Mysterious battery in the ancient city of Iraq

Patea in the west of Iraq has 2,000 years of history. In the early 1970s, Wilhelm Konig - a German archaeologist who came to the ancient citadel to investigate, discovered some porcelain boxes of different sizes. These porcelain boxes at first looked no different than porcelain boxes. how often

The mystery of the world's first battery in Iraq

But there is a small iron bar in each box. Wilhelm Konig asked questions and was even more surprised when he opened a box to see that the small iron bar was also placed in a round copper tube, on the iron rod there were still very clear rust marks due to acidic corrosion. A thought in his head: This is exactly the battery ?

The battery can be used for gold plating.

Konig conducts research on porcelain boxes. In addition to the shell made of ceramics, its structural principles are no different from the current dry battery . According to Konig, electrolyte in copper round tubes only requires alcohol or vinegar. After studying the structure and date of these boxes, Wilhelm Konig published: In 200 AD it belonged to the Parthian Empire (an ancient country in West Asia, now part of Iran, existed since 250 BC By 225 AD, the Patea people used batteries, moreover its principle is like modern batteries.

Model of ancient battery construction.

"These batteries have attracted the attention of many people. No one else has found such things. They are one of the mysteries of life," said British scientist Paul Craddock.

But everyone knows that the first battery in the world was invented by Italian scientist Futa in 1800 AD. Although the battery manufacturing technology is not complicated, but the awareness and use features of battery inventions need a knowledge of modern physics. Patea people 1800 years ago how to get this knowledge? All of these things have left scientists and archaeologists unanswered.