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ritratto di volta

Alessandro Volta







Como 18.February.1745-Como 5.March.1827

1800 Battery electrical
  

 





     


     
Inventor of the battery,    introduced invention 20 October 1800 to Paris, with this member will be had   a great acceleration for the searches and discoveries in the electric field. In International System of measure it has been adopted its last name for the unit of measure of the tension;  Volt     (from this it is specified that the plural of volt in all the languages remains; Volt).