EditorialElectrical machine 1, Voltaic pile 2, Leyden jar 3, and electrical stool 4. Physique: machine electrique, pistolet de Volta, bouteille de Leyde, tabouret electrique. Handcoloured steel engraving by du Casse after an illustration by Adolph Fries from Fe...
EditorialVoltaic pile, the first electrical battery that could continuously provide an electric current to a circuit. It was invented by Alessandro Volta, who published his experiments in 1799.