![The Baghdad Battery was a 5.5-inch clay vessel with a copper cylinder inside, held in place by asphalt. Within the cylinder was an oxidized iron rod that prompted scientists to initially speculate that it could have been a battery. It is believed to be about 2,000 ... The Baghdad Battery was a 5.5-inch clay vessel with a copper cylinder inside, held in place by asphalt. Within the cylinder was an oxidized iron rod that prompted scientists to initially speculate that it could have been a battery. It is believed to be about 2,000 ...](https://b.thumbs.redditmedia.com/7T-rie5bIWVJcM4QvwNk_lTxKQ8xO91FIWvfDtC75GQ.jpg)
The Baghdad Battery was a 5.5-inch clay vessel with a copper cylinder inside, held in place by asphalt. Within the cylinder was an oxidized iron rod that prompted scientists to initially speculate that it could have been a battery. It is believed to be about 2,000 ...
![The Baghdad battery is thought to be the first battery ever built. Apparently made sometime between 150BC-223AD. Mythbusters proved it worked, I wonder what they would have used it for. : r/interestingasfuck The Baghdad battery is thought to be the first battery ever built. Apparently made sometime between 150BC-223AD. Mythbusters proved it worked, I wonder what they would have used it for. : r/interestingasfuck](https://preview.redd.it/ebk29cfxgkm21.jpg?auto=webp&s=e7f1ea8ef647de6562a94a2ea89a995c9f5c20a7)