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Show STORAGE BATTERIES. Nnvy Depirtment Considering Ad-vlsabillty Ad-vlsabillty of Condiictlne; Kxperl-luents Kxperl-luents Which Interest World. , Wnshtnrtnn, hept. II llio boird nf mnstiiiitlnn of the. Nnv depiiitiiieiit has mult r tnnsldi rnllnii tho iidvleal. lilt) li-lt) of i on. lm ling n number of exp, rl-mi rl-mi tits w hlcli w III lie of i misltli ruble lit i-IKiilniiie i-IKiilniiie not imlv lo the Navy ilepatl-mi ilepatl-mi nt ItKelf, but In the ileilrluil world nt laige, nml which may ii still In Hit iiihlltloii or considerable luformalliiii to Ihe giniral kwmlidgo of stoiagu butteries but-teries ' Home weeks ngo n boird of Inquiry Intisilgnlwl nn arildint which ne-currcl ne-currcl on tho Kiibiiiarlne bo it Holland nnd riiorted Unit Um pn poiub raniu of ivlhnce vtint to show thnt tho explosion ex-plosion Vina due to tho Ignition of b-dingeii b-dingeii boh given off by tho stoniko b liters 'J he experiments will be conducted nt the New k navy nrd by llnv-e llnv-e rnnient cheinlsiH who will lugln with it pirfeitly iiiw bntlery nnd llieu by liplaelng tho plntes with others woin from time tn tlnu the) tmi In Un end have n uimpli lily worn out bjti ry III the mtanwhlh they will vwttch the charging of the battery, the amount nf gas tin cut li off in milt slugu of the oxpirlini nt, the cimhustlhllliy of tho gnu mill the danger of lunltlim frnni sparks from swlUlits, mid the forte of the explosions of hue h gusts Home nf lho oflbera or the nivy believe be-lieve the Hiilimnrlim boat nf the fuluii. will be up. ruled tntliils by Ktnriige bnttciy powet If tlda In In bo tho i use tho rnntter l om of grint Important o In counectloii with the devi lopnu nt of this type of lighting vessel for It la very neieeanry In know how long bnt-teilis bnt-teilis me to list und Ilu ir inmnirit-live inmnirit-live v Hue from Ihe time of their In-Klnllatlnn In-Klnllatlnn until thty bitoino vteutli- 'lhe batteries In tho Hnllnnd were Installed In-stalled six sears nip! mid hnvo bud aubslanllally no i epulis dining the past four jours, so that tiny wen In Mry bad nil ie 1 he btltiry was um .1 very Irngitlirly, fiuitiuilly ihnigliig nnd dlsi hnrglng twice n tiny, nml nnine tliuea wtnt for weiks without dlsihirglug These ItHltirlis un piobibly Un" most expensive part of Ihe eqlllpu eut of bub-injillio bub-injillio boils |