Happy Birthday - Alessandro Volta

270 years old today! The inventor of the electric battery and the first man to light a fart!

Happy birthday! At 270 I think it's safe to say he's fully discharged by now.

A nice Italian name!! I may be related! lol!

How many "VOLTS" was Mr. "Volta's" First battery! :laughing:

as an electrical engineer, it is nice to recognize and remember those who laid the foundation for my life's work. Honestly, despite working with some amazing technology, the fundamentals of it are still remarkable. I was in a discussion of the relationship between the electric field strength and distance from the radiating antenna, the difference between far field behavior and near field behavior, how the power changes from being primarily electric field near the antenna to being balanced between the electric field and magnetic field as you move to the far field.... just amazing.

I still have a hard time getting my mind around how that energy changes from being entirely electric field near the field to being balance between electric and magnetic field, and the fact that this holds true in a vacuum where there is no current flowing. I guess this is why I'm not a physicist.

Congrats to Mr. Volta and the others who worked to grapple with the basics of electricity. You've contributed to some huge changes in the lives of mankind.

Capolini said:

A nice Italian name!!

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I shortened his name for brevity. The whole thing is Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta.

donn_ said:

I shortened his name for brevity. The whole thing is Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta.

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Yes,I saw that on Wikipedia. They mentioned that "Volt" was derived from his name.