Google has chosen to celebrate this February 18 the birth of Alessandro Volta, born there are exactly 270 years. The banner of the search engine's homepage has thus transformed for the occasion into a battery, the invention of the most prominent Italian scientist.
The interactive, inspired by "steampunk" or retro-futuristic, exposes us to the principle of the first stack is a copper disk stack, zinc and salt water soaked tissue, creating a redox reaction.
In early 1800, the physicist has his "voltaic pile". The scientific community, a year later, attributes the name of the Volt electric voltage unit, in honor of a native of Como. His discovery also earned him the respect of Napoleon Bonaparte he attributes pricing and reward him, and a title of count.
Alessandro Volta died March 5, 1827 in his hometown, where a was erected on the banks of Lake Como to celebrate his work and discoveries.
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