[PAR] [TLE] Alessandro Volta [SEP] Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta (] ; 18 February 1745 – 5 March 1827) was an Italian physicist, chemist, and a pioneer of electricity and power, who is credited as the inventor of the electrical battery and the discoverer of methane.  He invented the Voltaic pile in 1799, and reported the results of his experiments in 1800 in a two-part letter to the President of the Royal Society.  With this invention Volta proved that electricity could be generated chemically and debunked the prevalent theory that electricity was generated solely by living beings.  Volta's invention sparked a great amount of scientific excitement and led others to conduct similar experiments which eventually led to the development of the field of electrochemistry. [PAR] [TLE] Electrophorus [SEP] An electrophorus or electrophore is a simple manual capacitive generator used to produce electrostatic charge via the process of electrostatic induction.  A first version of it was invented in 1762 by Swedish professor Johan Carl Wilcke, but Italian scientist Alessandro Volta improved and popularized the device in 1775, and is sometimes erroneously credited with its invention.  The word "electrophorus" was coined by Volta from the Greek ήλεκτρον ('elektron'), and ϕέρω ('phero'), meaning 'electricity bearer'.
[PAR] [TLE] Alessandro Volta [ SEP ] Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta ( ] ; 18 February 1745 – 5 March 1827 ) was an Italian physicist , chemist , and a pioneer of electricity and power , who is credited as the inventor of the electrical battery and the discoverer of methane . He invented the Voltaic pile in 1799 , and reported the results of his experiments in 1800 in a two - part letter to the President of the Royal Society . With this invention Volta proved that electricity could be generated chemically and debunked the prevalent theory that electricity was generated solely by living beings . Volta 's invention sparked a great amount of scientific excitement and led others to conduct similar experiments which eventually led to the development of the field of electrochemistry . [PAR] [TLE] Electrophorus [ SEP ] An electrophorus or electrophore is a simple manual capacitive generator used to produce electrostatic charge via the process of electrostatic induction . A first version of it was invented in 1762 by Swedish professor Johan Carl Wilcke , but Italian scientist Alessandro Volta improved and popularized the device in 1775 , and is sometimes erroneously credited with its invention . The word " electrophorus " was coined by Volta from the Greek ήλεκτρον ( ' elektron ' ) , and ϕέρω ( ' phero ' ) , meaning ' electricity bearer ' .
Electrophorus was improved by an Italian physicist credited as the inventor of what?
Electrophorus was improved by an Italian physicist credited as the inventor of what ?
the electrical battery
the electrical battery