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Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta (/ ˈvoʊltə, ˈvɒltə /, Italian: [alesˈsandro ˈvɔlta]; 18 February 1745 – 5 March 1827) was an Italian physicist and chemist who was a pioneer of electricity and power, [1][2][3] and is credited as the inventor of the electric battery and the discoverer of methane. He invented the voltaic ...
Volta Region (or Volta) is one of Ghana 's sixteen administrative regions, with Ho designated as its capital. [ 3 ][ 4 ] It is located west of Republic of Togo and to the east of Lake Volta. Divided into 25 administrative districts, the region is multi-ethnic [ 5 ] and multilingual, including groups such as the Ewe, the Guan, and the Akan peoples.
Volta (microarchitecture) Volta is the codename, but not the trademark, [1] for a GPU microarchitecture developed by Nvidia, succeeding Pascal. It was first announced on a roadmap in March 2013, [2] although the first product was not announced until May 2017. [3] The architecture is named after 18th–19th century Italian chemist and physicist ...
The Volta River (Akan: Asuo Firaw, Ewe: Amuga) is the main river system in the West African country of Ghana. It flows south into Ghana from the Bobo-Dioulasso highlands of Burkina Faso. The main parts of the river are the Black Volta, the White Volta, and the Red Volta. In the northwest, the Black Volta forms the international borders between ...
This is a list of the 275 constituencies represented in the Parliament of the Republic of Ghana, as at December 2016 general election. [1] It had been increased from 260 at the previous election held in December 2012 parliamentary election. [2] Each constituency is represented by a single member of parliament (MP).
Galvanic cell. Galvanic cell with no cation flow. A galvanic cell or voltaic cell, named after the scientists Luigi Galvani and Alessandro Volta, respectively, is an electrochemical cell in which an electric current is generated from spontaneous oxidation–reduction reactions. A common apparatus generally consists of two different metals, each ...
The districts of Ghana were re-organized in 1988/1989 in an attempt to decentralize the government and to assist in development. [3] The reform of the late 1980s subdivided the regions of Ghana into 110 districts, where local district assemblies should deal with the local administration. By 2006, an additional 28 districts were created by ...
Unit of. electric potential, electromotive force. Symbol. V. Named after. Alessandro Volta. SI base units. kg ⋅ m 2 ⋅ s −3 ⋅ A −1. The volt (symbol: V) is the unit of electric potential, electric potential difference (voltage), and electromotive force in the International System of Units (SI).