Battery Day is February 18, the birth anniversary of Alessandro Volta, inventor of the electric battery. He was born on February 18, 1745 in Como, Italy.
A physicist and chemist, he discovered that chemical energy changed into electricity when various chemicals rare brought together in a specific order. An electric current is generated when electrons travel from one plate of chemicals to another plate of chemicals.
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Alessandro Volta with his “Volitiac Pile” that produced electricity
The word “batttery” was coined by Ben Franklin in 1748 to describe his array of charged glass plates.