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Did you know? Alessandro Volta built the first real battery in 1800 — a stack of alternating zinc and copper discs with salt-water cloths between them. The "voltaic pile" produced steady electric current for the first time. The volt is named after him.

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Alessandro Volta built the first real battery in 1800 — a stack of alternating zinc and copper discs with salt-water cloths between them. The "voltaic pile" produced steady electric current for the first time. The volt is named after him.

Alessandro Volta bouwde in 1800 de eerste echte batterij — een stapel afwisselende zink- en koperschijven met zout-water-doekjes ertussen. De "voltaïsche zuil" maakte voor het eerst constante elektrische stroom mogelijk. Volt is naar hem genoemd.

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