Paper, 'On charging secondary batteries' by W H [William Henry] Preece
Reference number: PP/6/33
Date: 1885
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Preece writes: 'I have for some months past been experimenting with secondary batteries with a view of getting an efficient, uniform, and constant source of currents for electric lighting my house, and I have succeeded beyond my expectations. Some new facts have developed themselves during my experience, which I have thought of sufficient importance to bring before the Society [...] The cells are of the Planté type, manufactured by the Elwell Parker Company of Wolverhampton [England].'
Annotations in pencil and ink. Includes five diagrams of experimental apparatus and results and five prints of the same.
Subject: Electricity
Received 6 May 1885. Read 21 May 1885.
A version of this paper was published in volume 38 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On charging secondary batteries'.
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- PP/6/33
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- 1885
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- 23 pages
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William Henry Preece, Paper, 'On charging secondary batteries' by W H [William Henry] Preece, 1885, PP/6/33, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_6_33/paper-on-charging-secondary-batteries-by-w-h-william-henry-preece, accessed on 12 November 2024
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IV. On charging secondary batteries External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1885
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1884.0111
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Scientific papers published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society volume 38, 1884-1885
1884-1885 Reference number: PP/6
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