Twentieth century handbook for steam engineers and electricians, with questions and answers; a practical nontechnical treatise .. (1916)
Swingle, Calvin F. (Calvin Franklin), b. 1846 · Chicago, F.J. Drake & company · leaf 1488
ge Batteries 1453 The positive plate is of perforated lead sheets rivetedtogether with lead rivets, and formed by the slow processof charging and reversal as previously described. The nega-tive element is a zinc amalgam which swells up whencharged. This amalgam lies on bottom of jar, while the lead… … Fig. 696lead-zinc storage battery use, the lead-lead cell is preierred as being better undersuch severe conditions. The Edison Cell uses grids of nickel plated iron, the gridsbeing filled with small nickel plated steel boxes which areperforated with very small holes. The boxes in positive plate are…
