VOLT

A volt is the SI quantitative unit for electric potential and voltage (derived from the ampere and watt) which measures the force or push of electricity. Volts x amps=watts. One volt is the force required to send one ampere of through a resistance of one ohm. Named for Conte Alessandro Volta. 1745-1827. Volta was Professor of Physic at the University of Pavia from 1779, and invented what is known as the voltaic pile, the first chemical battery in which a charge of electricity is created by induction. The volt is the pressure that pushes the current down the line. One volt is equal to performing one joule of work to move or separate one coulomb (6.25 x 1,018) of electrons.