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The First Batteries?

  • November 27, 2012
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

The Baghdad Batteries are five ancient clay jars containing copper cylinders and iron rods. They can produce a tiny electrical charge, but no one knows just how they were used. Scientists think they may have been used in electroplating, a process that layers metal on metal.

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