The Battery
The Battery

Author: Henry Schlesinger

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2010-02-27

Total Pages: 390

ISBN-13: 0061985295

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In the tradition of Mark Kurlansky's Cod and David Bodanis's E=MC2, The Battery is the first popular history of the technology that harnessed electricity and powered the greatest scientific and technological advances of our time. What began as a long-running dispute in biology, involving a dead frog's twitching leg, a scalpel, and a metal plate, would become an invention that transformed the history of the world: the battery. From Alessandro Volta's first copper-and-zinc model in 1800 to twenty-first-century technological breakthroughs, science journalist Henry Schlesinger traces the history of this essential power source and demonstrates its impact on our lives. Volta's first battery not only settled the frog's leg question, it also unleashed a field of scientific research that led to the discovery of new elements and new inventions, from Samuel Morse's telegraph to Alexander Graham Bell's telephone to Thomas Edison's incandescent lightbulb. And recent advances like nanotechnology are poised to create a new generation of paradigm-shifting energy sources. Schlesinger introduces the charlatans and geniuses, paupers and magnates, attracted to the power of the battery, including Michael Faraday, Guglielmo Marconi, Gaylord Wilshire, and Hugo Gernsback, the publisher and would-be inventor who coined the term "science fiction." A kaleidoscopic tour of an ingenious invention that helped usher in the modern world, The Battery is as entertaining as it is enlightening.

History of the Electric Automobile
History of the Electric Automobile

Author: Ernest Henry Wakefield

Publisher: SAE International

Published: 1993-08-01

Total Pages: 582

ISBN-13: 1560912995

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History of the Electric Automobile covers the evolution from the first electric vehicles of the 1880s to the advances of today. Beginning with early electric vehicle development in England, France, and the United States, this book provides an in-depth look at the so-called "golden age of electric vehicles" (1895-1905), demonstrating the technological improvements and business risks of this era. This history also explores the "dead period" of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, and the subsequent re-birth of interest in electric vehicles in the early 1960s. Events which have impacted the development of electric cars since then -- most notably the Electric Vehicle Act of 1976 -- are also examined. The book also features an appendix section containing such information as a name table of American electric cars, the Electric Vehicle Act of 1976, "nostalgia", and more. A glossary and index are also included. "For more than a century, nearly all seers who have predicted the role of electric vehicles in personal transportation have been wrong. This book records what actually happened, both within America and internationally." - Ernest H. Wakefield

Energy Storage
Energy Storage

Author: Ralph Zito

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2011-01-25

Total Pages: 213

ISBN-13: 0470922915

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This book presents practical solutions to the problem of energy storage on a massive scale. This problem is especially difficult for renewable energy technologies, such as wind and solar power, that, currently, can only be utilized while the wind is blowing or while the sun is shining. If energy storage on a large scale were possible, this would solve many of our society's problems. For example, power grids would not go down during peak usage. Power plants that run on natural gas, for example, would no longer burn natural gas during the off-hours, as what happens now. These are just two of society’s huge problems that could be solved with this new technology. This is a potentially revolutionary book, insofar as technical books can be "revolutionary." The technologies that are described have their roots in basic chemistry that engineers have been practicing for years, but this is all new material that could revolutionize the energy industry. Whether the power is generated from oil, natural gas, coal, solar, wind, or any of the other emerging sources, energy storage is something that the industry MUST learn and practice. With the world energy demand increasing, mostly due to the industrial growth in China and India, and with the West becoming increasingly more interested in fuel efficiency and "green" endeavors, energy storage is potentially a key technology in our energy future.

Lithium-Ion Batteries
Lithium-Ion Batteries

Author: Gianfranco Pistoia

Publisher: Newnes

Published: 2013-12-16

Total Pages: 659

ISBN-13: 0444595163

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Lithium-Ion Batteries features an in-depth description of different lithium-ion applications, including important features such as safety and reliability. This title acquaints readers with the numerous and often consumer-oriented applications of this widespread battery type. Lithium-Ion Batteries also explores the concepts of nanostructured materials, as well as the importance of battery management systems. This handbook is an invaluable resource for electrochemical engineers and battery and fuel cell experts everywhere, from research institutions and universities to a worldwide array of professional industries. - Contains all applications of consumer and industrial lithium-ion batteries, including reviews, in a single volume - Features contributions from the world's leading industry and research experts - Presents executive summaries of specific case studies - Covers information on basic research and application approaches

Lithium-Ion Batteries: Basics and Applications
Lithium-Ion Batteries: Basics and Applications

Author: Reiner Korthauer

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-08-07

Total Pages: 417

ISBN-13: 3662530716

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The handbook focuses on a complete outline of lithium-ion batteries. Just before starting with an exposition of the fundamentals of this system, the book gives a short explanation of the newest cell generation. The most important elements are described as negative / positive electrode materials, electrolytes, seals and separators. The battery disconnect unit and the battery management system are important parts of modern lithium-ion batteries. An economical, faultless and efficient battery production is a must today and is represented with one chapter in the handbook. Cross-cutting issues like electrical, chemical, functional safety are further topics. Last but not least standards and transportation themes are the final chapters of the handbook. The different topics of the handbook provide a good knowledge base not only for those working daily on electrochemical energy storage, but also to scientists, engineers and students concerned in modern battery systems.

History of Lumsden's Battery
History of Lumsden's Battery

Author: George Litte

Publisher:

Published: 2009-11

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13: 9781846779008

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The Alabama Cannoneers at War This is an interesting concise account, by authors who were members and participants in its actions, of a battery of Confederate Artillery including its campaigns during the war between the states. Raised in Alabama, the battery saw much hard campaigning and battlefield action against Union forces. This absorbing account chronicles the unit's entire history and is filled with anecdotal accounts that can only originate from first hand experience. The book also contains a role of serving members making it invaluable for genealogists. This Leonaur edition is available in paperback and also in a hard back edition with dust jacket. Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket -an ideal way to own a treasure book for your collection that is a credit to your library.