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The observatory was opened in 1839. Originally, it was a brainchild of the German/Russian , who would become its first director (in 1861, his son succeeded him). The architect was . The observatory was equipped with state-of-the-art , one of them being the a 15-inch (380 mm) aperture
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The lead–acid cell can be demonstrated using sheet lead plates for the two electrodes. However, such a construction produces only around one ampere for roughly postcard-sized plates, and for only a few minutes. Gaston Planté found a way to provide a much larger effective surface area. In Planté's design, the positive and negative plates were formed of two spirals o.
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