Caption
(Raymond) Gaston Plante (1834-1889) French physicist who invented the first accumulator or electric storage battery in 1859. It was a wet cell with two lead plates immersed in sulphuric acid, the electrolyte. Copperplate engraving from Les Nouvelles Conquetes de la Science by Louis Figuier (Paris, 1883), Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated
Date
Sep 10, 2024
Credit line
Photo12/imageBROKER/Sunny Celeste
Reference
BRK24F15_484
Model release
No
Property release
No
License type
Royalty free
Available size
40,0Mb (2,2Mb) / 11,7in x 13,3in / 3496 x 4000 (300dpi)