Sage Agastya Battery Recreated - Were our ancestors more advanced than we are?

@thebigk • Oct 27, 2024

Oct 27, 2024

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Just stumbled upon this video and while it's simple chemistry to us, I'm wondering if the ancient people actually knew a lot more than we do?Â

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-7Y3UuejOs" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Recreating a 4000 Year Old Battery - Was Electricity Used in Ancient Times? - YouTube</a>

Wondering if anyone's had a chance to read the Agastya Samhita?

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Ramani Aswath

@ramani-VR4O43 • Oct 5, 2018

Firstly, it is much simpler to hang the copper and zinc vertically with a gap rather than using saw dust to keep the horizontal foils separate. Secondly, saw dust being lighter wouldn’t remain in that position when the copper sulphate solution was poured in. I am not aware that zinc metal was available at Agastya’s time.
I have initiated some investigation with Prof.Sriram, a physicist, who’s currently working on ancient astronomy in India studying various Sanskrit documents. Shall post here if anything turns up.

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Ramani Aswath

@ramani-VR4O43 • Oct 6, 2018

I find it very unlikely that Agastya described a primary cell and series connection of a hundred of them.
There are even doubts about his period. Agastya samitaâ€™s veracity itself is questioned by scholars.
Anyway here is some more â€˜time passâ€™ (more like time waste) info:
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