Volta Gallery

Alessandro (Alexandre) Volta (1745-1827) presented in 1801 to consul Napoleon Bonaparte

LRI4632304 Alessandro (Alexandre) Volta (1745-1827) presented in 1801 to consul Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) at the Institut national de France the results of his experiments which enabled him to invent the electric battery Derriere Napoleon, by the French scientists of the academy of Sciences. Fresco by Gaspero Martellini (1785-1857) after a cardboard Nicola Cianfanelli (1793 -1848) Florence, Tribuna Galileiana Museum of Physics and Natural Sciences by Cianfanelli, Nicola (1793-1848); Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza, Florence, Italy; (add.info.: Alessandro (Alexandre) Volta (1745-1827) presented in 1801 to consul Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) at the Institut national de France the results of his experiments which enabled him to invent the electric battery Derriere Napoleon, by the French scientists of the academy of Sciences. Fresco by Gaspero Martellini (1785-1857) after a cardboard Nicola Cianfanelli (1793 -1848) Florence, Tribuna Galileiana Museum of Physics and Natural Sciences); Luisa Ricciarini; Italian, out of copyright

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Portraits of scientists Georges Cuvier (1764-1832), Alessandro (Alexandre

XEE4136702 Portraits of scientists Georges Cuvier (1764-1832), Alessandro (Alexandre) Volta (1745-1827), Alexander Von Humboldt (Alexandre de Humboldt, 1769-1859), Sir William Herschel (1738-1822) and Robert Fulton (1765-1815). Engraving from 1856 in " Le Musee Des Sciences" by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Portraits of scientists Georges Cuvier (1764-1832), Alessandro (Alexandre) Volta (1745-1827), Alexander Von Humboldt (Alexandre de Humboldt, 1769-1859), Sir William Herschel (1738-1822) and Robert Fulton (1765-1815). Engraving from 1856 in " Le Musee Des Sciences"); Stefano Bianchetti; out of copyright

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Pile de Alessandro (Alexandre) Volta (1745-1827), Italian physicist

JLJ4581843 Pile de Alessandro (Alexandre) Volta (1745-1827), Italian physicist, inventor of the electric battery. 19th century Paris, Conservatoire national des arts et metiers by Volta, Alessandro (1745-1827); CNAM, Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers, Paris; (add.info.: Pile de Alessandro (Alexandre) Volta (1745-1827), Italian physicist, inventor of the electric battery. 19th century Paris, Conservatoire national des arts et metiers); Photo A© Photo Josse; Italian, out of copyright

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