Leyden jar and electrostatic generators
Who invented the earliest capacitor bank (“battery” of Leyden jars)? It’s complicated (Proc. IEEE. 2018. V. 106. P. 496-503), authored by Adam Allerhand
Benjamin Franklin and the dissectible capacitor: his observations might surprise you (Eur. J. Phys. 2017. V. 38. No 065202), authored by Glenn S. Smith
The design of the triboelectric generators of Martinus van Marum, F. R. S. A case history of the interaction between England and Holland in the field of instrument design in the eighteenth century (Notes & Records Royal Soc. London. 1971. V. 26. P. 163-181), authored by Willem D. Hackmann, who also publeshed “Electricity from Glass: The History of the Frictional Electrical Machine, 1600–1850” book in 1978
Power sources I: Volta pile and Galvani-Volta story
“The invention of Volta’s Pile and its diffusion in Europe at war in the year 1800” (Pure Appl. Chem. 2023. V. 95. P. 1141-1157), authored by Luigi Fabbrizzi
Strange Case of Signor Volta and Mister Nicholson: How Electrochemistry Developed as a Consequence of an Editorial Misconduct (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019. V. 58. P. 5810-5822), authored by Luigi Fabbrizzi
Salvá’s Electric Telegraph Based on Volta’s Battery (2008 IEEE History of Telecommunications Conference,. P. 6-11), authored by Antonio Pérez Yuste
Volta and the ‘pile’ (2005 text at ECS web), authored by F. Decker
La controverse sur l’électricité animale dans l’Italie du XVIIIe siècle : Galvani, Volta et… d’autres (Rev. s’histoire sci. 54 (2001) 53-70, authored by Walter Bernardi
Luigi Galvani and the debate on animal electricity, 1791–1800 * (Ann. Sci. 1987. V. 44. P. 107-142), authored by Na[h]um Kipnis
Power sources II: XIX century
Gaston Planté and his invention of the lead–acid battery—The genesis of the first practical rechargeable battery (J. Power Sources. 2010. V. 195. P. 4424-4434), authored by Peter Kurzweil. See also his historical Chapters in Encyclopedia of Electrochemical Power Sources. 2024. V.1. P. 223-248 (batteries); P.249-266 (fuel cells); P. 267-277 (supercapacitors).
Galvanometers
A Backward Look at Scientific Instrumentation (Anal. Chem. 1994. V. 66. P. 264A-269A), see at P. 267A and below, and Refs 14-22.
A Law of Physics in the Classroom: The Case of Ohm’s Law (Sci. & Educ. 2009. V. 18. P. 349–382), authored by Nahum Kipnis
Capillary electrometer
Gabriel Lippmann and the capillary electrometer (Bull. Hist. Sci. 2004. V. 29. P. 16-20), authored by John T. Stock
Conductivity measurements
The Pathway to the Ostwald Dilution Law (J. Chem. Educations. 1997. V. 74. P. 865-867), John T. Stock describes the equipment (incl. cells and thermostate) used by F. Kohlrausch, W. Ostwald, and their less known predecessors
Potentiometric equipment
Development of the pH meter and Development of the glass electrode (Electrochemistry, Past and Present, ACS Symp. Ser. 390. 1989. Chapter 18. P. 254-271, and Chapter 19. P. 272-285, respectively), both reviews are authored by Bruno Jaselskis, Carl E. Moore, and Alfred von Smolinski
Ion-Selective Electrodes. From Glasses to Crystals and Crowns (Electrochemistry, Past and Present, ACS Symp. Ser. 390. 1989. Chapter 21. P. 303-317), authored by John David Ronald Thomas
Potentiostates, etc.
Development of Electrochemical Instrumentation (Electrochemistry, Past and Present, ACS Symp. Ser. 390. 1989. Chapter 17. P. 236-253), authored by Hari Gunasingham, who mostly considers ‘electronic era’ and ‘computer era’
Electroanalytical instrumentation—how it all started: history of electrochemical instrumentation (J. Solid State Electrochem. 2024. V. 28. P. 683-710), authored by Oleh Smutok and Evgeny Katz
Specific electrodes and cells
Past and Future of the Dropping Electrode (Electrochemistry, Past and Present, ACS Symp. Ser. 390. 1989. Chapter 24. P. 370-379), authored by Michael Heyrovský, Ladislav Novotný, and Ivan Smoler (not only polarography! The story goes back to XIX century)