Battery

Battery Invention Timeline

By srathi

  • Alessandro Volta

    Alessandro Volta
    Source SourceAlessandro Volta, the inventor of the first electric battery was born in Lombardy, Italy.
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  • Designs for the static electricity

    SOURCEWhile working as a professor, Alessandro began working on a device that would produce static electricity.

  • Voltaic Pile

    Voltaic Pile
    [Source](wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn)
    Alessandro Volta invented the first voltaic pile. Voltaic Pile is the earliest electric battery that was made by Alessandro Volta.

  • The Daniell Cell

    The Daniell Cell
    This Battery was used to power doorbells and telephones! It lasted longer than the voltaic pile invented by Alessandro Volta.

  • Rechargeable battery

    Rechargeable battery
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    Gaston Planté invented the rechargable battery

  • Naming

    SOURCEThe volt was named in honor of Alessandro Volta.

  • Columbia Dry Cell

    Columbia Dry Cell
    SOURCE
    1898, the Columbia Dry Cell was the first battery to become available by comercials in the United States.

  • Duracell

    Duracell
    SourceSOURCEDuracell Battery company was formed

  • Energizer Bunny

    Energizer Bunny
    SOURCE
    The Energizer bunny gains popularity