Image: Reproduction of first electric Voltaic Pile cr56n2016 47429b20d dl full size

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Description: Reproduction of Voltaic Pile 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.
Title: Reproduction of Voltaic Pile
Credit: https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/cr56n2016
Author: Staff photographer
Permission: This file was provided to Wikimedia Commons by the Science History Institute as part of a cooperation project.
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