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Show WSE'BilTTOliES m protection Often Fill Demand When Plants Are Temporarily Out of Commission. I: is :i f':i''l not unii-rally knuwn to the ;iu-r;i re;i'lT tlmt tins ch-.-lric lijihtintf ;unl tower M.ntiwns of threat L'ltuH nR0 rtora lotteries ux a mh'hiih of .rotoc-tiori, .rotoc-tiori, for iiirniliin nirn-nt to tbdr cus-loifK-ry in ''jc-.-s of enM'i'ucy. )uriu 1 linu'l'-rstoni or in other in-Main-fa "v lin i: a 'n ;it. n in 4 j u ii t ot elec-trir.itv elec-trir.itv inn A sti-Mcnly tc furnished, it is the htoi;i' lutllfi H l hat urn called linnil to II t till' ilriiuilMl. Such t otiii.- liiithTy insinuations arc ihe lur-sl u.-.l, I icing fom.ot-c!.l of him-t him-t rf., t,f iihit' ... tin' rutin battery weighing liuii'iriiils of tons am) being capable of furnishing thousands of horse power, Storage batteries are also used for propelling electric pleasure cars, (kl ivory iv-ory wagons and trucka; for ignition, electric lighting and self -starting in Caroline automobiles; for propulsion and ignition in motor boats; for the operation opera-tion of telephone and telegraph systems; for propelling submarine boiitu after submersion; sub-mersion; for railway interlocking switch and signal systems; for the lighting of ruilrond couches and for many other purposes. Thiring Hip past few years there have been wonderful developments in the manufai'ture of storage batteries, so that today a great amount of electrical energy en-ergy can be stored in a very small space and with comparatively small wnight, and, most important, can be absolutely depended upon to deliver its stored power pow-er when needed. An interesting illustration of the use of storage batteries is that of furnishing furnish-ing powor for cranking an automnhile enc'ne. In this ease a small bnttcrv weighing about sixty pounds is ealled upon to deliver from one-half to one horse power of energy for a few seconds sec-onds or minutes. The "Exide battery, which is very widlv used for automobile starting, lighting and ignition, was first used in 1012. and its success was at. onco so pronounced that it hns since been used in great numbers, there being today over 275,000 Exide starting batteries in service. serv-ice. Realizing the importance of the storage stor-age batterv. electric Automobile starting svatem, and the superioritv of the Exu1" hatterv. the Electric Truck Service enm-rninv enm-rninv has rnado arrangements to of tr Exide batterv service to automobile owners in this vieinltv. This comn.?nv has put In the necessnrv eonipment for the efficient, care of starting batteries and is ready to give nutomnhilists prompt and expert battery attention when required. |