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Grove cell
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<p>The Grove cell was an early electric <a href="/facts/Primary_cell/udJP2wJ1">primary cell</a> named after its inventor, <a href="/facts/Wales/xa3W6PHH">Welsh</a> physical scientist <a href="/facts/William_Robert_Grove/492DxET0">William Robert Grove</a>, and consisted of a <a href="/facts/Zinc/80b1qgk3">zinc</a> <a href="/facts/Anode/TjYt95zG">anode</a> in dilute <a href="/facts/Sulfuric_acid/Wom6fymJ">sulfuric acid</a> and a <a href="/facts/Platinum/qJC6lQf7">platinum</a> <a href="/facts/Cathode/tqdlGayU">cathode</a> in concentrated <a href="/facts/Nitric_acid/UDbwGp6s">nitric acid</a>, the two separated by a porous ceramic pot. </p>