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Volta, Alessandrino
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Italian physicist, born at Como; professor of Physics at Pavia; made electrical discoveries which laid the foundation of what is called after him voltaic electricity; volt, the unit of electric motive force, being a term among sundry others in electric science similarly derived (1745-1827).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Volta, Alessandrino'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/v/volta-alessandrino.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.