Gaston Planté

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Gaston Planté (1834-1889) was a French physicist who invented a rechargeable electric battery in 1859.

The prehistoric flightless bird Gastornis, a congener of the North American Diatryma, is named after Planté, who was the first to discover its fossils.

Sources

• http://www.corrosion-doctors.org/Biographies/PlantelBio.htm

 

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