Battery

The story of an electric cell

  • Luigi Galvani (not shore about date)

    Luigi Galvani  (not shore about date)
    Luigig Galvani
    Luigi Galvani demonstrated what we now understand to be the electrical basis of nerve impulses and provided the cornerstone of research for later inventors like Volta.
  • Alessandro Volta (not shore about date)

    Alessandro Volta  (not shore about date)
    Alessandro Volta
    Alessandro Volta invented the voltaic pile and discovered the first practical method of generating electricity.
  • John F Daniel (not shore about date)

    John F Daniel (not shore about date)
    daniel cell
    John F. Daniel invented the Daniel Cell that used two electrolytes: copper sulfate and zinc sulfate.
  • George Leclanche (not shore about date)

    George Leclanche (not shore about date)
    George Leclanche
    Georges Leclanche patented the carbon-zinc wet cell battery called the Leclanche cell.
  • Carl Gassner (not shore about date)

    Carl Gassner (not shore about date)
    Carl Gassner
    Carl Gassner invented the first commercially successful dry cell battery
  • Thomas Eddison (not shore about date)

    Thomas Eddison (not shore about date)
    Thomas Eddison
    Thomas Alva Edison invented the alkaline storage battery.
  • Gaston Plante (not shore about date)

    Gaston Plante (not shore about date)
    gaston plante
    Gaston Plante developed the first practical storage lead-acid battery that could be recharged
  • Waldmar Jungner (Not shore about date)

    Waldmar Jungner (Not shore about date)
    Waldmar Junger
    Waldmar Jungner invented the nickel-cadmium battery, a rechargeable battery