Voltaic pile
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Description: Volta's arrangement for producing a current of electricity, consisting of a pile of alternate disks of two dissimilar metals separated by pieces of flannel or pasteboard moistened with salt water.
Source: George J Hagar The Standard American Encyclopedia (New York: University Society Inc., 1916)
Keywords: Electricity, Volta, voltaic pile
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