“ALESSANDRO VOLTA” Biography

“Alessandro Volta” was an Italian physicist and inventor of electric battery. He was born in Como, of Milan, on 18 February, 1745. His father’s name was Filippo Volta and mother name was Donna Maddalena. Child he did not display much Intelligence and did not start peking until he was four years old.

He received his early education at the royal seminary in como in 1774 Volta began his career in the field of Physics by teaching the subject at the Royal School of Como. During the year he studied atmospheric electricity and conducted experiments in fields of electrochemistry electromagnetism and electrophysiology in 1775, he pioneered the electroporous, a device that produced a static electric charge. This was a device that would be charged with electricity only bye rubbing and this charge could be transferred to other object between 1776 and 1778 Volta worked in the realm of gases and discovered methane gas in the nature environment which he was able to isolate by the end of this period. In 1880, he invented Volatile the first elected battery. This battery was actually a pile of alternating disc of Copper and zinc, separated by pieces of cardboard soaked in a brine that had tha ability to maintain steady electric current. He also developed the law of capacitance and theorized the law of bimetallic contact. One of the major published works of this ingenious scientist, was “De vi attractive ignis electrici”, on 1769, it was based on his extensive research on attractive force present in the electric fire. He is also regarded as the father of the electric automobile in 1791 he was made a fellow of the Royal Society of London for his groundbreaking work and physics at specially development of electroscope. He married Terasa Peregrini, in 1794, at the age of 48. The couple had three sons in 1794 he was awarded the Copley medal by the Royal Society of London for development of Voltas law of the electrochemical series. In 1801 he was honoured with the title of “Count”, by Napolean Bonaparte after he demonstrated the functionality of his battery to him. He died in Como, Lombardy-Venetia, on 5 March, 1826, at the age of 82.