Batteries in History at Key Moments
It’s all too easy to forget the role that batteries played at key moments in…
It’s all too easy to forget the role that batteries played at key moments in…
Thomas Edison displayed the first light bulb with a long operating life in October 1879.…
There’s been a slight change of plans from last week.We came across something that challenged…
There are two kinds of electric current invented – or should we say discovered –…
We continue to explore the workings of the Edison nickel-iron battery, following the advice in…
We came across a rare handbook that the Association of Edison Illuminating Companies published in…
Thomas Edison had a preoccupation with electricity from his early days as a telegraph operator.…
Early battery development was largely a European affair. This seems logical, because the established academic…
Edward Johnson was manager at Automatic Telegraph Company in 1871, and he needed an assistant.…
Nikola Tesla strode the stage of electric history. We should do more than just remember…