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Voltaic battery (pile), 1887. Artist: Unknown

Voltaic battery (pile), 1887. Artist: Unknown

1-158-106 - Oxford Science Archive/Heritage Images

Voltaic battery (pile), 1887. A battery of the type invented by Italian physicist Alessandro Volta (1745-1827). It consists of a disc of zinc, a disc of copper, a disc of cloth moistened with acid, then a disc of zinc and so on. Each contact between zinc and copper formed a 'couple'. From Natural Philosophy by A Ganot. (London, 1887).

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  1. A Ganot: : Author
  2. Alessandro Volta: Italian: Scientist, physicist
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  1. Engraving
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  1. 1-158-106
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