Battery Day is celebrated on February 18, the birth anniversary of Alessandro Volta who was born on February 18, 1745 in Como, Italy. He was a physicist and chemist who invented the electric battery.
He discovered that chemical energy changed into electricity when various chemicals rare brought together in a specific order. An electric current is generated when electrons travel from one plate of chemicals to another plate of chemicals.
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Alessandro Volta with his “Volitiac Pile” that produced electricity
The word “batttery” was coined by Ben Franklin in 1748 to describe his array of charged glass plates.