5 Jun
2004
5 Jun
'04
11:11 p.m.
On Jun 5, 21:28, William Donzelli wrote:
Most of these batteries were made in World War 2, many
by a company
called
Willard. They pretty much fell out of fashion roight
after the war in
new
designs, but probably were still produced for all of
the existing
radios
(mainly) that used them.
Actually, small transparent lead-acid batteries (usually with the three
balls in a column) were still made up to the 1980s. Professional
flashguns and some "portable" phones used them.
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Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York