Thomas A. Edison's Latest Invention A Storage Battery Designed and Constructed from the Automobile User's Point of View ...
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offset its extremely light weight
which 'not only lightens the construction
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tion "paying load" carried the same
-and its ruggedness service.
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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.
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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. Starts easier and quicker than any other eng:ine, occupies less space,
is ess cum bersome, with less vibration, therefore adapting for either stationary, portable traction use.
In charging, the rate can varied
3 One not too heavy-will positively not gum clog, collect dust dirt, harden dry out. swin�.
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