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Alessandro Volta: Pioneer of the Battery by Millie is a document available to read on EtoBox.
Alessandro Volta was an Italian physicist born in 1745 who invented the first battery, called the Voltaic Pile, which allowed for a continuous flow of electricity. Despite his parents wanting him to pursue law and teachers advising a priesthood, Volta had a natural talent for physics. He became a professor of physics in 1774 and later discovered methane in 1776. The Voltaic Pile consisted of stacked disks of zinc, silver or copper, and pewter that produced a steady current when connected by a wire, revoluti
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- Millie
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