I have nothing to add to this comment. I just want to make sure everyone knows that “the Baghdad battery” name goes fucking hard.
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perestroika@lemm.ee 2 years ago
No problem, guys in ancient Baghdad already knew how to make electricity. :) A jug of wine or vinegar, one electrode of iron, another made of copper, voila… the Baghdad battery.
Resistentialism@feddit.uk 2 years ago
Jwmartin0988@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Any conclusive proof that this was used to produce electricity? Consensus seems to be that it wasn’t.
perestroika@lemm.ee 2 years ago
No conclusive proof. It didn’t have a passthrough for one electrode of the two. It did have remains of acid inside and corrosion on the electrodes. One can speculate whether it was an experimental device, a faulty device or what exactly happened (one alchemist trying to replicate another’s secrets?).
To add insult to the injury, it was lost or stolen during the war in 2003, so more analysis can’t be done until it gets re-discovered. :o
Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world 2 years ago
That all said, an attempted reproduction by Mythbusters, with ten of these jars, using lemon juice as the electrolyte, properly wired in series, did work, producing a voltage of about 4V. And prior to Mythbusters, various other researchers built similar reproductions using different electrolytes, which also produced a voltage. There is evidence to support that if the Baghdad Battery was produced properly, it would have worked as an electric power source.