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IN the year 1899 the centenary of the discovery of the voltaic pile was celebrated in Como, Volta's native city, by a joint International Electrical Exhibition and a National Exhibition of Silk Products. On the morning of July 8, fire broke out in the Exhibition, and the buildings and their contents, including the precious collection of Volta relics, were almost entirely destroyed within the short space of forty minutes.
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The Volta Temple at Como. Nature 123, 683–684 (1929). https://doi.org/10.1038/123683a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/123683a0