Battery Basics
Let’s Compare Batteries and Capacitors
We can store energy in many different kinds of ways. We could do it, for…
I tripped over a shrinking bank balance and fell into the writing gig unintentionally. This was after I escaped the corporate world and searched in vain for ways to become rich on the internet by doing nothing. Despite the fact that writing is no recipe for wealth, I rather enjoy it. I will not deny I am obsessed with it when I have the time. I live in Margate on the Kwazulu-Natal south coast of South Africa. I work from home where I ponder on the future of the planet, and what lies beyond in the great hereafter. Sometimes I step out of my computer into the silent riverine forests, and empty golden beaches for which the area is renowned. Richard
Battery Basics
We can store energy in many different kinds of ways. We could do it, for…
Battery Experiments
Okay, so you went on a school expedition where they showed you a Leclanche cell?…
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If storage batteries are at the heart of every portable electrical device, we are bound…
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George Mansbridge invented the metalized paper capacitor in 1900, and patented it in 1902. The…
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Karol Franciszek Pollak was born in south-eastern Poland in 1859. He began working as an…
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Paper capacitors – you may also come across the term fixed capacitors – use paper…
Battery Experiments
We’ve been writing about capacitors and their history lately. So we decided it was time…
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Capacitors are devices for storing electrostatic energy in an electric field. Whereas the batteries such…
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There are three ‘contestants’ to this contest, namely Winkler, Gralath and Franklin. Although they lived…
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Leyden Jars were a hugely significant invention when they burst on the world stage in…