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Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta (1745-1827), an Italian physicist, is known for his pioneering work in electricity. He investigated the "animal electricity" of Galvani, and found that the current was generated from the contact of dissimilar metals, and that the frog leg was only acting as a detector. Using this information, he constructed the first battery to produce electricity (1800). Volta's method of stacking round plates of copper and zinc separated by disks of cardboard moistened with salt solution was called a Voltaic pile. In honor of his work in the field of electricity, Napoleon made him a count in 1801. The electrical unit known as the volt was named in his honor.
Cutler Cleveland (Lead Author);Peter Saundry (Topic Editor) "Volta, Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth October 30, 2006; Last revised Date October 30, 2006; Retrieved May 26, 2012 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Volta,_Alessandro_Giuseppe_Antonio_Anastasio>
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The Encyclopedia of Earth Cutler J. Cleveland is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Earth. Dr. Cleveland is currently a Professor in the Department of Geography and Environment at Boston University, with joint appointments in the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies and the Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer Range Future. He also is a Senior Fellow at the National Council for Science and the Environment in Washington D.C. Dr. Cleveland is als ... (Full Bio)
Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta (1745-1827), an Italian physicist, is known for his pioneering work in electricity. He investigated the "animal electricity" of Galvani, and found that the current was generated from the contact of dissimilar metals, and that the frog leg was only acting as a detector. Using this information, he constructed the first battery to produce electricity (1800). Volta's method of stacking round plates of copper and zinc separated by disks of cardboard moistened with salt solution was called a Voltaic pile. In honor of his work in the field of electricity, Napoleon made him a count in 1801. The electrical unit known as the volt was named in his honor.
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