RITTER, JOHANN WILHELM - THE INVENTION OF THE DRY CELL BATTERY.

Versuche mit einer Voltaischen Zink - Kupfer - Batterie von 600 Lagen.

(Halle, Rengerschen Buchhandlung, 1803). Without wrappers. Extracted from "Annalen der Physik. Herausgegeben von Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert", Bd. 13, Erstes Stück. Pp. 1-72 and 2 folded engraved plates. A faint dampstain to lower part of some leaves and to the plates..

First appearance of the paper in which Ritter describes his invention (1802) of the dry cell battery.

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