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Zamboni's pile
Dry cell acc. to Zamboni
Supplier Fa. Miller, Innsbruck, 1880. Inv.No.: VIII - 78
High voltage dry cell composed of 4000 single elements.
One element consists of a thin piece of paper covered at one side with silver and at the other side with manganese oxid [MnO2], as electrolyte simply water was used with organic additives. The circular elements with a diameters ranging from 1 to 6 cm were stapled in a glass tube, which was coated inside with sealing-wax. The emf is approximately 0.8 volts / element, currents in the range of microamps.