Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 June 1902 — THOS. A. EDISON ANNOUNCES THE SUCCESS OF HIS STORAGE BATTERY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THOS. A. EDISON ANNOUNCES THE SUCCESS OF HIS STORAGE BATTERY

Thomas A. Edison, who claims to have solved the problem of the storage battery, a discovery that interests the entire world, for its application will insure man’s independence of the horse, has this to say of the invention; "My storage battery is not add. There’s the difference. There is nothing to eat at any metal which is a component part of the battery. My battery is an alkaline battery. The exact formula I’m not going to give out yet. We have been testing this battery for a long time. I

made up my mind when I began experimenting that I would not let one of my batteries be sold to the public until they were capable of doing just what I meant them to do* The odd thing is that the battery always does better work in actual road use than when we are experimenting with it in the laboratory. I believe this is caused by the jolting on the roads. We are not going to let these machine* go upon the public market until they have been thoroughly tested.”

THOMAS A. EDISON.