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Reproduction of Voltaic Pile

  • 2018

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Modern reproduction of the first electric battery invented by Alessandro Volta in 1800. Base and top are wooden. Between the base and top rests a stack or pile of 46 copper-zinc cells. Electrodes used to tranfer the electric current are on the top and bottom cells. Fabric is placed between each cell. The vertical structure is supported by four dowels.

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Science History Institute. Reproduction of Voltaic Pile. Photograph, 2019. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/cr56n2016.

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