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Alfred Dun Cell for Street Lighting
Alfred Dun is a shadowy figure, and something of a mystery in the annals of…
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
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Alfred Dun is a shadowy figure, and something of a mystery in the annals of…
Battery Experiments
You could build a battery with many materials you could easily lay your hands on…
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Early batteries were single use, and therefore non-rechargeable. This meant their users either had to…
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With the wisdom of hindsight, it was becoming clear that battery development needed to take…
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Johann Christian Poggendorff was a German physicist born in 1796, and with a particular interest…
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We always acknowledge the human minds who steered the birth of batteries. However, this time…
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John Benjamin Dancer was an eclectic thinker. He built scientific instruments, and invented microphotography which…
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Alessandro Volta’s voltaic pile was a great first step forward in early battery development, but…
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Batteries enable portable devices so we can operate independently off the grid. Although they actually…
Battery Basics
There was a time when there were no power stations and utility grids. Therefore, if…