Dry cell battery and flashlight
Pila seca y linterna
- Date
- 1886–1899 · confidence high
- Place
- Ludwigshafen, Germany
- Credited to
- Carl Gassner (zinc-carbon dry cell, Mainz, 1886); Wilhelm Hellesen (Copenhagen, 1887); Conrad Hubert and David Misell (Eveready flashlight, New York, 1899)
- People
- 👤 Carl Gassner1855–1942👤 Conrad Hubert1856–1928👤 David Misell1846–1920👤 Wilhelm Hellesen1836–1892
- Field
- Matter & energy
What it is
Leclanché cell with a paste electrolyte, with no spillable liquid and usable in any position. It created portable electricity.
What it led to
- Flashlight, portable radio and electric toys
- Doorbells, telephones and automobile ignition
- Consumer battery industry (Eveready, Varta)
Built on
Made possible
- Alkaline manganese cell1955-1959
- Torch
- Portable radio
- Hearing aid