![Raymond) Gaston Plante (1834-1889) French physicist who in 1859 invented the first accumulator or electric storage battery. It was a wet cell with two lead plates immersed in sulphuric acid, the electrolyte. Raymond) Gaston Plante (1834-1889) French physicist who in 1859 invented the first accumulator or electric storage battery. It was a wet cell with two lead plates immersed in sulphuric acid, the electrolyte.](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/D95MW7/raymond-gaston-plante-1834-1889-french-physicist-who-in-1859-invented-D95MW7.jpg)
Raymond) Gaston Plante (1834-1889) French physicist who in 1859 invented the first accumulator or electric storage battery. It was a wet cell with two lead plates immersed in sulphuric acid, the electrolyte.
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Gaston Planté and his invention of the lead–acid battery—The genesis of the first practical rechargeable battery - ScienceDirect
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World of Engineering on Twitter: "Historic invention of the day: 1859: Gaston Planté invents the lead acid battery, the first rechargeable battery. https://t.co/0YZH9gV6zf" / Twitter
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Gaston Planté's Lead-Acid Cell Battery - News about Energy Storage, Batteries, Climate Change and the Environment
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Gaston Planté's Lead Acid Battery Cell - News about Energy Storage, Batteries, Climate Change and the Environment
Midtronics - The Planté battery made history in 1859, when French physicist Gaston Planté presented it as the very first rechargeable lead-acid battery. The invention, though not often mentioned in history classes,
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