Lyle,
Incidentally, Gassner filed his patent application for his "galvanic
battery" invention in the U.S. on 20 May 1887 (patent #373,064 issued Nov
1887).
Bob Skiles
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Pleistocene extinctions? Clovis kaput? It was the bolide, stupid!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lyle E. Browning" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 11:30 AM
Subject: Re: Carbon electrode rods - ID sources
1886 Carl Gassner of Mainz patented the carbon-zinc dry cell which
made batteries the convenient power source they are today.