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We have Alessandro Volta to thank!
Today (18th February) would be the birthday of Italian Physicist Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta born in 1745 (died 1827)It was Volta in 1799 who invented the first battery - proving for the first time that electricity could be generated chemically. He was much acclaimed throughout his life, and became chair of experimental physics at the University of Pavia for nearly 40 years and was a great friend of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte.In his honour, the unit of el
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18th Feb 2015