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No-one 'invented' volts. The name 'volt' was adopted by an international committee as the unit for potential and potential difference in honour of Allessadro Volta!
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No-one 'invented' the volt; it was named in honour of Alessadro Volta years after his death.
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What year volt was invented?
The volt was never truely invented, per say, but it was defined and named (after Alessandro Volta) in 1881
How is Alessandro volta's name linked to electricity?
He invented the battery and and the term volt was named after him.
How you convert 60 volt dc to 3.5 volt dc?
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Can you wire a 347 volt ballast to a 120 volt fixture?
Yes, but it will not work.
How many amps are in 40 volt amps?
Multiply the vots by the amps to find the volt-amps. Or divide the volt-amps by the voltage to find the amps.
Who invented the battery in 1700s?
Volt....Alessandro Volt
What year volt was invented?
The volt was never truely invented, per say, but it was defined and named (after Alessandro Volta) in 1881
How is the name Alessandro Volta related to the word volt?
Because Alessandro Volta invented the word volt to measure electricity
How did the word Volt come into the language?
The term "volt" was named after the Italian physicist Alessandro Volta who invented the electric battery in the late 18th century. The name was chosen to honor his contributions to the field of electricity.
The volt which measures the strength of an electric current is named after which Italian scientist?
The Italian scientist who invented the volt was Alessandro Volta
How is Alessandro volta's name linked to electricity?
He invented the battery and and the term volt was named after him.
Units of voltage?
Voltage (V)AnswerThere is no base unit for voltage. The volt is a derived unit.
Who invented voltage?
The volt is named for Count Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta, an Italian physicist who invented the first electric cell in 1800.duplicate
Where did the word volt come about?
Volt is the SI word chosen for the unit of electromotive force. It is named for the Italian physicist Allesandro Volta who invented the voltaic pile, possibly the first chemical battery.
Who does the word volt come from?
The volt is named in honor of the Lombard physicist Alessandro Volta (1745–1827), who invented the voltaic pile, possibly the first chemical battery. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandro_Volta#Honors
When was the Volt Meter invented?
Voltmeters were made possible by an 1819 discovery by Hans Oersted. The first voltmeter were made soon after that.
How did we get the word ''volt'' as a measure of how strong a battery is?
The name comes from Alessandro Volta, an Italian man who invented the electric pile (battery) in the 1800s. Since Volt comes from someone's name, it is capitalized, and so is its abbreviation, "V".
