Answer:
The dry-battery was invented in Japan. The inventor was Yai Sakizou . However, Yai didn't have enough money to file the patent, the first patent holder of a battery in Japan was not Yai, but Takahashi Ichisaburo. Wilhelm Hellesen also invented a dry-battery and obtained U.S. Patent 439,151 in 1890.
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