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  • Alessandro Volta, an Italian physicist and inventor of the electric battery
  • Volta Prize, an award established by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1801–1802, and awarded by the French government for scientific achievement in electricity. Named after physicist Alessandro Volta.
  • Volta Conference an interwar cycle of cultural meetings, named after physicist Alessandro Volta.

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