Alessandro Volta (1745-1827), physicist

Three documents wholly or partially in Volta's hand. MS.8009/1 is a letter by Volta, dated 1793 and mounted with a magazine cutting showing the laying of a wreath at Volta's grave , apparently in the early 20th century. MS.8009/2 is a page of notes carrying an endorsement, dated 1840, that states the unsigned paper to be in Volta's hand; attached to this is a biographical cutting. MS.8009/3 is a record of students' passing a course at the University of Pavia in 1817/18, signed by Volta.

1793-c.1900

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Purchased from: Stevens, London, March 1931 (acc.56478) and July 1931 (acc.75674); Charavay, Paris, at an unknown date before 1936 (acc.69220).