Originally Posted By: Mac
Voltaire was the experimenter who first took cells made from two dissimilar metals and stacked them to form a series battery.

Stacked in series, the voltage obtained was the multiplier of the number of piles.

He called this a "pile" - which is actually quite descriptive, as it was nothing more than a pile of dissimilar metals.

We honor Voltaire with the modern short term for Electromotive Force, the Volt.


--Mac

Mac, I think you mean Allesandro Volta. I think Voltaire was a philosopher.

Last edited by Keith from Oz; 05/21/13 08:22 PM.
Cheers,
Keith