VOLTA, ALESSANDRO. On the Electricity excited by the mere Contact of conductions Substances of different kinds. In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Volume 90, pages 403-431. 17 text leaves; 3 engraved folding plates (2 leaves at end and 2 final plates from following work). [London, 1800]. 4to, disbound; modern cloth folder within a quarter morocco folding case. PMM 255; Grolier/Horblit 37b.

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VOLTA, ALESSANDRO. On the Electricity excited by the mere Contact of conductions Substances of different kinds. In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Volume 90, pages 403-431. 17 text leaves; 3 engraved folding plates (2 leaves at end and 2 final plates from following work). [London, 1800]. 4to, disbound; modern cloth folder within a quarter morocco folding case. PMM 255; Grolier/Horblit 37b.

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"The voltaic pile revolutionized the theory and practice of electricity, so that within one hundred years of Volta's invention more progress was made than in two thousend four hundred years between the tentative experiences of Thales and the publication of Volta's letter addresses to Sir Joseph Banks, President of the Royal Society." -- PMM 255.

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