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For other uses, see battery (disambiguation).

In science and technology, a battery is a device that stores chemical energy and makes it available in an electrical form. Batteries consist of electrochemical devices such as one or more galvanic cells, fuel cells or flow cells. The earliest known artifacts that may have been batteries are the Baghdad Batteries, from some time between 250 BCE and 640 CE. The modern development of batteries started with the Voltaic pile developed by the Italian physicist Alessandro Volta in 1800. The worldwide battery industry generates States dollar|US$" target="_blank" >*48 billion in sales annually (2005 estimate).

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There is some evidence—in the form of the Baghdad Batteries from some time between 250 BCE and 640 CE (while Baghdad was under Parthian and Sassanid dynasties of ancient Persia) of galvanic cells having been used in ancient times. Such ancient knowledge in the history of electricity bears no known continuous relationship to the development of modern batteries. The hypothesis that these devices had an electrical function, while plausible, remains unproven, as with devices discovered in Egyptian digs that are alleged to be batteries as well. There are no writings or drawings or other evidence such as wires or electroplated objects to substantiate the proposed use of the objects as electrical cells.

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Nicole. Needs. AA. Batteries. STAT! =) I can't play guitar hero now. =(
HoleyCholey (nicole morel) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:07:10 -0000
Nicole. Needs. AA. Batteries. STAT! =) I can't play guitar hero now. =(
yeah, too bad the batteries are like 80 fuckin dollars and might not even solve the problrm
dubteedub (Connor Dolan) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:05:54 -0000
yeah, too bad the batteries are like 80 fuckin dollars and might not even solve the problrm
RT @jonerp: "SAP Functional Consultant - just add water." << Batteries Not Included.
pixelbase (Michael Koch) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:05:41 -0000
RT @jonerp: "SAP Functional Consultant - just add water." << Batteries Not Included.
*collapses* I think my brain is fried. Batteries are dead. Gonna catch up a bit and see if I can comprehend anything...
snowyowlee (elebridith) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:04:28 -0000
*collapses* I think my brain is fried. Batteries are dead. Gonna catch up a bit and see if I can comprehend anything...
Aren't MacBooks supposed to fall asleep when they run out of batteries instead of fucking shutting down?
va1d1v1a (Christopher Valdivia) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:03:46 -0000
Aren't MacBooks supposed to fall asleep when they run out of batteries instead of fucking shutting down?
RT @WiredAutopia: Lithium titanate batteries make this a magic bus. http://bit.ly/3QyKNL
TransitTalent (Steve Hirano) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:03:10 -0000
RT @WiredAutopia: Lithium titanate batteries make this a magic bus. http://bit.ly/3QyKNL

 
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