Author : California Division of Mines
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781396590900
Total Pages : 618 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (99 download)
Book Synopsis California Journal of Mines and Geology, 1952, Vol. 48 (Classic Reprint) by : California Division of Mines
Download or read book California Journal of Mines and Geology, 1952, Vol. 48 (Classic Reprint) written by California Division of Mines and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-10-03 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from California Journal of Mines and Geology, 1952, Vol. 48 The increased use of the lead storage battery almost exactly parallels the growth of the automotive industry. A small proportion of lead stor age batteries - about 9 percent of the total lead tonnage used per year is used for purposes not connected With the automobile, such as in farm lighting installations, standby electric power stations, electric locomo tives, submarine service and others. Some of the non-automobile bat teries are the niekel-iron type1 and others are the niekel-cadmium types? Very few passenger cars, trucks, buses, tractors or other conveyances, however, make use of anything except the lead storage battery for start ing, lighting and ignition purposes. It is logical, therefore, to observe the growth of the lead storage battery industry by reference to the sta tistics of the automobile industry. Fortunately for this purpose, very accurate records exist of the automobile industry since its inception about 1895; from about 1910 to the present time, it can be assumed that each motor vehicle contained one lead storage battery. Ninety-one percent of all battery lead used annually is used in the automotive type of battery. Table 4 indicates the relative importance of the battery industry in various sections of the state. Battery manu facturers are concentrated in the Los Angeles and San Francisco Bay areas; battery production by counties is as follows in the order of im portance: Los Angeles, Alameda, San Francisco, Orange, San Bernar dino, San Diego, Sacramento and Kern. Table 1. Annual mineral and raw material requirements of California battery industry. Mined in California and Produced in Pounds Value suitable for California use in battery (lbs) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.