who made the first dry cell battery
1836 â John F. Daniell, and English chemist, improved the efficiency of Voltaâs design by developing a way to avoid the corrosion problems of Voltaâs batteries. 1868 â French chemist Georges Leclanche designed a âwetâ cell, the forerunner of the âdryâ cell, or flashlight battery. 1888 â German scientist Dr. Carl Gassner invented the âdryâ cell, a cell much like todayâs carbon-zinc batteries.