![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://i.redd.it/ebk29cfxgkm21.jpg)
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
![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
![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)