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OCR: 1745 On February 18 Volta bprn Com, in Lomb oardy nor part oflcaly lis parents think he has leaming difficulties because he does not speak uneilh c is four vears 1757 It is clear thal Valtn is in fact very clever. Heis ta Jesuit sullege and then to 3 Dominican seminary, whet h begins to take interest n science 1763 Aged 18 decides to study electricity at this time new brarch of scienrifi stud irvestigate the wark of Renjamir Franlilin (1706 90' whn has experimented with what : now known electricity Volt use :his lnovledige of electricity and meteorolog the study weatheri ta confi Frablin theory tha ligh tning afom f static electricity 1769 Weites his fits pape dertricity and ends itto important physicists This gains him early ter penitior 1775 Invents the electruphorus, a device usel te ge ...