Volta's impact on Today

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It is no exaggeration to say that the world of electricity, and according to Einstein, all modern inventions, originated from the innovations of Volta. [CHECK REF!!!]

The invention of Voltaic pile and the enormous possibilities opened up for practical applications of compound electromotor circuits had a profound impact on the way we perceived the world at that time, as was later well described by G. Cantoni[1], recalling Volta’s feasts: “...the earth was now seen as an unfailing source, and now as an endless shelter of the electric substance; and often some of the bodies, under certain conditions, had to accommodate or provide it in very large amounts. ...” Maloberti2016.

  1. Giovanni Cantoni, former Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences and chair of Experimental Physics, University of Pavia, Italy ↩︎