Alessandro Volta: References & Edit History
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anniversary information added. | Mar 01, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Feb 14, 2026 | ||
| Modified link of Web site: Linda Hall Library - Scientist of the Day - Alessandro Volta. | Sep 26, 2025 | ||
| Article assemblies revised and spellings updated. | Feb 18, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Feb 12, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Electricity and Life. Volta's Path to the Battery (PDF). | Feb 01, 2025 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 15, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: American Physical Society - March 20, 1800: Volta describes the Electric Battery. | Nov 21, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Pubmed Central - Alessandro Volta. | Sep 25, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: History Computer - Alessandro Volta οΏ½ Biography, History and Inventions. | Dec 15, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Magnet Academy - Alessandro Volta. | May 07, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Linda Hall Library - Scientist of the Day - Alessandro Volta. | May 07, 2022 | ||
| Added material about Galvani's experiments. | Jan 21, 2021 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Mar 07, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Lemelson-MIT Program - Biography of Alessandro Volta. | Feb 28, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Facts about Famous People - Alessandro Volta Facts and Biography. | Feb 28, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Famous Scientists - Biography of Alessandro Volta. | Apr 18, 2017 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Mar 20, 2017 | ||
| Added images of Volta with his battery. | Mar 20, 2017 | ||
| Replaced photograph. | May 13, 2015 | ||
| Article thoroughly revised. | Feb 18, 2015 | ||
| Added illustration of Alessandro Volta's wet pile from his paper in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. | Feb 03, 2012 | ||
| Added new Web site: Enchanted Learning - Biography of Alessandro Volta. | Apr 12, 2009 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | May 04, 1999 |
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