ALESSANDRO See also:

• VOLTA
• ALESSANDRO VOLTA (1745-1827)

VOLTA (1745-1827)  , See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian physicist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• COMO (anc. Comum)
• COMO, LAKE OF (the Lacus Larius of the Romans, and so sometimes called LARIO to the present day, though in the 4th century it is already termed Lacus Comacinus)

Como on the 18th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1745 . He is celebrated as a See also:

• PIONEER

pioneer of See also:

• ELECTRICAL
• ELECTRICAL (or ELECTROSTATIC) MACHINE

electrical See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science, after whom the " volt " is named . In 1774 he was appointed See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of physics in the gymnasium of Como, and in 1777 he travelled through Switzer-See also:

• LAND

land, where he formed an intimate friendship with H . B. de See also:

• SAUSSURE, HORACE BENEDICT DE (1740-1799)
• SAUSSURE, NICOLAS THEODORE DE (1767-1845)

Saussure . In 1779 a See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair of physics was founded in See also:

• PAVIA (anc. Ticinum, q.v.)

Pavia, and See also:

• VOLTA
• VOLTA, ALESSANDRO (1745-1827)

Volta was chosen to occupy it . In 1782 he journeyed through See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, See also:

• HOLLAND
• HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
• HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
• HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
• HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
• HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
• HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
• HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART

Holland and See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, and became acquainted with many scientific celebrities . In 1791 he received the See also:

• COPLEY, JOHN SINGLETON (1737—1815)

Copley See also:

• MEDAL (Fr. medaille, from Lat. metallum)

medal of the Royal Society . In 18o1 See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon called him to See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, to show his experiments on contact See also:

• ELECTRICITY

electricity, and a medal was struck in his See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour . He was made a senator of the See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom of See also:

• LOMBARDY

Lombardy . In r815 the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor of See also:

• AUSTRIA
• AUSTRIA, LOWER (Ger. Niederosterreich or Osterreich unter der Enns, " Austria below the river Enns ")
• AUSTRIA, UPPER (Ger. Oberosterreich or Osterreich ob der Enns, " Austria above the river Enns ")

Austria made him director of the philosophical See also:

• FACULTY (through the French, from the Lat. facultas, ability to do anything, from facilis, easy, facere, to do; another form of the word in Lat. facilitas, facility, ease, keeps the original meaning)

faculty of See also:

• PADUA (Lat. Patavium ; Ital. Padova)

Padua . In 1819 he retired and settled in his native See also:

• TOWN

town, where he died on the 5th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1827 . For Volta's electrical See also:

• WORK

work, and his See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in the See also:

• HISTORY

history of See also:

• DISCOVERY

discovery (see ELECTRICITY; also See also:

• VOLTMETER

VOLTMETER) .