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I believe batteries were used to generate several hundred volts in the early days. They were called Voltaic piles. Davy used a 2000-pair pile made for the Royal Institution in 1808. I believe that would produce a voltage in excess of 2000 volts. Voltaic piles were the source of choice until dynamos and alternators were invented.
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