Thomas A. Edison's Latest Invention A Storage Battery Designed and Constructed from the Automobile User's Point of View ...
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equivalent forty the nickel-iron cells
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-Whereas the lead cell the constitu
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ductivity and specific gravity all undergo
definite changJe during the cycle of
charge and discharge, the Edison cell
these ql,lalities remain unaltered.iliu(', in.
, concern.cyc1e motorS.
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water during long periods the life t>f
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