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== Volta Battery, 1799<br>[[Image:Milestones-Volta's Electrical Battery.jpg|thumb]]  ==


'''REPORT ON THE STATUS OF MILESTONES IN SUBMISSION/APPROVAL/DEDICATION PROCESS'''  
''In 1799, [[Alessandro Volta|Alessandro Volta]] developed the first [[Batteries|electrical battery]]. This battery, known as the [[Voltaic Pile|Voltaic Cell]], consisted of two plates of different metals immersed in a chemical solution. Volta's development of the first continuous and reproducible source of electrical current was an important step in the study of electromagnetism and in the development of electrical equipment.''  


'''Last updated: 31 December 2014'''
Alessandro Volta (1745-1827), professor of philosophy at Pavia (1774-1804), contributed much to electrical science. He introduced the theory of electrical current and observed electricity separating water into its component parts of hydrogen and oxygen. Before Volta, it was assumed that electricity was [[Galvani and the Frankenstein Story|generated by living beings]] (animal electricity). He discovered that electricity could be generated chemically and made to flow evenly through a conductor in a closed circuit. He built a battery, known as a Voltaic pile, made of alternating copper and zinc discs, with each pair of metals separated by flannel soaked in weak acid.


This ongoing report shows the status of Milestones in the various stages of the process, updated continually by IEEE&nbsp;History Center staff. Milestones are listed&nbsp;with their docket numbers. The&nbsp;IEEE Region and the sponsoring organizational unit are shown in parentheses. ''Please note the titles given here&nbsp;are shortened or working titles, '''not''' the full or official titles. ''While in the approval process, proposals have a History Committee advocate assigned to them, whose initials are given in brackets.&nbsp;Proposals in progress can be viewed on the IEEE Global History Network at: [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php?title=Special%3AAllpages&from=&namespace=104 http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php?title=Special%3AAllpages&amp;from=&amp;namespace=104]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Such was his fame that in 1801 he was summoned to Paris by Napoleon who had a special medal struck in Volta's honor. The world has honored Volta by naming the unit of electric potential - the volt - after him.  


To see a count of how many IEEE Milestones have been dedicated, click [[Milestones:List of Milestones by Dedication Year|List of Milestones by Dedication Year]]  
The Voltaic pile stimulated so much scientific inquiry that, by 1831, when [[Michael Faraday|Faraday]] built the first [[Dynamo|dynamo]], the basic principles of electricity had been established.


<br> For a list of dedicated Milestones in chronological order by date of achievement, see [[Milestones:List of IEEE Milestones|Chronological List of Milestones]]
The Milestone plaques may be viewed at the Tempio Voltiano, which is a museum in Como,&nbsp;Italy devoted to Volta's achievements, and at Volta's room at Pavia University, Pavia, Italy.


To see how many Milestones have been dedicated in each Region and Section, see [[Milestones:List of Milestones by Region|List of Dedicated Milestones by Region]]
== Map ==


Interested in proposing a milestone? Any IEEE member can submit a milestone proposal. Here is a [[Milestones:List of Achievements Suitable for Milestones|list of important achievements suitable for proposal]], and which we encourage a proposer to [[Milestones:Milestone Guidelines and How to Propose a Milestone|submit]]. This list is not exclusive; if you know of other achievements you wish to submit, you are welcome to do so.
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== A. ADVOCATES NEEDED FOR THE FOLLOWING MILESTONES:  ==
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{| border="1" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" width="600"
|-
| '''Docket Number'''
| '''Short Name'''
| '''Advocate initials'''
| '''Region'''
| '''Sponsoring Org Unit'''
| '''Submitted Date'''
|-
|2014-14
|[http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestone-Proposal:Keage_Power_Station:_The_Japan%E2%80%99s_First_Commercial_Hydroelectric_Plant,_1890-1897.  Keage Power Station]
|ADVOCATE NEEDED
|10
|Kansai Section
|
|-
|2014-15
|[http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestone-Proposal:Dadda%27s_Multiplier  Dadda's Multiplier]
|ADVOCATE NEEDED
|8
|Italy Section
|
|-
|}
IEEE History Commmittee members, as well as Corresponding Members of the History Committee, are encouraged to serve as advocates for milestone proposals. To volunteer to serve as an advocate, contact the IEEE History Staff milestone administrator at ieee-history@ieee.org
 
== B. STATUS  ==
 
=== B.1 PROPOSALS BEING WRITTEN ON THE GHN AND AWAITING SUBMISSION  ===
 
{| border="1" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" width="600"
|-
| '''Docket Number'''
| '''Short Name'''
| '''Advocate initials'''
| '''Region'''
| '''Sponsoring Org Unit'''
| '''Submitted Date'''
|-
| 2013-12
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestone-Proposal:Color_Filter_Array Bayer Color Filter Array]
| DBu
|
|
|
|-
| 2013-13
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestone-Proposal:Development_of_the_Erbium-Doped_Optical_Fiber_Amplifier Erbium-Doped Fiber Optical Amplifier]
| MS
| 8
| UKRI Section
|
|-
| 2013-20
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestone-Proposal:CRC102-A_activated_at_Politecnico_di_Milano_by_Luigi_Dadda CRC102-A Activation 1954]
| F-AH
| 8
| Italy Section
|
|-
| 2013-31
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestone-Proposal:Weston_Meters Weston Meter]
| EMat
| 1
| North New Jersey Section
|
|-
| 2014-01
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestone-Proposal:%22Mother_of_All_Demos%22 Mother of All Demos]
| EJ
| 6
| Santa Clara Valley Section
|
|-
| 2014-04
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestone-Proposal:Sonar%2C_100th_birthday_of_Paul_Langevin_Invention_1907-2017 Langevin Sonar, 1917]
| LF
| 8
| France Section
|
|-
| 2014-6
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestone-Proposal:Introduction_of_the_Apple_Macintosh_Computer,_1984 Macintosh Computer, 1984]
| JImp & DMi
| 6
| Santa Clara Valley Section
|
|-
|2014-08
|[http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestone-Proposal:Hollow_dielectric_beam_waveguide_of_sub-millimeter_wavelength_range%2C_1966  Hollow dielectric beam waveguide, 1966]
|AMa
|8
|Ukraine Section
|
|-
|2014-10
|[http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestone-Proposal:Honda_Electro_Gyrocator%3A_The_World%27s_First_Map-based_Automotive_Navigation_System%2C_1981  Automotive Navigation System, 1981]
|MPol
|10
|Tokyo Section
|
|-
|2014-12
|[http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestone-Proposal:The_first_human_rescue_and_life_saving_enabled_by_space_technology  Rescue/Life Saving Enabled by Space Tech, 1982]
|DKmp
|7
|Ottawa Section
|
|-
|2014-14
|[http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestone-Proposal:Keage_Power_Station:_The_Japan%E2%80%99s_First_Commercial_Hydroelectric_Plant,_1890-1897.  Keage Power Station]
|ADVOCATE NEEDED
|10
|Kansai Section
|
|-
|2014-15
|[http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestone-Proposal:Dadda%27s_Multiplier  Dadda's Multiplier]
|ADVOCATE NEEDED
|8
|Italy Section
|
|}
 
=== B.2. PROPOSALS SUBMITTED AWAITING ADVOCATE APPROVAL  ===
 
{| border="1" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" width="600"
|-
| '''Docket Number'''
| '''Short Name'''
| '''Advocate initials'''
| '''Region'''
| '''Sponsoring Org Unit'''
| '''Submitted Date'''
|-
| 2014-07
|[http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestone-Proposal:Enrico_Fermi%27s_major_contribution_to_semiconductor_statistics%2C_Florence%2C_Italy%2C_1926  Fermi Semiconductor Statistics, 1926]
| FA-H
|8
|Italy Section
| 24 July 2014
|-
|2014-09
|[http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestone-Proposal:Koenigs_Wusterhausen  Koenigs Wusterhausen Radio Transmission, 1920]
| ASav
|8
|Germany Section
|7 September 2014
|-
|2014-11
|[http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestone-Proposal:The_High_Definition_Television_System,_1964-1989  High Definition TV, 1964]
|XL
|10
|Tokyo Section
|11 November 2014
|-
|2014-13
|[http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestone-Proposal:Emergency_Warning_Code_Signal_Broadcasting_System  Emergency Warning Code Signal Broadcasting]
|SV
|10
|Tokyo Section
|11 November 2014
|-
|}
 
=== B.3.&nbsp;PROPOSALS APPROVED BY ADVOCATES AND AWAITING FINALIZED CITATIONS APPROVAL FROM PROPOSERS  ===
 
{| border="1" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" width="600"
|-
| '''Docket Number'''
| '''Short Name'''
| '''Advocate initials'''
| '''Region'''
| '''Sponsoring Org Unit'''
| '''Submitted Date'''
|-
| 2013-09
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestone-Proposal:Harvard_Mark_1_Computer,_1944_-_1959 Mark 1 Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator]
| LF
| 1
| Boston Section
| 25 March 2014
|-
| 2014-05
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestone-Proposal:Special_Citation_Computer_History_Museum Special Citation for Computer History Museum]
| JImp
| 6
| Santa Clara Valley Section
| 16 June 2014
|-
|   
| 
|
|
| 
|
|}
 
=== B.4.&nbsp;PROPOSALS READY FOR HISTORY COMMITTEE ACTION  ===
 
{| border="1" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" width="600"
|-
| '''Docket Number'''
| '''Short Name'''
| '''Advocate initials'''
| '''Region'''
| '''Sponsoring Org Unit'''
| '''Submitted Date'''
|}
 
=== B.5.1..&nbsp;PROPOSALS APPROVED BY HISTORY COMMITTEE AND BEING PREPARED FOR BOARD OF DIRECTORS AGENDA  ===
 
{| border="1" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" width="600"
|-
| '''Docket Number'''
| '''Short Name'''
| '''Advocate initials'''
| '''Region'''
| '''Sponsoring Org Unit'''
| '''Submitted Date'''
|-
 
|}
 
=== B.5.2&nbsp;PROPOSALS APPROVED BY HISTORY COMMITTEE BEING ACTED UPON AT UPCOMING BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING OR TELECONFERENCE  ===
 
'''(The schedule for upcoming Board of Directors meetings can be found in the right hand column of &nbsp;[http://www.ieee.org/about/corporate/board/index.html http://www.ieee.org/about/corporate/board/index.html] or at [http://www.ieee.org/documents/upcoming_series.pdf Upcoming Series]&nbsp;) &nbsp;'''
 
{| border="1" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" width="600"
|-
| '''Docket Number'''
| '''Short Name'''
| '''Advocate initials'''
| '''Region'''
| '''Sponsoring Org Unit'''
| '''Submitted Date'''
|-
| 2013-19
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestone-Proposal:Virginia_Smith_HVDC_Converter_Station_with_Integrated_AC_Voltage_Control_Function Virginia Smith HVDC Converter]
| GC
| 5
| Denver Section
| 10 February 2014
|-
| 2013-27
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestone-Proposal:Improvements_in_and_relating_to_Sound-transmission,_Sound-recording_and_Sound-reproduction_systems_by_Alan_Dower_Blumlein Stereo Sound Recording]
| JImp
| 8
| UKRI Section
| 14 July 2014
|-
| 2014-02
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestone-Proposal:Zenit_three-coordinate_L-band_pulsed_radar,_1938 Zenit Three-Coordinate L-band Pulsed Radar, 1938]
| MSch
| 8
| Ukraine Section
| 10 April 2014
|-
| 2014-03
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestone-Proposal:Trans-Atlantic_Telephone_Fiber-optic_Submarine_Cable_(TAT-8)_-_1988 TAT-8 Fiber Optic Cable]
| TB
| 2
| New Jersey Coast Section
| 3 April 2014
|}
 
=== B.6. DEDICATIONS BEING PLANNED, ALL APPROVALS HAVING BEEN RECEIVED  ===
 
{| border="1" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" width="600"
|-
| '''Docket Number'''
| '''Short Name'''
|
| '''Region'''
| '''Sponsoring Org Unit'''
| '''Dedication Date'''
|-
| 2013-06
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestone-Proposal:SPARC_RISC_Architecture_Introduction,_1987 SPARC RISC Architecture]
| F-AH
| 6
| Santa Clara Valley Section
| 13 February 2015
|-
| 2013-08
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestone-Proposal:The_Birthplace_of_Silicon_Valley Birthplace of Silicon Valley]
| TB
| 6
| Santa Clara Valley Section
| TBD
|-
| 2013-11
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestone-Proposal:Ampex_Videotape_Recorder_-_1956 Ampex Videorecorder]
| LL
| 6
|
| TBD
|-
| 2013-16
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestone-Proposal:First_RISC_Microprocessor First RISC Microprocessor]
| F-AH
| 6
| Oakland East Bay Section
| 12 February 2015
|-
| 2013-22
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestone-Proposal:Introduction_of_the_Apple_II_Computer:_1977-1978 Introduction of Apple II Computer]
| EJ
| 6
| Santa Clara Valley Section
| TBD
|-
| 2013-28
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestone-Proposal:Introduction_of_the_Apple_I_Computer:_1976 Introduction of Apple I Computer]
| EJo
| 6
| Santa Clara Valley Section
| TBD
|-
| 2013-15
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestone-Proposal:Interactive_Video_Games Interactive Video Games]
| AM
| 1
| New Hampshire Section
| TBD
|-
| 2013-18
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestone-Proposal:Invention_and_development_of_vapor-phase_axial_deposition_(VAD)_method_for_mass_production_of_high-quality_optical_fiber_for_telecommunication Vapor-phase Axial Deposition]
| DBu
| 10
| Tokyo Section
| TBD
|-
| 2013-24
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestone-Proposal:ASCII_MIlestone_-_IEEE_NJ_Coast_Section ASCII]
| TB
| 1
| New Jersey Coast Section
| TBD
|-
| 2013-29
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestone-Proposal:The_MU_%28Middle_and_Upper_atmosphere%29_radar%2C_1984 Middle and Upper Atmosphere Radar]
| EO
| 10
| Kansai Section
| 13 May & 15 May 2015
|}
 
=== B.7 DEDICATIONS HELD  ===
 
&nbsp;For a list by dedication date of all IEEE Milestones dedicated from the beginning of the Milestone Program, see [[Milestones:List of Milestones by Dedication Year|List of Milestones by Dedication Year]]
 
<br> For a list of dedicated Milestones in chronological order by date of achievement, see [[Milestones:List of IEEE Milestones|Chronological List of Milestones]]
 
For a list of dedicated Milestones by Region, see [[Milestones:List of Milestones by Region|List of Dedicated Milestones by Region]]
 
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;C. POTENTIAL&nbsp;MILESTONES&nbsp;BEING&nbsp;RESEARCHED&nbsp;OR EXPLORED
 
'''&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; '''(that&nbsp;History Center staff&nbsp;are aware of)
 
High performance Perpendicular Magnetic Recording, 1977
 
Cellular radio
 
First All-Electronic Television Broadcasts (BBC)
 
London to&nbsp;Adelaide telegraph line&nbsp;<br>
 
Charles Kao optical fiber (R8 UKRI Section)
 
John Logie Baird television (R8 UKRI Section)
 
Harrisons clock (R8 UKRI Section)
 
Photovoltaic effect (R8 – France) &nbsp;<br>
 
RCA Victor (R2 Philadelphia Section)
 
386 Micro (Region 6, Santa Clara Valley Section)<br><br>4004 Micro (Region 6, Santa Clara Valley Section)<br>
 
Canadian Niagara Plant (Region 7)
 
<br>Oberlin-Smith electromagnetic recording (Region 2, South Jersey&nbsp;Section) (possible ASME codesignation?)
 
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[[Milestones:Milestone Guidelines and How to Propose a Milestone|Return to Milestone Program Guidelines]]
 
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Volta Battery, 1799
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In 1799, Alessandro Volta developed the first electrical battery. This battery, known as the Voltaic Cell, consisted of two plates of different metals immersed in a chemical solution. Volta's development of the first continuous and reproducible source of electrical current was an important step in the study of electromagnetism and in the development of electrical equipment.

Alessandro Volta (1745-1827), professor of philosophy at Pavia (1774-1804), contributed much to electrical science. He introduced the theory of electrical current and observed electricity separating water into its component parts of hydrogen and oxygen. Before Volta, it was assumed that electricity was generated by living beings (animal electricity). He discovered that electricity could be generated chemically and made to flow evenly through a conductor in a closed circuit. He built a battery, known as a Voltaic pile, made of alternating copper and zinc discs, with each pair of metals separated by flannel soaked in weak acid.

Such was his fame that in 1801 he was summoned to Paris by Napoleon who had a special medal struck in Volta's honor. The world has honored Volta by naming the unit of electric potential - the volt - after him.

The Voltaic pile stimulated so much scientific inquiry that, by 1831, when Faraday built the first dynamo, the basic principles of electricity had been established.

The Milestone plaques may be viewed at the Tempio Voltiano, which is a museum in Como, Italy devoted to Volta's achievements, and at Volta's room at Pavia University, Pavia, Italy.

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