... of electric capacitor. Within the next three years Volta discovered and isolated methane gas. In 1779 Volta became a professor at the University of Pavia,. He invented other devices involving static electricity, and received the Copley medal of the Royal Society for his achievements. He continued experimenting with electrical conduction and, after reading Luidi Galvani"a experiments with "animal ... electricity" , he theorized that animal tissue was not necessary to conduct electricity, as previously believed. His proof of this theory was the battery, which he invented in 1800. The firs...

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