Electric Primary Batteries

This special re-print edition of "Electric Primary Batteries" by Bernard E. Jones is a A Practical Guide To Their Construction and Use. Written in 1911, this classic text provides insight into early batteries. Chapters include Elementary Principles, Carbon-zinc cells - Bichromate or Chromic Acid, Carbon-zinc cells - Leclanche, Various Other Carbon Zinc Cells, Copper-Oxide Zinc Cells, Silver-Zinc and Platinum-Zinc Cells, Dry Cells, Standard Cells, Methods of Connecting Cells, Primary Batteries For Electric Lighting, Primary Batteries For Accumulator Charging, Medical Batteries, Collector Switches and Switch-boards, Making An Electric Torch, Pole Finders, Thermo-Electric Batteries and Thermopiles and more, with a complete index . A truly interesting read for those interested in science history, historic engineering or early power sources. Note: This edition is a perfect facsimile of the original edition and is not set in a modern typeface. As a result, some type characters and images might suffer from slight imperfections or minor shadows in the page background.