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Thursday, January 4, 2007
Count Alessandro Volta (1745-1827)
Count Alessandro Volta, an Italian physicist is known for his pioneering work in electricity. He made the first electric battery, called the voltaic pile. Among his many other contributions to science was the invention of the device known as the electrophorus which produced static charges. Napolean made Volta a Count in honour of his work. Volt, the unit of electric voltage, is named after him.
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