Alessandro Volta Collection

100th anniversary of the discovery of the voltaic column, 1899. Creator: Hohenstein, Adolfo (1854-1928)
100th anniversary of the discovery of the voltaic column, 1899. Private Collection

Un Guerrier électrisé, 1844. Creator: Honore Daumier
Un Guerrier electrise, 1844. An Electrified Warrior. Le Physicien: Tel est, messieurs, l'effet veritablement extraordinaire de la pile de Volta!'

Portrait of Alessandro Volta (1745-1827), ca 1820. Creator: Tardieu, Ambroise (1788-1841)
Portrait of Alessandro Volta (1745-1827), ca 1820. Private Collection

The 100th Anniversary of Voltas Discovery of the Electric Battery, 1898. Artist: Hohenstein, Adolfo (1854-1928)
The 100th Anniversary of Voltas Discovery of the Electric Battery, 1898. From a private collection

Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist, demonstrating his electric pile (battery), c1800 (c1870). Voltas (1745-1827) voltaic pile, an early form of battery, was the first source of current electricity

Voltaic battery (pile), 1887. A battery of the type invented by Italian physicist Alessandro Volta (1745-1827). It consists of a disc of zinc, a disc of copper, a disc of cloth moistened with acid

Alessandro Voltas wet pile battery, 1800
Alessandro Voltas wet pile or battery, 1800. Italian physicist Volta (1745-1827) was the inventor of the voltaic pile, an early battery and the first source of current electricity

Alessandro Volta (1745-1827) Italian physicist. On the table are two of his inventions, the Voltaic pile (wet battery) on the left, and the electrophorus

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