Show electric wheel chairs electric wheel chairs similar to those employed at the panama pacific international exposition last year tire are being used successfully in europe for the wounded and crippled soldiers invariably the convalescent men prefer to direct their own chair rather than to have someone push them about one of these chairs which Is of swiss make and costs a small sum is equipped with a one quarter horse power motor suspended between the steering and rear wheel current is 19 supplied from a battery of 15 lead plate cells housed in three boxes beneath the sent seat the battery is of 50 ampere hours capacity and provides sufficient energy for a run of thirty to forty miles five forward and five reverse speeds are provided the steering and operating mechanism Is of the very simplest |