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Subject: Alessandro Volta's surname
Author: Getb   (guest, 190.237.9.19)
Date: July 23, 2012 at 5:51:39 AM
Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Gerolamo Umberto Volta gives his name to the terms "volt" and "voltaic pile" but what gives meaning to his surname? Anyone knows?

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