Battery

History of the Electric Battery

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    History of the battery

  • Benjamin concludes

    Benjamin concludes

    SourceBenjamin Franklin coined battery to describe an array of charged glass plates.
  • Alessandro observes a reaction

    Alessandro observes a reaction

    SourceAlessandro Volta created the next generation of electrical currents from chemical reaction to dissimilair metals.
  • Georges Leclanche creates a carbon-zinc wet cell battery

    Georges Leclanche creates a carbon-zinc wet cell battery

    SourceGeorges Leclanche from France developed a carbon-zinc wet cell. It was nonrechargeable battery and was rugged.
  • Raymond Gaston Plante creates a lead acid battery

    Raymond Gaston Plante creates a lead acid battery

    Source Raymond Gaston Plante invents the lead acid battery with a short life in the 1860s

  • Emile Alphonse Faure

    Source Emile Alphonse Faure invents a battery using a mixture of lead oxides for the positive plate electrolyte with faster reactions and higher efficiency.
  • Thomas Alva Edison

    Thomas Alva Edison

    Source Thomas Alva Edison created the nikel storage battery.
  • Thomas Alva Edison

    Thomas Alva Edison

    Source The nickel-iron battery is invented.