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Events on Friday 2 May 1800 2
1800Electrolysis of waterNicholson and Carlisle split water with a voltaic pileSoon after hearing about Volta's pile, William Nicholson and Anthony Carlisle in London passed a current through water. It broke down into hydrogen and oxygen. This was the first electrolysis and the beginning of electrochemistry.
1800Electrolysis of waterNicholson and Carlisle split water with a voltaic pileSoon after hearing about Volta's pile, William Nicholson and Anthony Carlisle in London passed a current through water. It broke down into hydrogen and oxygen. This was the first electrolysis and the beginning of electrochemistry.