10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VOLTA'S PILE»
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1
The Basics of Chemistry
Volta's pile, which was actually the first battery created, consisted of stacks of
metal disks about the size of a quarter (Figure 14.3). Two different metals were
used to make the disks such as silver and zinc, and the disks were arranged so
that ...
2
A Natural Philosophy: Embracing the Most Recent Discoveries ...
Volta's Pile consisted of a number of circular plates of copper and zinc, and
pieces of cloth moistened with a weak acid or saline solution, alternating as
follows, the same order being observed throughout. At the base of the pile was a
plate of ...
George Payn Quackenbos,
1884
3
Science In The Making: Scientific Development As Chronicled ...
Writing in 1896, Wilhelm Ostwald, the great German chemist and Nobel Laureate,
said: 'Among the many investigators who began to experiment with Volta's pile,
we find one who soon left the others completely in the shade: Humphry Davy.
4
Higgs Force: The Symmetry-breaking Force that Makes the ...
Although Galvani was correct in his observation that electricity plays a role in the
functioning of nerves and muscles, his 'animal electricity' was identical to the
electricity produced by Volta's pile. The modern term for the voltaic pile is a
battery.
+ _+ -+ -+ - To electrical point Figure 9.5 Schematic diagram of Volta's pile work.
On the other hand, Volta's discovery provided a sustained though feeble source
of current. Then, Volta himself found a way to augment the intensity of the current
...
6
Magnetism and Electricity
It is called Volta's pile, and was invented by him to shew the effect of a
combination of metallic contacts. It consists of a number of pairs of round discs of
copper and zinc piled together, as shewn in fig. 19. The copper and zinc of each
pair were ...
7
Is Water H2O?: Evidence, Realism and Pluralism
Almost as soon as the news of Volta's pile reached England, William Nicholson (
1753–1815) and Anthony Carlisle (1769–1840) in London used it to make a
decomposition of water into hydrogen and oxygen gases (Nicholson 1800).
8
Electricity in the Service of Man: A Popular and Practical ...
Discs of the same metal, having moistened pasteboards between them, were
arranged in the same manner as Volta's pile, and their poles were connected to
the poles of a Volta's pile. When the current of Volta's pile was allowed to pass ...
Alfred Ritter von Urbanitzky, Richard Wormell,
1886
9
Electricity in the service of man
Discs of the same metal, having moistened pasteboards between them, were
arranged in the same manner as Volta's pile, and their poles were connected to
the poles of a Volta's pile. When the current of Volta's pile was allowed to pass ...
10
Electricity in the service of man: a popular and practical ...
A short time after (1803) J. W. Ritter constructed the first secondary battery. Discs
of the same metal, having moistened pasteboards between them, were arranged
in the same manner as Volta's pile, and their poles were connected to the poles ...
Robert Mullineux Walmsley,
1911