile. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In 1801 Ritter proved the existence of such invisible rays beyond the violet end of the visible spectrum by the power they possessed of blackening chloride of silver. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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