On this day in 1745, Italian Alessandro Volta was born ... Now it was a matter of skillfully publicizing his discovery. In 1800, Volta notified the Royal Society in London, but he chose French as the ...

Ever since Alessandro Volta created the first true version in 1800, the battery has been on a slow but steady rise to fame – powering revolution after revolution – literally. But, can this ...

This is one of the earliest electric batteries ever made. It was invented by Alessandro Volta in 1799 and consists of discs of two different metals, such as copper and zinc, separated by cardboard ...