Volta Collection

Electricity / Voltaic Pile
VOLTAIC PILE The first workable device for generating a consistent flow of electricity, invented in 1799 by Alessandro Volta

Ancient Etruscan wedding ceremony. The bride and groom hold each others hands in front of doors which are only opened after the ceremony has ended

Volta Tower, Finedon, Northamptonshire - folly
Volta Tower, Finedon, Northamptonshire, folly built in 1865 collapsed in 1951 - Thomas E. Pope photo postcard c. 1910 Date: circa 1910

Volta (X62)
Marine Nationale Francaise - Volta (X62), a Mogador-class destroyer. Scuttled at Toulon on 27 November 1942. (Marine Nationale Francaise - French Navy) Date: circa 1940

Senufo mask (Burkina Fasso). It combines features of animals and humans. Senufo masks have the power to help communication between the living and their dead ancestors. African art. Decorative Arts

Electrical machine, Voltaic pile, Leyden jar
Electrical machine 1, Voltaic pile 2, Leyden jar 3, and electrical stool 4. Physique: machine electrique, pistolet de Volta, bouteille de Leyde, tabouret electrique

VOLTA AT ACAD. SCIENCES
Alessandro Volta presents a paper on his battery to the Academie des Sciences at Paris, in the presence of the First Consul, Napoleon Bonaparte Date: 18 November 1800

VOLTA
Volta constructs his first pile electrique Date: December 1799

Voltaic pile by alessandro Volta. Colored engraving
Voltaic pile invented by the italian physicist Alessandro Volta (1745-1827). Colored engraving

Volta, Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio (1745-1827). Italian physicist known for the invention of the battery in the 1800s. Oil

Burkina Faso (Upper Volta) Toucouleurs (Fula) Woman
A Fula (Toucouleurs) Woman from Bukina Faso (Upper Volta), a landlocked country in West Africa. Date: circa 1920s

Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta (1745-1827). Italian physicist known for the invention of the battery in the 1800s. Statue. University of Pavia. Italy

Burkina Faso - Upper Volta, Africa - Samo Dancer
Southern Burkina Faso - Upper Volta, Africa - Dancer of the Samo people. He appears to be playing some form of bowed musical instrument? Date: circa 1910s

Volta (Card)
ALESSANDRO VOLTA Italian scientist, notable for his invention of the voltaic pile - the first electric battery

Cooke / Wheatstone Telegr
The discovery of current by Volta in 1800 and the electro- magnet in 1824, led to the invention of the magnetic telegraph. This is Cooke and Wheatstones 5-needle machine. Date: 1837

1848 / Attack on Volta
A night attack on the Volta Date: 1848

Food container destined for tribal chief. Mossi art (Burkina Fasso). African art. Ceramics. Private Collection. Proc: BURKINA FASO

BURKINA FASO. HOUET. Bobo Dioulasso. Mosque

Como, Volta Monument, Lake Como, Italy. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Bukina Faso, Africa - King of the Mossi
Bukina Faso, Africa - The Moro (Mogho) Naba, King of the Mossi in Ougadougou. The Mossi are an ethnic group making up half of Burkina Fasos 15 million population. 1926

Panoramic view of Cape Coast Castle, 1874
Panoramic view of Cape Coast Castle, headquarters and garrison of the British on the Gold Coast, West Africa. It has been sketched from the bridge of the steam ship Volta ans shows the coastline

Ww1 Men of Upper Volta
Men of the Upper Volta, a French protectorate in Central Africa, fighting with the French army during World War one

Alessandro Volta
ALESSANDRO VOLTA Italian scientist

Alessandro Volta Card
count ALESSANDRO VOLTA Italian scientist, depicted holding his battery

Volta and his Pile
VOLTAs PILE (battery) He demonstrates it to the Institut Francais and the consul Napoleon Bonaparte

Electricity Volta
Alessandro Volta demonstrates to Napoleon I his voltaic pile - a battery capable of storing the force created by an electric motor

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