Thomas A. Edison's Latest Invention A Storage Battery Designed and Constructed from the Automobile User's Point of View ...
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vehicle battery when partially dis·
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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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Improved bucket wheel construction. stated that the cell im·
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These and other important questions relating the structure are discussed good, thorough. two cylinder., Port Washington, Wis. For sale uno Co• Inc. The cost of
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Established 1872. With engines llorse powerR. 361 roadway, New ork, or
625 Street, Washington, C.
Connections between the cells a
battery and with the external cfrcuit are
made means heavy niCKel-plated
copper·wire connectors, with steel lugs
swaged the ends and fitting the
taper terminal posts
