M0014526: Volta's pile and 'crown of cups'

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Volta's pile and 'crown of cups'.

Illustration in a letter to Joseph Banks dated 20 March 1800, published in Philosophical Transactions, 1800.

February 1956

1 photograph glass plate negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm

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.