ALESSANDRO VOLTA (1745-1827)
The first electric battery was invented by the Italian Scientist Allessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio count Volta, who built a simple battery which was called a Voltaic Pile in 1800. The Volt a standard measure of electric force, comes from his name.
Volta was born in “Como” a beautiful city in Italy in a poor family. He could study with the help of his relatives who were in high post in the church. Volta was appointed a teacher in a high school after his education. While he was in high school he invented the electrophorus a device to generate static electricity. He was invited to establish physics department in Pavia university. There he had the opportunity to conduct experiments. He studied how Galvani, an Italian anatomist. Pioneered the study of the relationship between living organisms and electricity. Galvani had discovered that a muscle could be made to contract even without subjecting it to electric charge. This he had named animal electricity. Volta didn’t believe it. He made his own experiments and sent a report to the Royal society. This was named Voltaic Pile.
Volta’s battery worked on the principle that, if a plate of copper and a plate of Zinc are placed in a bath of sulphuric acid, an electric current will be created and will flow from the copper to the Zinc. Many scientists conducted experiments using Voltaic cell. The results were (a) Water was divided electrolytically into hydrogen and oxygen (b) Invention of metals sodium and potassium and (c) Experiments on magnets.
Volta received several honours. He was invited to give a lecture at Paris institute. Napoleon, the King presided.
He was selected as senator. The king of Austria nominated him the Director, studies in philosophy, Padua. Volta died in his native como. A statue of him was erected at Como.
Volta was born in “Como” a beautiful city in Italy in a poor family. He could study with the help of his relatives who were in high post in the church. Volta was appointed a teacher in a high school after his education. While he was in high school he invented the electrophorus a device to generate static electricity. He was invited to establish physics department in Pavia university. There he had the opportunity to conduct experiments. He studied how Galvani, an Italian anatomist. Pioneered the study of the relationship between living organisms and electricity. Galvani had discovered that a muscle could be made to contract even without subjecting it to electric charge. This he had named animal electricity. Volta didn’t believe it. He made his own experiments and sent a report to the Royal society. This was named Voltaic Pile.
Volta’s battery worked on the principle that, if a plate of copper and a plate of Zinc are placed in a bath of sulphuric acid, an electric current will be created and will flow from the copper to the Zinc. Many scientists conducted experiments using Voltaic cell. The results were (a) Water was divided electrolytically into hydrogen and oxygen (b) Invention of metals sodium and potassium and (c) Experiments on magnets.
Volta received several honours. He was invited to give a lecture at Paris institute. Napoleon, the King presided.
He was selected as senator. The king of Austria nominated him the Director, studies in philosophy, Padua. Volta died in his native como. A statue of him was erected at Como.
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