• DocumentCode
    1461437
  • Title

    Ten founding fathers of the electrical science: IV. Alessandro volta

  • Author

    Dibner, Bern

  • Author_Institution
    Burndy Engineering Company, Inc., Norwalk, Conn.
  • Volume
    73
  • Issue
    7
  • fYear
    1954
  • fDate
    7/1/1954 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    600
  • Lastpage
    601
  • Abstract
    Alessandro Volta, a physicist whose experiments in contact-electricity led to the discovery of the voltaic cell and provided a practical source of continuous electric current, was responsible for the forward move that brought electricity from a plaything of the curious to a most important tool in the hands of mankind.
  • Keywords
    Batteries; Electricity; Electrostatics; Resins; Silver; Zinc;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electrical Engineering
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0095-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/EE.1954.6438863
  • Filename
    6438863
    • Link To Document
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