Alessandro Volta

Also known as Alessandrino Volta, Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta

chimico e fisico italiano (1745-1827)

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Alessandro Volta was an Italian physicist, inventor, academic, and chemist born in Como in 1745. He worked at the University of Pavia and held the position of senator. His professional interests included physiology, and he wrote in Italian and Latin. Volta was a count and a Catholic who belonged to the Franciscans religious order. He had one child, Luigi Volta.

Volta received several honors, including the Copley Medal, the Knight of the Legion of Honour, the Order of the Iron Crown, and Fellowship in the Royal Society. He was a member of the Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL, the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, the French Academy of Sciences, and the Academy of Sciences of Turin. His notable works include *Description d'une machine nouvelle de dynamique* and *De vi attractiva ignis electrici*. He died in Como on March 5, 1827.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 1745
Died: 1827
Works: 68

Top works

[Collection of extracts from various journals, primarily articles by Volta on electricity.]
Description d'une machine nouvelle de dynamique
Aggiunte alle Opere e all'Epistolario
Opera. Scelta di scritti originali raccolti ed illustrati dal prof. Francesco Massardi. Publiati a cura della Associazione elettrotecnica italiana nel Io centenario della morte. Con... sei monografie riassuntive del contenuto del contenuto dei volumi dell; edizione Nazionale
Alexander Volta's Schriften über Elektricität und Galvanismus

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Instance of: human
Given name: Alessandro
Gender: male
Citizenship: Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia
Place of birth: Como
Place of death: Como
Child: Luigi Volta
Occupation: chemist
Position held: senator
Employer: University of Pavia
Languages spoken: Latin
Religion: Catholicism
Award: Order of the Iron Crown (Kingdom of Italy)
Noble title: count
Field of work: physiology
Image: Alessandro Volta.jpeg
Religious order: Franciscans

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member of: Royal Society
Commons category: Alessandro Volta
date of death: 1827-03-05
date of birth: 1745-02-18
topic's main category: Category:Alessandro Volta
Commons Creator page: Alessandro Volta
writing language: Italian
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Article · Italiano

Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta (Como, 18 febbraio 1745 – Como, 5 marzo 1827) è stato un chimico, fisico, inventore e accademico italiano, inventore del primo generatore elettrico mai realizzato, la pila, e scopritore del gas metano.

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