The Modern bicycle and its accessories; a complete reference book for rider, dealer, and maker (1898)
Schwalbach, Alexander, Wilcox, Julius, Commercial advertiser association, New York · New York, The Commercial advertiser association · leaf 134
sixtydays from the date of their manufacture aswhen first made. It is not a storage bat-tery and cannot be recharged. All storagebatteries are of a liquid form and must intime cause, from the strong elements theycontain, a leakage which will destroy any-thing with which it. comes in contact.… … U. S. DETACHABLE BRACKET. candescent bulb has a capacity of carryingfour volts, and when the switch is on thefirst contact point the voltage of the bat-tery is reduced by the resistance coil to apoint of safety, at the same time giving abrilliant light. There is no heat, odor orliquid annoyances.…
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