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Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta,Italian physicist, was born on the 18th of February inCamnago, near Como,Lombardy,Italy and lived with his parents Flippo and Maddalena.
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Alessandro Volta was born on the 18th of february,1745
And he died on the 15th of march in 1827 -
In 1769, Alessandro published his first paper, which attracted attention and helped to secure him for his first public appointment, professor of physics in Como [1774] a position which was held until 1779, when he was elected for chair of natural philosophy in the universidy of Pavia.
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In 1774, Alessandro Volta became Professor of Physics at the Royal school in Como. While at the Royal school, Alessandro designed his first invention the electrophorus. The electrophorus was a device that produced static electricity and was charged by being rubbed. For years he studied and experimented with atmospheric electricity by igniting static sparks.
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In 1776, while visiting local swamps, Alessandro discovered swamp gas, which is used to light lanterns.
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In 1778, Alessandro became a well known scientific person and was appointed Professor of Physics at the university of Pavia. That was a position he held fo forty years.
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In 1782 Alessandro visited the principal seats of learning in France, Holland, Germany and England. He also meet many of the representative men of the day.
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In 1794, Alessandro Volta married Teresa Peregrini,daughter of Count Peregrini. Teresa and Alessandro raised three children, Giovanni, Flaminio and Zanino.
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In 1797, Alessandro realized that the frogs legs served as both a conductor of electricity and as a detector of electricity. He replaced the frogs leg with brine-soaked paper, and detected the flow of electricity by other means familiar to him from his previous studies.
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In the 1800's Alessandro Volta developed the Voltaic pile, a forerunner of the electric battery and also discovered the first practical method of generating electricity.
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In 1818, Alessandro retired returning to the family estate in Camnago, near Como.
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Alessandro Volta passed away on the 5th of March 1827 in Comnago, near Como,Lombardy,Italy at the age of 82.He was also buried there.
