If it has not already been mentioned, Edison did, I believe, attempt to improve alkaline batteries for the electric car in 1899 or so! As a child I lived in a home with an electric car garage. The cars had no way of going in reverse, so.., the garage had a cement circular disc that was turned by a motor under the cement slab to turn the car around once you parked it in the garage!
Jeff Wisconsin -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of john robles Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 9:05 AM To: Antique Phonograph List Subject: Re: [Phono-L] All you phonograph/old car guys - check this out AMEN!!!!! Carl, could you scan or take a pic of that page and email it to me?? Any mention of date?? Thanks John C Wright <[email protected]> wrote: It is called a "Pole-Nut Wrench" for a Edison Nickel-Iron-Alkaline storage battery. I have a catalogue from Thomas A. Edison Industries that show it and it came in three different sizes. Carl Wright On Jul 9, 2007, at 11:00 PM, john robles wrote: > Yeah, I am starting to think that too. The handle and the rod are > only 5" long - and the depth of the socket is not that long either. > But did Edison make automotive tools?? > > [email protected] wrote: > In a message dated 7/9/2007 6:13:33 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > If I had the car and the plugs, I'd sure go for it! Time will tell... > > > I don't know why you guys think that its a spark plug wrench--or > even a tire > iron--looks like a lug nut wrench to me with the shallow wrench head. > > Art Heller > > > > ************************************** See what's free at http:// > www.aol.com. > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org From [email protected] Tue Jul 10 10:04:05 2007 From: [email protected] (Andrew Baron) Date: Tue Jul 10 10:06:35 2007 Subject: [Phono-L] All you phonograph/old car guys - check this out In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> References: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> And the North Star is really an Edison lamp suspended in the sky at night! (or so the old tale went...) On Jul 9, 2007, at 9:02 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Andy > Well, actually lawn mowers and snow blowers have stubby spark plugs > as you > describe. Maybe Edison invented them too!! > --Art
