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IMAGO International History, Archive, Great Inventors, Alessandro Volta 1745–1827

Jun 23, 2026

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  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Wood engraving of Alessandro Volta (1745?1827) demonstrating his electric pile (battery) in Paris, c1870. Alessandro Volta (1745-1827) Italian physicist, demonstrating his electric pile (battery). Wood engraving, Paris, c1870. Editorial use only. All other uses to be cleared with the copyright owner (World History Archive), in advance., WHA_008_0904.jpg, Alessandro Volta; Italian physicist; electric pile; battery; wood engraving; Paris; 1870; scientist; inventor; electricity; historical; demonstration; technology; innovation; experiment; discovery; famous; portrait; vintage; black and white; European; 19th century; scientific instrument; Alessandro Volta portrait; Italian scientist; electric battery; historical figure Copyright: xx
  • Volta demonstrating his voltaic pile before First Consul (Napoleon Bonaparte) - 2 decembre 1801 : le physicien italien Alexandre (Alessandro) Volta (1745-1827) presente le fonctionnement de la pile electrique devant les membres de l Academie des sciences, a Paris. Parmi eux, Bonaparte, alors Premier Consul. RECORD DATE NOT STATED *** Volta demonstrating his voltaic pile before First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte December 2, 1801 the Italian physicist Alexandre Alessandro Volta 1745 1827 presented the functioning of the electric pile before the members of the Academie des sciences, in Paris Among them, Bonaparte, then First Consul RECORD DATE NOT STATED Copyright: x Darchivio opale.photox !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Un Guerrier ?lectris?, 1844. An Electrified Warrior. Le Physicien: Tel est, messieurs, l ?ffet veritablement extraordinaire de la pile de Volta! . Le Pioupiou: Ah, nom d Abd-el Kader! plus souvent que je m exposerai une autrefois a recevoir une pareille pile! . An enthusiastic physicist gives a public demonstration of Volta s discoveries while a uniformed soldier expresses alarm. The Physicist: This, gentlemen, is the truly extraordinary effect of the Volta battery! . Le Pioupiou: Ah, by Abd-el Kader! do I have to expose myself again to such a battery! . From Les Plaisirs des Champs-Elys?es. Copyright:xHeritagexArt HeritagexImagesxHonorexDaumierx IMAGO, ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:HeritagexArt HeritagexImagesxHonorexDaumierx IMAGO
  • The wonders of science The Italian physicist Alessandro Volta reading his conclusions on the electrical pile (voltaic pile) before the Académie des Sciences in Paris, in the presence of the First Consul Bonaparte, on 18 November 1800. Illustration from Les Merveilles de la science ou description populaire des inventions modernes written by Louis Figuier and published in 1867 by Furne, Jouvet et Cie. Copyright: xPhoto12x COM23A01058 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • The wonders of science Hallé and Alexander von Humboldt repeating the experiments of Italian physicists Luigi Galvani and Alessandro Volta on the contraction of a muscle stimulated by an electric current. 19th century Illustration from Les Merveilles de la science ou description populaire des inventions modernes written by Louis Figuier and published in 1867 by Furne, Jouvet et Cie. Copyright: xPhoto12x COM23A01054 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Vintage illustrations of Cell, Voltaic., A galvanic cell or voltaic cell, named after the scientists Luigi Galvani and Alessandro Volta, respectively, is an electrochemical cell in which an electric current is generated from spontaneous reactions.
  • Volta Italian physicist on 10000 lire banknote, Alessandro volta Italian physicist on 10000 lire banknote
  • Alessandro Volta, Alessandro Volta (1745 - 1827) was an Italian physicist known especially for the invention of the battery in 1800. Sketch from an 100 years old encyclopedia book.
  • COUNT ALESSANDRO VOLTA (1745-1827). Italian physicist. Volta demonstrating his electric battery before First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte (right), at the Institut de France in Paris, November 1801. Lithograph, 19th century, after a painting by François Constant Mès. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0353609
  • COUNT ALESSANDRO VOLTA (1745-1827). Italian physicist. Line engraving, early 19th century, by Giovita Garavaglia. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0071898
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Portrait of Alessandro Volta (1745-1827) , ca 1820. Creator: Tardieu, Ambroise (1788-1841). Copyright:x?xFinexArtxImages HeritagexImagesx IMAGO ,2717769 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:?xFinexArtxImages HeritagexImagesx IMAGO
  • Memorabilia of Italian physicist and chemist Alessandro Volta, University of Pavia, Italy 1962
  • Portray of Italian physicist and chemist Alessandro Volta, Pavia, Italy
  • Count Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta. Lithograph by G. Galli, 1827, after L. Sabatelli.
  • Engraving depicting Alessandro Volta s pile: the first electric battery made up of discs of zinc, copper, cloth moistened with acid, zinc, and so on. WorldxHistoryxArchive 917_05_WHA_144_0273
  • Engraving depicting Alessandro Volta s electrophorus WorldxHistoryxArchive 917_36_WHA_144_0093
  • ELECTRICITE Appareils de volta. N°1 et 2 : canne avec sa pointe pour reconnaitre la presence de l electricite dans l atmosphere. 3 : electrometre a paille 4 : condensateur 5 : pistolet de Volta 6 : pile a couronne 7 : pile a colonne . Illustration tiree de la revue La Nature du 10 septembre 1881. Credit : Collection KHARBINE-TAPABOR. *** ELECTRICITY Volta devices N°1 and 2 cane with its tip to recognize the presence of electricity in the atmosphere 3 straw electrometer 4 capacitor 5 Volta gun 6 crown battery 7 column battery Illustration from the magazine La Nature of September 10, 1881 Credit Collection KHARBINE TAPABOR KH244207
  • VOLTA (1745-1827) et sa pile VOLTAIQUE VOLTA (1745-1827) et sa pile VOLTAIQUE, 18eme siecle . Chromo fin 19eme. petites images enfantines souvent publicitaires. Credit COllection GROB KHARBINE TAPABOR *** VOLTA 1745 1827 and its battery VOLTA 1745 1827 and its battery VOLTAIQUE VOLTA 1745 1827 and its battery VOLTAIQUE, 18th century Chromo late 19th century small childish pictures often advertising Credit COllection GROB KHARBINE TAPABOR KH184237
  • VOLTA Alexandre VOLTA (1745-1827) demontrant son electro-moteur, ou pile electrique . Illustration anonyme pour une chromo publicitaire Liebig vers 1900. Credit : Collection KHARBINE-TAPABOR. *** VOLTA Alexandre VOLTA 1745 1827 demonstrating his electro motor, or electric battery Anonymous illustration for an advertising chromo Liebig around 1900 Credit Collection KHARBINE TAPABOR KH171955
  • VOLTA La pile de VOLTA presentee a Napoleon Bonaparte en 1800. Credit: Collection KHARBINE-TAPABOR. *** VOLTA The pile of VOLTA presented to Napoleon Bonaparte in 1800 Credit Collection KHARBINE TAPABOR KH36704
  • Alessandro Volta Reads Before the Academy of Science His Memoir of the Battery in the Presence of the First Consul Bonaparte (18 November 1800) Copyright: LC041010_0274
  • VOLTA, Alessandro, Count (As 1745-Como, 1827) Italian physicist. Nineteenth-century engraving. Copyright: xFredericoxTarresx xDanitaxDelimont HI13 PRI0352
  • Alessandro Volta (1725-1827) Italian physicist, demonstrating his pile (battery) to Napleon. From Le Petit Journal , Paris, 1901. WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchives0390000289