Merchant, F. W. (Francis Walter), 1855-1937, Chant, Clarence Augustus, 1865-1956 · Toronto : Copp Clark · leaf 408
low-countryman,conceived that the electric cur-rent had its origin, not in thefrogs legs, but in the contact ofthe metals, and in a series of investigations he was led tothe invention of the voltaic cell. Volta divided conductors into twoclasses :—First, simple substancessuch as the metallic… … Alessandro Volta (1745-1827). Professorof Physios at the University of Pavia, Italy.Invented the voltaic cell.
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