The Bunsen and Grove Cells : Notes from the Oesper Collections, No. 23, November/December 2013

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An actual surviving example of the Grove cell and a spare ceramic spacer.

An actual surviving example of the Grove cell and a spare ceramic spacer.

 

The 23rd issue of Notes from The Oesper Collections highlights the famous Grove nitric acid cell and its later modification by Robert Bunsen which made it into a standard commercial and laboratory source of electrical energy for more than 50 years.

Click here for all other issues of Notes from The Oesper Collections and to explore the Jensen-Thomas Apparatus Collection.

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