Quote of the day
Autumn burned brightly, a running flame through the mountains, a torch flung to the trees.
Alessandro Volta
Born: February 18, 1745
Died: March 5, 1827 (aged 82)
Bio: Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta 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.