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"History of Conte Alessandro Volta"

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Today is Conte Alessandro Volta 270th Birthday....

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Little introduction of this great Legend:

Conte Alessandro Volta, in full Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta (born February 18, 1745, Como, Lombardy [Italy]—died March 5, 1827, Como), Italian physicist whose invention of the electric battery provided the first source of continuous current.

In 1775 Volta’s interest in electricity led him to invent the electrophorus, a device used to generate static electricity. He became professor of physics at the Royal School of Como in 1774 and discovered and isolated methane gas in 1778. One year later he was appointed to the chair of physics at the University of Pavia.

In 1780 Volta’s friend Luigi Galvani discovered that contact of two different metals with the muscle of a frog resulted in the generation of an electric current. Volta began experimenting in 1794 with metals alone and found that animal tissue was not needed to produce a current. This finding provoked much controversy between the animal-electricity adherents and the metallic-electricity advocates, but, with his demonstration of the first electric battery in 1800, victory was assured for Volta. In 1801 in Paris, he gave a demonstration of his battery’s generation of electric current before Napoleon, who made Volta a count and senator of the kingdom of Lombardy. The emperor of Austria made him director of the philosophical faculty at the University of Padua in 1815. The volt, a unit of the electromotive force that drives current, was named in his honour in 1881.

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Conte Alessandro Volta

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@paki very resourceful ....very nice......bahut acche article bhaii

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Physics mai "VOLT" unit name suna hoga... @Nnesha oos k baani hain yeh....

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@iambatman

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offline ^

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V = P/I :).......very informative :) yeh toh tumareh elake ka hain :p

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandro_Volta

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Who would've thought that the muscle of a frog would help create an electric current?
Very interesting. @paki

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Nice work Paki! As usual my history rival our shines me. I need to step up and write a book on Constantine. xD

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@inowalst you know "Electric eel".....?

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Yes.

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@Joel_the_boss i will provide the stuff... lets go... :)

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thanks @paki

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@Joel_the_boss :o You write a book on Constantine and I'll read it to the last page.

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Very cool!

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"The electric eel (Electrophorus electricus) is an electric fish, and the only species in its genus. It is capable of generating powerful electric shocks of up to 860 volts, which it uses for hunting, self-defense and communicating with fellow eels. It is an apex predator in its South American range despite living in an environment rich in predators such as humans, dogs, caimans, jaguars, giant otters, giant snakes, and birds of prey that kill fish of similar size of the electric eel as prey. Despite its name, it is not an eel, but rather a knifefish."

source wikipedia... @inowalst nice :) we will

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@paki TBH he would be so hard to cover, not only did he have a ruff child hood but his adult life wasn't the shortest and simplest... Estimated pages 50-250 xD Maybe a short biography instead. Hows that sound? lol

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i think it should be between 250-500.... @Joel_the_boss then it will be perfect one...

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xD That's my point we both would never finish. Hmm... how about we do a small summary of who he was, what he did, why he did what he did, when he did what he did, life accomplishments, etc.

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good idea...

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@paki do you think you could help me with another question please?

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@paki 860 volts? o.o That's insane.

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yeah.... @inowalst

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LOLOL @SyedMohammed98 what do you mean??

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bilal bhee italy mai rehteh hain iss lyeh...

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lol something wrong ??

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Good Job @paki

*Remember to cite your sources though ;) *

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hmmm kkk.... @TheSmartOne

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;)

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Nice job.