ALESSANDRO VOLTA

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ALESSANDRO VOLTA

• a brief biographical sketch by
• Carl J. Wenning

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Count Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta

• Italian physicist
• Born Como, Lombardy, February 18, 1745
• Died Como, March 5, 1827

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Most notable accomplishment

• Invented electrophorus replacing Leyden jar
• Discovered the wet cell (first using animal
  tissue, later salt soln)
• Created the voltaic pile (the first wet-cell
  battery)