Sentence:  In February 1801 , Oersted did manage to experiment with physical apparatus and reported experiments made with a voltaic battery of 600 plates of zinc and <WSD>silver</WSD> and of later experiments with a battery of 60 plates of zinc and lead . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography