Historical Figure
Alessandro Volta
1745–1827
Italian chemist and physicist (1745–1827)
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Key Dates
Birth
1745 February 18, 1745 →Biography
Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta was an Italian chemist and physicist who was a pioneer of electricity and power, and is credited as the inventor of the electric battery and the discoverer of methane. He invented the voltaic pile in 1799, and reported the results of his experiments in a two-part letter to the president of the Royal Society, which was published in 1800. With this invention, Volta proved that electricity could be generated chemically and debunked the prevalent theory that electricity was generated solely by living beings. Volta's invention sparked a great amount of scientific excitement and led others to conduct similar experiments, which eventually led to the development of the field of electrochemistry.
Timeline
Alessandro Volta informiert die Royal Society in London über eine von ihm erdachte Stromquelle, deren Prinzip als Voltasche Säule bekannt wird.
March 20 →tras una larga investigación, Alessandro Volta envía una carta a la Royal Society of London, dando a conocer su invento, la pila eléctrica.
March 17 →Alessandro Volta, anuncia el descubrimiento y funcionamiento de la primera pila eléctrica.
June 26 →More from the Enlightenment
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