Alessandro Volta (1745-1827), demonstrating ?
Alessandro Volta (1745-1827), demonstrating his electricity generating apparatus to Napoleon, for which Napoleon made him a count. Volta's device is now called a voltaic pile, an early electric battery, which produced a steady electric current. 1810
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