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The Oldest Known Electric Battery
Sheroug
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3-30-2008 2:54 PM
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4-1-2008
9:29 AM
Brimstone
it may be only my sick mind, but that cross section of the battery looks like a vagina
4-2-2008
7:37 AM
Sheroug
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The clay jar and others like it are part of the holdings of the National Museum of Iraq and have been attributed to the Parthian Empire </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.corrosion-doctors.org/Batteries/historyold.htm"></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.corrosion-doctors.org/Batteries/historyold.htm">how is it that a 2,200-year-old clay jar can be called a battery? </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.corrosion-doctors.org/Batteries/historyold.htm"><P>Those who’ve examined it closely say that there’s little else that it can be. The nondescript earthen jar is only 5½ inches high by 3 inches across. The opening was sealed with an asphalt plug, which held in place a copper sheet, rolled into a tube. This tube was capped at the bottom with a copper disc held in place by more asphalt. 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