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The Voltaic Pile
circa 1800
Voltaic Pile consisting of thirty metal disks separated by layers of (dampened) cloth, c.1800
Voltaic Pile Theory
During the first part of the nineteenth century large voltaic piles were constructed to provide sources of continuous current. Humphry Davy and Michael Faraday to visit André-Marie Ampère in Paris despite the hostilities between England and France.
Source: http://www.ee.umd.edu/~taylor/volta.htm
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