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| Galvanic Cells and Scientists, p. 758 | ||
| From Chewing Gum to Electromagnetic Induction | ||
| This Inventor Profile features a long list of inventors, including Volta and Faraday, along with the inventions each has become famous for. ( http://www.ideafinder.com/history/of_inventors.htm ) | ||
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| Founder of Electro-Technology | ||
| A biography of Michael Faraday and an account of his discoveries and inventions. Scroll to the bottom of the page for links to the text of some of Faraday’s lectures. ( http://chem.ch.huji.ac.il/~eugeniik/history/faraday.htm ) | ||
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| Invention of the Battery | ||
| The history of the battery, written by a Canadian electronics executive. The story begins in the seventeenth century and continues to the present day. ( http://www.buchmann.ca/Article3-Page1.asp ) | ||
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| The next two web sites contain information on Galvani's and Volta's work in bioelectricity. | ||
| Animal Electricity and Cold Hard Science | ||
| The Galvani vs. Volta debate was one of the most interesting episodes in the history of science. This argument split the whole European scientific world into Voltaists and Galvanists. ( http://neurolab.jsc.nasa.gov/galvani.htm ) | ||
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| Animal Electricity and Cold Hard Science | ||
| The Galvani vs. Volta debate was one of the most interesting episodes in the history of science. This argument split the whole European scientific world into Voltaists and Galvanists. ( http://ppp.unipv.it/Volta/Pages/ePage1.html ) | ||
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| The Latest Developments in Battery Technology, p. 775 | ||
| New Developments | ||
| Follow the links to get an idea of some of the current research being done on battery technology. ( http://www.allaboutbatteries.com/New-developments.html ) | ||
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| Advanced Batteries and Fuel Cells | ||
| This Dalhousie University site allows you to take a virtual tour of Dr. Jeff Dahn’s lab. Find out what his team members are working on in the field of battery and fuel cell materials. ( http://fizz.phys.dal.ca/~dahn/ ) | ||
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| Combinatorial Materials Synthesis | ||
| This article summarizes Combinatorial Materials Synthesis (CMS). ( http://www.aip.org/tip/INPHFA/vol-4/iss-4/p24.pdf ) | ||
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