In 1800, Volta notified the Royal Society in London, but he chose French as the language. Here, too, there was a calculation behind it: No one less than Napoleon Bonaparte learned of the invention.

The resources offered here are designed to help you use the PBS "Napoleon" video series and companion Web site in secondary social studies, civics, religion, and language arts classes.

To play the Waterloo Interactive Battle Simulator, you must first choose whether to play as Napoleon (French side) or as Wellington (Allied side). The computer will play as your opponent.

Once Europe's biggest problem, Napoleon Bonaparte is still posing a dilemma for France, 200 years after his death in exile on the Atlantic island of St Helena. Napoleon was a brilliant military ...

Napoleon Abueva, also known as Napoleon Veloso Abueva, was a Filipino sculptor celebrated for his contributions to modern Philippine sculpture. He worked with a variety of materials including hard ...

While Togoland under French Trusteeship was administered by its own Governor appointed by the French, the British protectorate of Togoland, later to be known as the Trans-Volta Togo (TVT), and ...

This is one of the earliest electric batteries ever made. It was invented by Alessandro Volta in 1799 and consists of discs of two different metals, such as copper and zinc, separated by cardboard ...

Napoleon is a threatening and 'fierce looking' Berkshire boar. He is one of the three pigs that take Old Major's ideas and turn them into 'Animalism' - a system of thought that encourages the ...

Initially just a rumor, Scott confirmed in a recent interview with The New York Times that Joaquin Phoenix almost dropped out of his French epic were it not for Anderson's assistance. This was not ...

Questa volta tocca a un reperto d'annata, una registrazione dal vivo dei Mothers of Invention del 1968, finora piuttosto trascurati dalle pubblicazioni postume; solo Road ... Frank Zappa Over-Nite ...