Historedia
Person

Galvani

Events
1
Episodes
2
Years
1800

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Galvani, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Description of the Voltaic Pile

    1800

    Role: Fellow Italian scientist whose frog-leg experiments prompted the dispute behind the invention

    1. 1800 · Volta's laboratory work, location not specified in sourcesConstruction of the voltaic pile

      Volta stacked alternating copper or silver and zinc discs separated by brine-soaked cloth or cardboard to increase electromotive force.

    2. 20 March 1800 · Royal Society, London, United KingdomVolta describes the voltaic pile to the Royal Society

      Volta wrote to the London Royal Society on 20 March 1800 describing how his device produced electric current.

Sources

  1. Voltaic pile Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-29
  2. Alessandro Volta Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-14