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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1999
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2010.0087.002

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Como, Italy

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Brown wooden board bears colour photograph mounted behind clear plexiglass cover secured by 4 metal fittings on one side; black and white paper text and illustration secured to reverse by clear adhesive tape.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 38.2 cm
Width: 30.6 cm
Height: 2.2 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Physics
Category: Electricity
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Guatterini
Country: Italy
State/Province: Unknown
City: Como

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: Believed to have been created to commemorate an event: specifically, to document the presentation of a Voltaic Pile replica to Pope John Paul II.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "LA PILA DI VOLTA:/ UNA SCINTILLA/ LUNGA DUE SECOLI/ FOTO DEL SANTO PADRE/ OMAGGIO PILA VOLTAICA" and "G. GEMELLI- Genealogia ed Arma gentilizia/ della Famiglia Volta." with illustration mechanically printed on paper fastened to plaque.
Missing: Appears complete.
Finish: Brown wooden board bears colour photograph mounted behind clear plexiglass cover secured by 4 metal fittings on one side; black and white paper text and illustration secured to reverse by clear adhesive tape.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Plaque, after 1999, Artifact no. 2010.0087, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/2010.0087.002/

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