M0014545: Part of the great voltaic battery at the Royal Institution, 1809

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Part of the great voltaic battery at the Royal Institution

Illustration of one of 200 units that made up the the great voltaic battery at the Royal Institution, 1809, published in Davy, Humphry, Sir: The collected works of Sir Humphry Davy, London : Smith, Elder, 1839-1840.

March 1956

1 photograph sheet film negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the publication depicted in the glass plate negative

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.