Bleek-Love Electric Battery.
Since the original description appeared in these columns of the remarkable invention patented by Messrs Bleek and Love, of Brisbane, a paper on the subject was read before the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science at its meeting in the North Australian city. The new thing in that paper was the statement that a third test had been made — in addition to those of Professor Lyle and Mr. Badger — by a new method, naming the ingredients, not known at the time of the former tests. This third test was conducted by a capable electrician, Mr. B. O'Connel, and showed a larger output than the very satisfactory ones previously disclosed. The inventor thus concluded his paper: — To the unskilled in electrical knowledge, the importance of a discovery of this nature would hardly appeal, but when the writer assures that person of the benefits that will accrue ultimately from the cheap and instant production of a powerful and constant electric current, its importance will become manifest. Electric lighting for private houses, vehicles, boats, or for decorative purposes will be instantly available to any unskilled person who is capable of filling an ordinary kerosene lamp; surgical operating, and exploring lamps, surgical cauteries, and similar instruments, will be effectively and cheaply provided with current. X ray induction coils, and cinematograph machines can be operated in the distant country towns, when there is no dynamo current available. The domestic sewing machine, fan motors, dental engines, and all kinds of small motors can be effectively worked with an installation of four cells. One small cell will provide a reading lamp or bed light, which is absolutely safe and without danger from fire, for a period of about 60 to 70 consecutive hours, at a cost of a few pence. In conclusion, it must be understood that no electric current chemically produced can compete with that produced by the dynamo, especially where coal is so cheap as in Australia, but in the thousands of country towns and villages throughout the world, where there is no power depot, the discovery made by the writer should prove a real boon to mankind.
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Progress, Volume IV, Issue 5, 1 March 1909, Page 152
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357Bleek-Love Electric Battery. Progress, Volume IV, Issue 5, 1 March 1909, Page 152
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