Thatâs almost 2,000x the cost of a gallon of tap water and twice the cost of a gallon of regular gasoline.. A few more stats, via Colas: Americans spent $11.8 billion dollars on bottled water in 2012, the latest data available from the BMC.
1836 â John F. Daniell, and English chemist, improved the efficiency of Voltaâs design by developing a way to avoid the corrosion problems of Voltaâs batteries. 1868 â French chemist Georges Leclanche designed a âwetâ cell, the forerunner of the âdryâ cell, or flashlight battery. 1888 â German scientist Dr. Carl Gassner invented the âdryâ cell, a cell much like todayâs carbon-zinc batteries.
1 1954 Solar Cells-Gerald Pearson, Calvin Fuller and Daryl Chapin invented the first solar battery. 2  A solar battery converts the sun's energy to electricity. 3  In 1954, Gerald Pearson, Calvin Fuller and Daryl Chapin invented the first solar battery. Thiebaut patented the first battery with both the negative electrode and porous pot placed in a zinc cup. 2  1881 - Carl Gassner invented the first commercially successful dry cell battery (zinc-carbon cell).