From Volta onwards: A variety of electrical batteries in the Pavia Museum of Electrical Technology

Abstract

The Pavia Museum of Electrical Technology preserves a remarkable collection of a number of electric batteries of the 19th and 20th centuries, deposited by the Govoni family. Starting from replicas of the original battery invented by Alessandro Volta, a professor of the Pavia University, it is therefore possible to make a journey through the history of electrochemical batteries, in particular, produced in the past two centuries. The variety of batteries includes primary and secondary batteries, different according to the nature of the electrodes and of the electrolyte, batteries with one or two liquids, wet and dry batteries, etc.