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The earliest method of generating electricity occurred by creating a static charge. In 1660, Otto von Guericke constructed the first electrical machine that consisted of a large sulfur globe which, when rubbed and turned, attracted feathers and small pieces of paper. Guericke was able to prove that the sparks generated were truly electrical. The first suggested use of static electricity was the so-called “electric pistol”. Invented by Alessandro Volta, an electrical wire was placed in a jar filled with methane gas. By sending an electrical spark through the wire, the jar would explode.
Time | Event | Name |
200 B.C. | ?? | |
1791 | Frog leg experiment | |
1792 | ||
1802 | Mass produced battery | Cruickshank |
1813 | Giant battery (2,000 cells) | |
1820 | Electricity from magnetism | |
1827 | Ohm's law | |
1833 | Ionic mobility in Ag2S | |
1836 | Cu/CuSO4, ZnSO4/Zn | |
1839 | Principle of the air cell | |
1859 | ||
1868 | ||
1874 | Telegraph | |
1878 | Maiche | |
1880 | High capacity lead/acid | Faure |
1881 | Thiebault | |
1885 | Zinc-bromine | Bradley |
1887 | Gassner | |
1891 | Thermodynamics of dry cells | |
1899 | Nickel cadmium battery | |
1900 | Ni Storage batteries | |
1905 | Ni iron batteries | |
1911 | Automobile self-starter | Kettering |
1927 | Andre | |
1930 | Drumm | |
1943 | Cuprous chloride battery | Adams |
1945 | Ruben | |
1950 | Sealed mercury Cell | Ruben |
1956 | ||
1959 | ||
1983 | Lithium metal rechargeable | Moli |
1991 | Commercial lithium ion | Sony |
1992 | Reusable alkaline | Kordesch |
1995+ | Recent developments | .. |
