Those Italians are so racist

[98valk]

first it was Columbus
now it has to be Alessandro Volta,  but joey thinks he is a black guy.

In 1800, Italian inventor Alessandro Volta developed the first practical method of generating electricity, the voltaic pile. Made of alternating discs of zinc and copper — interspersed with layers of cardboards soaked in salt water — the pile conducted electricity when a copper wire was connected at either end. While actually a predecessor of the modern battery, Volta's glowing copper wire is also considered to be one of the earliest manifestations of incandescent lighting.

[Jersey mike]

That hurts. I’m offended.   

Poor Joe and I mean that sincerely. He’s not well and their using him.

[Patrick]

There were early crude forms of batteries, such as Baghdad/Babylon and Leyton.

Volta's is still pretty much as what modern batteries are like.