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
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definite changJe during the cycle of
charge and discharge, the Edison cell
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In charging, the rate can varied
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Established 1872.
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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·
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-and its ruggedness service.
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