electrizer

[Fr. électriseur.] 1. Gen.: That which electrizes; that which electrifies a body. 2. Med . ( pl .): The name given by Harrington to metallic plates of a galvanic battery designed for medical purposes. ĕ-lěc-tro-, in compos. Having electricity for its motive power, or in any way resulting from or pertaining to electricity. electro-ballistic, a. Pertaining to projectiles and to electricity. Electro - ballistic apparatus : An instrument for determining by electricity the velocity of a projectile at any part of its flight. The projectile pa es through a wire screen, thus breaking a current of electricity, and setting in motion a pendulum, which is arrested on the pa age of the projectile through a second screen. The distance between the screens being known, the arc through which the pendulum vibrates measures the time due to the flight of the projectile between the screens. (BAL LISTIC-PENDULUM.] Electro - ballistic pendulum : The same as Electro ballistic apparatus (q. v.). of Bain, in 1845, then followed those of Bake well, Gintl, and Bonelli electro-chemistry, s . [English electro , and chemistry.] The science which treats of chemical effects produced through the agency of electricity, whether frictional or dynamic.