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Original Voltaic pile

Probably made and used by Volta himself. This pile was shown at the exhibition at Como, Italy in 1899, commemorating the work of Galvani and Volta. (Courtesy of the Wellcome Trust. Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic [CC BY] license, creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en.)