Voltaic pile made by James Joule, 2000

Item — Box: 1, Object: 2006.501.001

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Scope and Contents

Hunterian Museum of the University of Glasgow, Scotland. Portion of a voltaic pile. Made in 1860 by James Joule. The zinc disk is spot welded to the copper disk at the center. Joule sent the completed voltaic pile back to William Thomson as an example of what he (Joule) could do. Held by Michael Jewkes, museum curator.