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 not too heavy-will positively not gum clog, collect dust dirt, harden dry out. MO�M. On
account the low voltage the cell, a
vehicle battery given voltage must
contain larger number cells than a
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Scientific meric. vehicle manufacturer using the
battery reports that charged ex·
hausted battery A·4 cellR the rate
of 100 amperes for short tin1('. and
states that pays better put over
. 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
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The element made very com,;;act.
Strong, sirupie and durable.
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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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Automatic, saves half the cost. The nature the support rna·
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-Whereas the lead cell the constitu
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