switch-on

Updated: May 16, 2025

For the regulation and graduation of power it is exceedingly handy to be able to "switch-on" a number of small accumulator cells for any particular purpose; and, of course, the degree of control held in the hands of the engineer must depend largely on the smallness of each individual cell, and the number which he has at command.

George Sutherland - Twentieth Century Inventions: A Forecast