Home-made voltaic pile consisting of wooden base with pile made of zinc and copper discs alternating with felt

Made:: 1890-1920

Home-made voltaic pile consisting of wooden base with pile made
Science Museum Group

Home-made voltaic pile consisting of wooden base with pile made of zinc and copper discs alternating with felt, crudely made, possibly English, 1890-1920

Details

Category:: Therapeutics

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A656301

Materials:: wood, zinc and copper

type:: batteries

Cite this page

Rights

We encourage the use and reuse of our collection data.

Data in the title, made, maker and details fields are released under Creative Commons Zero

Descriptions and all other text content are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence

Using our data

Download

Download catalogue entry as json

Download manifest IIIF

Our records are constantly being enhanced and improved, but please note that we cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information shown on this website.

Home-made voltaic pile consisting of wooden base with pile made of zinc and copper discs alternating with felt

Details

Related Objects

Cardiac pacemaker (cardiac pacemakers)

Pharmacy leech jar (leech jar)

Four lancets (lancets)

Decorative tortoiseshell lancet case (lancets)

Armolet sterile disposable lancet by Armour Pharmacetical Co Ltd (lancet)

Lancets in silver case (lancets)