new hamfest finds

From: Pete Turnbull <pete_at_dunnington.u-net.com>
Date: Sun Jun 6 06:11:05 2004

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.

-- 
Pete						Peter Turnbull
						Network Manager
						University of York
Received on Sun Jun 06 2004 - 06:11:05 BST

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