Thomas A. Edison's Latest Invention A Storage Battery Designed and Constructed from the Automobile User's Point of View ...
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Connections between the cells a
battery and with the external cfrcuit are
made means heavy niCKel-plated
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swaged the ends and fitting the
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CRAY MOTOR CO.. Louis, Mo. Eight sharp cut
tmg edges. The nature the support rna·
terials and the method applying the
active material the plates enable the
cell stand dead short circuits without
injury.
3 One contains carbon residue, foreign matter, acid, impurities like all cylinder (mineral) oils. illustrated article published in
Scientific meric., 308 Park St.
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water during long periods the life t>f
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through wide range, and may far
hig]her than would safe with the lead
battery.
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Automatic, saves half the cost. One boy does the work four men.
Accepted the authority. The cost of
charging current, and hence also the ef·
ficiency its recovery the discharge
circuit, minor part the total ex·
pense operating the vehicle and the
low electrical efficiency the battery s
offset its extremely light weight
which 'not only lightens the construction
of the vehicle, but increases the propor·
tion "paying load" carried the same
-and its ruggedness service. MO�M. "Boosting charges"-given a
vehicle battery when partially dis·
charged, carry through a
longer _period than its prescribed day's
work-may given for hour's run at
a rate two three times the normal
charging rate and regular charge may
be completed hurry starting at
a high rate and gradually dpcreasing the
rate.
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In charging, the rate can varied
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t speak, moods and tenses its own
to catered the battery user.
Equip Your Car With the
"Webster" Safely Starting Handle,
positive its action, absolutely prevents injury from back-kicks,
adopted part 0/regular equipmentfor lco cars. Easily lucked or
released turning handle. stated that the cell im·
proves use, instead deteriorating,
and the company guarantees renew
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-Whereas the lead cell the constitu
tion (proportions acid and water) con·
ductivity and specific gravity all undergo
definite changJe during the cycle of
charge and discharge, the Edison cell
these ql,lalities remain unaltered., 2109 North Ninth St. All
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battery reports that charged ex·
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of 100 amperes for short tin1('. l3-in.
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D WAT MOTOR . On
account the low voltage the cell, a
vehicle battery given voltage must
contain larger number cells than a
lead battery, twenty-fonr lead cells being
equivalent forty the nickel-iron cells
of same ampere-hour capacity but the
low voltage and comparatively high in·
ternal resistance are disadvantageo1ls
from the purely electrical rather than
the vehicle point view. CO.
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