![Engraving depicting Alessandro Volta's pile: the first electric battery made up of discs of zinc, copper, cloth moistened with acid, zinc, and so on Stock Photo - Alamy Engraving depicting Alessandro Volta's pile: the first electric battery made up of discs of zinc, copper, cloth moistened with acid, zinc, and so on Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2CWBK55/engraving-depicting-alessandro-voltas-pile-the-first-electric-battery-made-up-of-discs-of-zinc-copper-cloth-moistened-with-acid-zinc-and-so-on-2CWBK55.jpg)
Engraving depicting Alessandro Volta's pile: the first electric battery made up of discs of zinc, copper, cloth moistened with acid, zinc, and so on Stock Photo - Alamy
![EARLY BATTERIES: THE VOLTAIC CELL, THE 'GRAVITY' or CROW'S FOOT BATTERY and OTHER TELEGRAPH BATTERIES - TELEGRAPH & SCI INSTRUMENT MUSEUMS EARLY BATTERIES: THE VOLTAIC CELL, THE 'GRAVITY' or CROW'S FOOT BATTERY and OTHER TELEGRAPH BATTERIES - TELEGRAPH & SCI INSTRUMENT MUSEUMS](http://w1tp.com/0000t.jpg)
EARLY BATTERIES: THE VOLTAIC CELL, THE 'GRAVITY' or CROW'S FOOT BATTERY and OTHER TELEGRAPH BATTERIES - TELEGRAPH & SCI INSTRUMENT MUSEUMS
![Iran Chamber Society: History of Iran: Parthian Battery (Ancient Iranians, The Inventors of Battery) Iran Chamber Society: History of Iran: Parthian Battery (Ancient Iranians, The Inventors of Battery)](https://www.iranchamber.com/history/articles/images/parthian_battery2.gif)
Iran Chamber Society: History of Iran: Parthian Battery (Ancient Iranians, The Inventors of Battery)
![A drawing made by inventor Alessandro Volta (1745 - 1827), of the first electric battery, called the "pile" or the Voltaic battery. This was the first instrument able to produce a steady A drawing made by inventor Alessandro Volta (1745 - 1827), of the first electric battery, called the "pile" or the Voltaic battery. This was the first instrument able to produce a steady](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/G14TA1/a-drawing-made-by-inventor-alessandro-volta-1745-1827-of-the-first-G14TA1.jpg)
A drawing made by inventor Alessandro Volta (1745 - 1827), of the first electric battery, called the "pile" or the Voltaic battery. This was the first instrument able to produce a steady
![The Baghdad battery is thought to be the first battery ever built. Apparently made sometime between 150BC-223AD. Mythbusters proved it worked, I wonder what they would have used it for. : r/interestingasfuck The Baghdad battery is thought to be the first battery ever built. Apparently made sometime between 150BC-223AD. Mythbusters proved it worked, I wonder what they would have used it for. : r/interestingasfuck](https://preview.redd.it/ebk29cfxgkm21.jpg?auto=webp&s=e7f1ea8ef647de6562a94a2ea89a995c9f5c20a7)
The Baghdad battery is thought to be the first battery ever built. Apparently made sometime between 150BC-223AD. Mythbusters proved it worked, I wonder what they would have used it for. : r/interestingasfuck
![EARLY BATTERIES: THE VOLTAIC CELL, THE 'GRAVITY' or CROW'S FOOT BATTERY and OTHER TELEGRAPH BATTERIES - TELEGRAPH & SCI INSTRUMENT MUSEUMS EARLY BATTERIES: THE VOLTAIC CELL, THE 'GRAVITY' or CROW'S FOOT BATTERY and OTHER TELEGRAPH BATTERIES - TELEGRAPH & SCI INSTRUMENT MUSEUMS](http://w1tp.com/0000u.jpg)