[Diagram of the first battery, which was made of alternating metal layers and saline-soaked leather pads, and proved electricity is caused by contact with dissimilar metals] [graphic] /
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Scientific illustrations 1800. gmgpc
Engravings 1800. gmgpc
[published 1800]
Illus. in: On the electricity excited by the mere contact of conducting substances ... / Alessandro Volta. In Royal Society of London. Philosophical transactions. v. 90, pt. 2. London : Printed by W. Bulmer ..., 1800.
Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 280.
Electric batteries--1800.
Electrical apparatus--1800.
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