Battery Basics
Why Are Lead-Acid Batteries Still With Us?
Why are lead-acid batteries still with us after all these years? How come they command…
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The Great American Christmas Tree Light Story
Edward Johnson was manager at Automatic Telegraph Company in 1871, and he needed an assistant.…
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Camille Faure Settled Lead Battery Design
Camille Faure was a French chemical engineer who discovered a way to make Gaston Planté’s…
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Daniel and Dancer Improve on Volta’s Design
Allessandro Volta’s tower battery was a brilliant inspiration that set the stage for future designs.…
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Lead-Acid Battery History in the Beginning
There were no computers or smart phones at the start of the First Industrial Revolution…
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Mandatory Vaccination Has a Long History
Vaccination is proactive protection of communities from diseases they could otherwise spread among themselves. However,…
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The Coronavirus is More Ancient Than Us
The SARS-CoV-2 virus causing COVID-19 is a member of the coronavirus family. If we were…
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Variant First Detected in Vietnam ‘Dangerous’
The COVID-19 variant first detected in Vietnam is ‘very dangerous’. This, according to Vietnam’s Health…
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What If We Stopped Vaccinating the People?
What if we stopped vaccinating the people, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention asks on…
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The First Rechargeable Batteries Were Lead
It seems incredible looking back, but lead-acid cells were the first rechargeable batteries ever. But…