People · researcher
Alessandro Volta
1745–1827 · Physics
- Lifespan
- 1745–1827
- Field
- Physics
- Known For
- The voltaic pile of 1800: zinc, copper and brine in a stack, and the first source of continuous electric current. The volt is his.
- Nationality
- Italian
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