> Okay, so Volta re-invented the battery. Batteries in
> ancient times seem to be used for medical purposes in
> areas where electric eels were not available.

Electroplating has also been suggested. I vaguely recall a TV documentary
that mentioned ancient artifacts with thin gold plating, and that the clay jars
that looked suspiciously like batteries might be part of the solution to the
mystery of how this plating was accomplished.


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