What is National Battery Day?
Get a charge out of National Battery Day! Get a charge out of National Battery Day! On February 18th, the day is observed each year on February 18th, the day helps us appreciate the convenience batteries that our everyday lives.
Today we'd be hard-pressed to find someone in the United States who doesn't benefit from a battery. Even those who live "off the grid" have battery-operated items such as a flashlight, radio, or watch.
By bringing the various chemicals together in a specific order, a battery converts chemical energy into electricity. When correctly ordered, the electrons will move from one substance to another, resulting in electrical current.
The battery has been on the long road for the long haul
Although battery manufacturing for everyday personal use has increased in the last 50-60 years, archaeologists discovered evidence of a battery that may have been used to electroplate gold to silver, much like a battery. A Parthian tomb was discovered in 1936, during the building of a new railway near Baghdad. In a clay jar, archaeologist Wilhelm Konig discovered a copper cylinder encasing an iron rod. Konig said the find was about 2,000 years old.
