Alessandro Volta
1745 – 1827 · Italy · Physics, Chemistry
Built the first battery; the volt is his.
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Inherited from1
- Benjamin Franklin
1706 – 1790 · Physics, Literature
Volta's electrostatic work begins from Franklin's experiments on charge and the Leyden jar.
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- Michael Faraday
1791 – 1867 · Physics, Chemistry
The voltaic pile gave Faraday the steady current his electrochemistry required.
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