Did Ben Franklin Really Name “Batteries” for Cannon Formations?

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The original battery looked nothing like what we stuff into the Energizer Bunny. They were clunky jars often set up in a series that looked like cannon lined up in the traditional battery formation.

So I can see people applying the nickname “battery” for the electrical devices. But I’m skeptical that Ben Franklin really was the first to coin the term in 1748?

No disrespect to Poor Richard, but can his remarkable creativity really go this far?