Alessandro Volta (Person) AKA Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta
Alessandro Volta
1745 AD - 1827 AD
AKA Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta
Italian physicist, chemist, and pioneer of electricity and power who invented of the electric battery,
The SI unit of electric potential is named in his honor as the volt.
Also, he discovered methane
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Volta marries Teresa Peregrini1794 AD
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Italian £ 10.000 Note
Front side: Alessandro Volta; Electrophor ("Volta Column", galvanic battery)
Back side: Museum "Tempio Voltiano" in Como
Tempio Voltiano
Volta Temple is a museum dedicated to Alessandro Volta, a prolific scientist and the inventor of the electrical battery.
It is located in his hometown of Como, Italy, and was designed by Federico Frigerio.
It was completed in 1927 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Volta's death.
Life Electric
A contemporary sculpture, dedicated to the physicist Alessandro Volta.
Completed in 2015 it is located in Como, Italy.
Life Electric was designed by Daniel Libeskind
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