Raymond Gaston Plante (1834-1889) French physicist who invented the first accumulator or electric battery in 1859. It was a wet cell with two lead plates immersed in sulphuric acid, the electrolyte, engraving from Les Merveilles de la Science by Louis Figuier (Paris, around 1870), Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated.

1870 • 1900S • 1990S • 19TH CENTURY • 2 • 90S • ACADEMIC • ACCUMULATOR • BREEDING • BUST SHOT • CELEBRITY • CELL • CITIES • CITY • COLOURING • CONTEMPORARY • COPY • CROPPED • DATE • DATES • DEPICTION • DEPICTIONS • DESERTED • DETAIL • DIGITAL • DIGITALLY • DIRECT LOOK • DISCOVERER • DRAWING • DRAWINGS • DRAWN • ELECTRIC • ELECTRICAL • EMPTY • ENGRAVED • ENGRAVING (ARTWORK) • ENGRAVING • ENGRAVING. • ENGRAVINGS • ETCHING • EUROPE'S • EUROPE • EXCERPT • EXCHANGING GLANCES • EXPLORATION • EXPLORE • EXPLORER • EXPLORING • EYE CONTACT • FACE TO FACE • FACE • FACE-TO-FACE • FACES • FACING CAMERA • FACING EACH OTHER • FACING • FAMED • FAMOUS PERSON • FAMOUS • FORMER • FORMERLY • FRANCE • FRENCH • GAZES • HEAD PORTRAIT • HEAD SHOT • HEAD SHOTS • HEAD • HEAD-AND-SHOULDERS • HEADS • HISTORIC ILLUSTRATION • HISTORIC ILLUSTRATIONS • HISTORICAL ILLUSTRATION • HISTORY • HUMAN BEING • ILE-DE-FRANCE • ILLUSTRATION • IMAGE MOTIF • IMAGE • LEAD PLATES • LEAD • LEADS • LOOK AT • LOOK • LOOKING AT CAMERA • LOOKING AT THE CAMERA • LOOKING ON • LOOKING OUT • LOOKS AT THE CAMERA • LOOKS IN THE CAMERA • LOOKS INTO THE CAMERA • LOOKS INTO • LOOKS • MICROBIOLOGIST • MICROBIOLOGISTS • MOTIF • MUNICIPAL • NATURAL HISTORY • NATURAL SCIENCE • NATURAL SCIENCES • NATURAL SCIENTIFIC • NATURE STUDY • NINETEENTH CENTURY • NINETIES • NINETIES, THE • NINETY DECADE • NO ONE • NO PEOPLE • NO-ONE • NOBODY • OBSERVE • OBSERVER • OBSERVING • PARIS • PARTIAL VIEW • PEOPLE • PERSON • PERSONALITIES • PERSONALITY • PERSONS • PHYSICIST • PHYSICISTS • PHYSICS • PLATE • PLATES • PORTRAIT PHOTO • PORTRAIT SHOT • PORTRAIT • PORTRAITS • POTRAIT • PRINT • RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES • RECHARGEABLE BATTERY • RECHARGEABLE • RECONSTRUCTION • REFURBISHMENT • RENOWNED • REPLICA • REPLICATION • REPRESENTATION • REPRODUCTION • RESEARCH • RESEARCHER (MALE) • RESEARCHER • RESEARCHERS • RESTORATION WORK • RESTORATION • RESTORATIONS • RESTORED • RIDGE OF ROOF • ROOF RIDGE = RIDGE OF ROOF • ROOF RIDGE • ROOF • ROOFING TILE • ROOFS • ROOFTOP • ROOFTOPS • SCIENCE • SCIENCES • SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH • SCIENTIFIC • SCIENTIST • SCIENTISTS • SKETCH • SLAB • STORAGE BATTERY • SULFURIC ACID • SULPHURIC ACID • TODAY • TOWN • TWO • UNINHABITED • UNIVERSITY GRADUATE • UNIVERSITY GRADUATES • URBAN ENVIRONMENT • URBAN • VERY IMPORTANT PERSON • VIEW OVER • VIEW • VINTAGE • VIP • VIPS • WATCHING • WESTERN EUROPE • WET ROOM • WITHOUT PEOPLE • WOODCUT • WOODCUTS • WOODPRINT • XYLOGRAPH • XYLOGRAPHY