batteries history
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- November 22, 2012
Although we turn many devices on every day simply by pushing a button or flipping a switch, most people rarely think about what powers those mechanisms. It would be hard to imagine life without batteries because we use them so frequently for many different applications.
Battery History
The battery’s history goes much further back than you think. Many historians believe that batteries were used more that 2,000 years ago. Archaeological finds discovered in Iraq in 1938 suggest the invention of a crude battery between the second century BC and the third century AD. Dr. Wilhelm Konig found a clay jar sealed with pitch near Baghdad. The jar contained an iron rod protruding out of the center, and a copper tube surrounded the rod. Tests revealed that the jar had once held vinegar, wine, or another acidic substance, so Konig believed that the vessel was a primitive battery. Historians suspect that natives used the battery for electroplating gold onto silver objects.
Late 18th Century
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