EDISON'S DISCOVERY.
lASI NAIL c^ HE m *^ s Mr. Thomas A. Eison has announced the success of Ins endeavour to discover as economical electrical storage battery. Lately tho famous inventor has devoted most of his time to this question, which promises to revolutionise carriage" locomotion. Aluminium is the chief material used in the construction of the battery, and Mr. Edison predicts that in three years horses will have been entirely superseded m New York for business purposes. Over 300 of the - new batteries are being turnod out' weekly, aud will be ready for the United - St'atcs and European markets this month. The inven™rJong since realised that a battery of 1<3,000 miles' capacity was not superior to hor&e traction ; therefore, ho has constructed the new ones, so as to be capable of providing power for 50,000 miles without requiring a- new ulale t
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Evening Post, Volume LXXIV, Issue 138, 7 December 1907, Page 12
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142EDISON'S DISCOVERY. Evening Post, Volume LXXIV, Issue 138, 7 December 1907, Page 12
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