Vacate Law and Legal Definition. Vacate is a term subject to different meanings. In the context of a court order or decision, vacate means to overrule or void. A decision may be vacated for error, however, the error must be significant enough that it affected the outcome.
Because people needed a way to store electricity. The battery was invented around 2,000 years ago if you believe the Baghdad battery discovered in 1936 was a real battery. The Voltaic battery was invented in 1780. The Rechargeable Lead Acid Automobile Battery we use today was invented in 1859.
1 This type of battery is primarily used in cars today. 2  1866 Leclanche Carbon-Zinc Cell-French engineer, Georges Leclanche patented the carbon-zinc wet cell battery called the Leclanche cell. 3  According to The History of Batteries: George Leclanche's original cell was assembled in a porous pot. 1881 - J.A. 2  Thiebaut patented the first battery with both the negative electrode and porous pot placed in a zinc cup. 3  1881 - Carl Gassner invented the first commercially successful dry cell battery (zinc-carbon cell). 4  1899 - Waldmar Jungner invented the first nickel-cadmium rechargeable battery.