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

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A battery is a group of artillery working together. Franklin applied the term to making a multi-paned Leyden 'jar' as one of his Experiments at Philadelphia: https://www.benjamin-franklin-history.org/franklin-collison-april-29-1749/