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Also Known As Conte Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta
Born February 18, 1745 • Como • Italy
Died March 5, 1827 (aged 82) • Como • Italy
Awards And Honors Copley Medal (1794)
Inventions battery • voltaic pile

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Engraving illustrating Alessandro Volta's voltaic pile, with stacked metal discs connected by wires to cups of liquid.
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