Thomas A. Edison's Latest Invention A Storage Battery Designed and Constructed from the Automobile User's Point of View ...
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3 One contains carbon residue, foreign matter, acid, impurities like all cylinder (mineral) oils. slow speed, high duty engine.
-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.
water during long periods the life t>f
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of same ampere-hour capacity but the
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Connections between the cells a
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In charging, the rate can varied
3 One not too heavy-will positively not gum clog, collect dust dirt, harden dry out.
It will not run out and leave contact points dry. vehicle manufacturer using the
battery reports that charged ex·
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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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