# Daniell cell

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. An early battery consisting of a copper pot filled with a copper sulphate solution, in which was immersed an unglazed earthenware container filled with sulphuric acid and a zinc electrode.

## Etymology
It was invented in 1836 by John Frederic Daniell, a British chemist and meteorologist.

## Source
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