# #Mon Aug 09 12:08:41 CEST 2010 Text__0P0sEKOdEd-WfYQ0GneCwQ_title=Electric Pile Text__0P0sEKOdEd-WfYQ0GneCwQ_text=

In the year 1800, Volta invents the first usable chemical battery.

His pile consists of alternating layers of copper and zinc plates, separated from each other by felt immersed in diluted acid. It becomes the model for all wet cell batteries.