Robert Anderson (inventor)
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Robert Anderson was a 19th century Scottish
Scottish people
The Scottish people , or Scots, are a nation and ethnic group native to Scotland. Historically they emerged from an amalgamation of the Picts and Gaels, incorporating neighbouring Britons to the south as well as invading Germanic peoples such as the Anglo-Saxons and the Norse.In modern use,...

 inventor, best known for inventing the first crude electric carriage in Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

 around the time of 1832 - 1839. The carriage was powered by non-rechargeable primary power cell
Power cell
Power cell may refer to:* Battery , an array of galvanic cells for storing electricity* Electrochemical cell, a device that generates electricity from chemical reactions* Fuel cell, an electrochemical energy conversion chamber using reactants...

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