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| The battery inventor Alessandro Volta on February 18. |
Alessandro Volta's 270th Birth Anniversary Celebrated With a Google Doodle
New Delhi: The latest Google Doodle pays tribute to the inventor of one of the most significant inventions till date. Google celebrates 270th birthday of the battery inventor Alessandro Volta on February 18.
A click on the doodle shows the battery charging and google lighting up simultaneously. Another click takes you to a Google search of Alessandro Volta's links about his life and works.
Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta, an Italian physicist invented battery in the 1800s. Born in Como, Volta grew to become a professor of physics at the Royal School in Como. His interest in electricity paved way to the invention of electrophorus, a device used to generate static electricity. He was also the first person to isolate methane which further led to the discovery that methane mixed with air could be exploded with an electric spark.
It was with respect to Volta's contribution to the electrical science that the unit of electrical potential came to be known as volt.
Apart from these inventions, Alessandro Volta was quite a traveler and was a master of many languages. His proficiency in Latin, French, German and English helped him in travelling across the whole of Europe.
In 1794, Volta married to an aristocratic lady and became a father to three sons.
In the honor of his works, Alessandro Volta's image was depicted on the Italian 10,000 lira note (no longer in circulation) with a sketch of his voltaic pile.
Volta died on March 5, 1827. A museum was later built in his memory which displayed some of the experimental equipment.
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