Voltaic Pile
Unknown Maker
early 19th century
Overall: 18 1/8 in. (46 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
2002.1.34905
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Scientific Instrument
Research Area
Scientific Instrument
Scientific Instrument: Electricity
Not on view
Course History
HIST 63.02, Material Culture of Science, Whitney Robles, Spring 2022
Publication History
David Pantalony, Richard L. Kremer, Francis J. Manasek, Study, Measure, Experiment: Stories of Scientific Instruments at Dartmouth College, Norwich, Vermont: Terra Nova Press, 2005, p. 153, ill.
Provenance
Physics Department, Dartmouth College; transferred by Professor Allen King to the Dartmouth College Museum, 1964; catalogued into the Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, 2002.
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