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Rio Tinto Battery Electric Loco Trials
Rio Tinto Mining Company transports iron ore in one-and-a-half-mile long trains across the vast Australian Outback. Each train comprises three…
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Lord Kelvin (1824-1907)
British mathematical physicist and engineer William Thomson, who is better known as Lord Kelvin, was born in Belfast in 1824.…
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The Kite Experiment
In June 1752 Benjamin Franklin conducted the Kite Experiment by flying a silk handkerchief under thunder and storm conditions. After…
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Joseph Henry was an American scientist who is responsible for creating the first electromagnetic motor. Henry’s beginning was very modest.…
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Wood may not be on the list of common materials used in batteries, but a group of researchers have discovered how…