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
Received on Sun Jun 06 2004 - 06:11:05 BST