Battery History: the Origin of the Name [CC]

Kathy Loves Physics & History
Kathy Loves Physics & History
148.9 هزار بار بازدید - 4 سال پیش - Why is the battery called
Why is the battery called a battery?  Watch the whirlwind history from Ben Franklin shocking his friends to Galvani shocking dead frogs to Volta shocking himself to a Regency-era scientist loved for his big battery and good looks.

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Experiments:

1.  How to make a voltaic pile:
Take 10 shiny pennies, 10 zinc washers (or tin foil), and cut out 10 circles in paper or cardboard.  Put the paper or cardboard in a cup full of vinegar.  Layer the items zinc, paper, penny, zinc, paper, penny...  You got a battery!  Crazy eh?

2.  How to make Hydrogen and Oxygen
Take a container of water and add a pinch of baking soda (you can add salt but it will make Chlorine and that is dangerous).  Put leads from a 9 V battery into the water.  That is it.  If you put a tube with a balloon on top of the leads you can collect the gas but be careful, the gasses can be dangerous around a flame!


Thanks:

Big Shout out to Bertrand Wolff in France who is working with Christine Blondel on the History of Electricity.  Their videos have a lot more detail on how to recreate the experiments (and how to dissect the frog).  If you speak any French I recommend you check it out!
The frog videos were made at their request by Dr. Francois Ferriere at the University de Rennes 1 and can be seen at:
http://www.ampere.cnrs.fr/histoire/it...

The videos of the voltage and maximum current from a voltaic pile as well as the gentleman getting shocked can be seen at:
http://www.ampere.cnrs.fr/parcoursped...
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