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voltaic pile

Description: A voltaic pile is an early electrochemical battery consisting of stacked metal discs separated by electrolyte-soaked material, producing continuous electric current.
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XVII. On the electricity excited by the mere contact of conducting substances of different kinds. In a letter from Mr. Alexander Volta, F. R. S. Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of Pavia, to the Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. K.B. P. R. S
1800 · Alessandro Volta · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London · 342
Experimental Researches in Electricity
2012 · Michael Faraday · Cambridge University Press eBooks · 287
Volta
2003 · Giuliano Pancaldi · Princeton University Press eBooks · 88
IV. The Bakerian Lecture: on some new electro-chemical phenomena
1814 · William Thomas Brande · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London · 56
An entertainment for angels: electricity in the Enlightenment
2004 · Choice Reviews Online · 48
1799–1999: Alessandro Volta's ‘Electric Pile’
1999 · Sergio Trasatti · Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry · 42
Batteries and Electrochemical Capacitors
2006 · Daniel Scherson, Attila Palencsar · The Electrochemical Society Interface · 41
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Tracking down the origin of arc plasma science-II. early continuous discharges
2003 · A. Anders · IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science · 41
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Strange Case of Signor Volta and Mister Nicholson: How Electrochemistry Developed as a Consequence of an Editorial Misconduct
2019 · Luigi Fabbrizzi · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 33
On the electricity excited by the mere contact of conducting substances of different kinds. In a letter from Mr. Alexander Volta, F. R. S. Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of Pavia, to the Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. K. B. P. R. S
1832 · Alessandro Volta · Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London · 32
Reconstructing Iconic Experiments in Electrochemistry: Experiences from a History of Science Course
2011 · Per-Odd Eggen, Lise Kvittingen, et al. · Science & Education · 26
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First approximation to the analysis of Ru and Se in carbon nanoparticles as a new voltaic pile system by TXRF
2009 · R. Fernández-Ruiz, P. Ocon, et al. · Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry · 26
Electricity and Life. Volta's Path to the Battery
1990 · Giuliano Pancaldi · Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences · 26
Alessandro Volta and his battery
1992 · R. Cecchini, G. Pelosi · IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine · 24
Alexander von Humboldt: Galvanism, Animal Electricity, and Self-Experimentation Part 2: The Electric Eel, Animal Electricity, and Later Years
2013 · Stanley Finger, Marco Piccolino, et al. · Journal of the History of the Neurosciences · 23
The history of electroplating
1993 · Christoph Raub · Elsevier eBooks · 23
The Role of the Voltaic Pile in the Galvani-Volta Controversy Concerning Animal vs. Metallic Electricity
1969 · ALEXANDER MAURO · Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences · 23
Versuche und Bemerkungen über den Galvanismus der Voltaischen Batterie
1801 · J. W. Ritter · Annalen der Physik · 22
IV. Account of some discoveries made by Mr. Galvani, of Bologna; with experiments and observations on them. In two letters from Mr. Alexander Volta, F. R. S. Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of Pavia, to Mr. Tiberius Cavallo, F. R. S
1793 · Alessandro Volta · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London · 20
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The Role of Oxygen in the Voltaic Pile
2021 · Thomas B. Clarke, Matthew W. Glasscott, et al. · Journal of Chemical Education · 19
Brief history of electrical cortical stimulation: A journey in time from Volta to Penfield
2020 · Cigdem Isitan, Qi Yan, et al. · Epilepsy Research · 19
IV. Experiments in galvanic electricity
1800 · Nicholson, Carlisle, et al. · The Philosophical Magazine · 18
Shocks and Sparks: The Voltaic Pile as a Demonstration Device
1998 · Joost Mertens · Isis · 15
Alessandro Volta and the electric battery
1963 · Bern Dibner · Franklin Watts eBooks · 15
II. On the magnetic phenomena produced by electricity; in a letter from Sir H. Davy, Bart. F. R. S. to W. H. Wollaston, M. D. P. R. S
1821 · Humphry Davy · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London · 14
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