(Raymond) Gaston Plante (1834-1889) French physicist who invented the first accumulator or electric storage battery in 1859. It was a wet cell with two lead plates immersed in sulphuric acid, the electrolyte. Copperplate engraving from A travers l'Electricite by Georges Dary (Paris, ca. 1906), Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated.
(Raymond) Gaston Plante (1834-1889) French physicist who invented the first accumulator or electric storage battery in 1859. It was a wet cell with two lead plates immersed in sulphuric acid, the electrolyte. Copperplate engraving from A travers l'Electricite by Georges Dary (Paris, ca. 1906), Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated