BAGHDAD BATTERIES

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    From:  David Worthington          Submitted:  18 Mar 92 13:23:00  

 Subject:  BAGHDAD BATTERIES             Status:  Public

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Greetings to you all ...

    There was a thread running a short while back about the Baghdad

    batteries, and so I'd thought I would add in my .02 cents worth (I

    hope I am not repeating much of what has previously been said,

    since I caught this discussion in mid-thread, so to speak).

    The first of these objects were discovered on June 14, 1936, by

    the Iraqi State Railways Department during earth moving

    operations, and dozens of others have been discovered nearby, in

    sites representative of the Parthian period (approx 248 B.C to 226

    A.D.) The objects are composed of a oval shaped jar approx 18x9

    cm. in size, with a copper cylinder, an iron rod, and some bitumen

    crumbs.

    A replica was built and tested in 1960 by John B. Pierczynski of

    the University of North Carolina. One half volt of electricity,

    lasting 18 days, was obtained by using an electrolyte 5% vinegar

    solution. This amount of current would be sufficient to

    electroplate silver onto copper.

    Source of this material:

    Ronald Story, "The Space Gods Revealed"

    First Barnes and Noble paperback edition, 1977

    pg. 96

    The Author's Sources:

    Albert Al-Haik, "The Rabbou'a Galvanic Cell", Sumer, vol 20. (1964)

    pp. 103-104

    W. Winton, "Baghdad Batteries B.C.", Sumer, vol. 18 (1962)

    pp. 87-89

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