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Cruickshank Trough Eliminates a Pile of Woes
The Voltaic Pile was a great start, and was in a sense the first real…
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Make a Baghdad Battery of Your Own
The Baghdad Battery could have been the world’s first storage cell, but we may never…
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Benjamin Franklin Imagines a Battery
It is almost impossible to imagine a world without batteries. Although electricity has always been…
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Beginning of the History of Lead-Acid Batteries
Did you know that the lead-acid battery was the first commercially viable cell, and that…
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Henney Kilowatt Electric Car Came Close
The Henney Kilowatt electric car came so close to becoming the first mass production version…
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A Bréguet Electric Car Out of Necessity
Necessity some say, is the mother of invention. Certainly many great artists produce their finest…
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Roller Coaster Energy Conversion Demo
Energy is everywhere we go. It underpins our existence in so many, many ways. Our…
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Milk Floats Keep Electric Transport Alive
Electric cars reached their peak in popularity in the 1910’s. But by 1920 they had…
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Owen Magnetic Electric Series Hybrid
The Owen Magnetic had an electric-series-hybrid-drivetrain that eliminated the need for a heavy, bulky, expensive…
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Batteries Gave Way to Gasoline in 1920s
Battery power was popular in the early days of automotive transport, although it could not…