assailants, the reasons for and against, and I can say that the result of such study is to clothe religion with such a degree of probability, even for the merely natural reason, that every spirit unperverted by sin and passion, every naturally noble spirit must love and accept it. May this confession which has been asked from me and which I willingly give, written and subscribed by my own hand, with authority to show it to whomsoever you will, for I am not ashamed of the Gospel, may it produce some good fruit! Publications Lesser known collections Briefe über thierische elektricität (1900) (Letters about thieric electricity, Available through Worldcat.org libraries, Leipzig, W. Engelmann, publisher) Untersuchungen über den Galvanismus, 1796 bis 1800 (Studies on Galvanism, Available through Worldcat.org libraries) Del modo di render sensibilissima la più debole elettricità sia naturale, sia artificiale (Of the method of rendering very sensible the weakest natural or artificial electricity By Mr. Alexander Volta, Professor Of Experimental Philosophy In Como, &c. Read at the Royal Society, 14 March 1782, Held in Worldcat libraries) See also Armstrong effect Eudiometer History of the battery History of the internal combustion engine Lemon battery Mercury beating heart Thermoelectric effect Volta pistol Volta potential Volta (lunar crater) Volta Prize References External links Volta and the "Pile" Alessandro Volta Google Doodle Alessandro Volta Count Alessandro Volta Alessandro Volta (1745–1827) Electrical units history. References to Volta in European historic newspapers Life of Alessandro Volta: Biography; Inventions; Facts https://www.famousscientists.org/alessandro-volta/ https://www.futura-sciences.com/sciences/personnalites/physique-alessandro-volta-633/ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alessandro-Volta https://nationalmaglab.org/education/magnet-academy/history-of-electricity-magnetism/pioneers/alessandro-volta 1745 births 1827 deaths People from Como 19th-century Italian physicists Battery inventors Enlightenment scientists Fellows of the Royal Society Independent scientists History of neuroscience 18th-century Italian inventors 18th-century Italian physicists Italian Roman Catholics Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences People associated with electricity Recipients of the Copley Medal Italian scientific instrument makers Academic staff of the University of Pavia