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chemistry pretending to be electricity, one electron loan at a time.
means a device that stores energy chemically and releases it as electric current on demand.
from from french batterie, a set of things beaten together, first used for artillery batteries, then borrowed by benjamin franklin in 1749 for linked capacitor jars because they reminded him of cannons firing in sequence.
first true batteryvolta's pile, 1800, stacked zinc and copper discs
baghdad battery2000-year-old jar, purpose still debated
lithium ion inventorwhittingham, goodenough, yoshino won 2019 nobel
not includedrage against the machine song, unrelated but iconic