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Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta was a man of many scientific interests. He was considered a physicist, a chemist, and a pioneer | |||
of the study of electricity and power. Volta was born in 1745 in Como, Italy and died in 1827. In 1774, he started his career as a physics | |||
professor at the Royal School in Como. | |||
By studying electricity on the side, Volta had improved and popularized a device called the Electrophorus, which is a simple capacitive | |||
generator that produces electrostatic charge through electrostatic induction. In simple terms, this device generated static electricity. | |||
Volta continued to study and experiment with atmospheric electricity, and in 1776, he discovered and found ways to isolate methane gas in the atmosphere. | |||
in 1779, Volta was appointed the chair of physics at the University of Pavia. | |||
==The Main Idea== | ==The Main Idea== | ||
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Alessandro Volta was an Italian scientist who invented the first battery that produced a steady current.
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Early Life and Works
Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta was a man of many scientific interests. He was considered a physicist, a chemist, and a pioneer of the study of electricity and power. Volta was born in 1745 in Como, Italy and died in 1827. In 1774, he started his career as a physics professor at the Royal School in Como.
By studying electricity on the side, Volta had improved and popularized a device called the Electrophorus, which is a simple capacitive generator that produces electrostatic charge through electrostatic induction. In simple terms, this device generated static electricity. Volta continued to study and experiment with atmospheric electricity, and in 1776, he discovered and found ways to isolate methane gas in the atmosphere. in 1779, Volta was appointed the chair of physics at the University of Pavia.
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