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Christoph H. Pfaff and the controversy over voltaic electricity

Kragh, Helge

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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/126175

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Title
Christoph H. Pfaff and the controversy over voltaic electricity
Author(s)
Kragh, Helge
Contributor(s)
Bak, Malene M.
Issue Date
2000-09-15
Keyword(s)
  • History
  • Chemistry
  • Biog Pfaff Voltaic Electricity
Abstract
A brief biog. of chemist and physicist Christoph Heinrich Pfaff is presented. Pfaff was born on Mar. 2, 1773 in Stuttgart, Germany. He made many contributions to animal electricity and the understanding of the Volta pile. Focus is made on his participation in the debate on whether the action of the Volta pile was due solely to a contact force (emf.) arising between two different metals, or to chem. processes.
Publisher
Division of the History of Chemistry
ISSN
1053-4385
Type of Resource
text
Genre of Resource
article
Language
eng
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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/126175
DOI
https://doi.org/10.70359/bhc2000v025p083
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Copyright 2000 Division of the History of Chemistry

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Bulletin for the History of Chemistry: Volume 25, Number 2, 2000 PRIMARY