Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #13202
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Zane Bryan zipndani@transport.com
Date: Saturday, April 08, 2000 10:56 PM
Subject: Re: WCRG?....first electric cell
>Go back a bit further for the first electric cell...Egyptians made cells
>contained in large clay jugs over 5000 years earlier than your Italian
>fella, although the use of these cells is still a point of contention.
Hard
>to tell what uses they had for an electric cell. Given the size (up to
>three feet tall), I don't think they had BEAM in mind.
>
>ZB
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Sathe Dilip"
>To:
>Sent: Friday, April 07, 2000 1:58 PM
>Subject: Re: WCRG? (plus info on WCRG events)
>
>
>> All the "power systems" you mention are some form of batteries. You
>> either provide electrolyte (like the salt water) or water to activate
>> the dry electrolyte. Quoting from a webpage I once saved:
>>
>> "The first electric cell is believed to have been developed by an
>> Italian scientist, Alessandro Volta, in the late 1790's. His cell, known
>> as the voltaic pile, consisted of a stack of zinc and silver disks
>> separated by cardboard disks moistened in a salt solution. One can get
>> similar results with copper pennies, filter paper and aluminum foil."
>>
>> So technically you are consuming more than just water.
>>
>> Dilip
>> --------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Andrew Hooper wrote:
>> >
>> > Just as a thought, there is a power system that opperates on water,
>actually
>> > there are 3, one is used an a watch and is a simple system but provides
>> > minimal
>> > power to run the watch.
>> >
>> > Another is used in a tourch, this one uses salt water and will die
after
>a
>> > certian
>> > amount of time, it was designed as an emergencey tourch for the
military
>and
>> > im not to sure what happend to it.
>> >
>> > The same system above is also used in a form of ELT, this was trialed
in
>a
>> > life preserver, im not to sure if this went into production or not, but
>it
>> > was also
>> > a salt water power plant and powered the emergencey location
>transponder.
>> >
>> > So it is possible to make a real Aquavour but it also would be
>inpractical
>> > and
>> > expensive, i think one of the electrodes were made from platinum, not
to
>> > sure
>> > about the other.
>> SNIP
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