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John Frederic Daniell was so outstanding that he was elected a member of the Royal Society at only 24 years of age.1 He was born in 1790 and well educated by private tutors, and showed a distinct interest in science at an early age.2 Before he was out of his teens he had worked in a sugar refinery belonging to a relative of his mother’s improving its processes. In the next few years he became particularly interested in geology, assembling a fine collection of rocks. Through Professor Brande he became involved with the Royal Institution.
Police arrested two kids yesterday, one was drinking battery acid, the other was eating fireworks. They charged one and let the other one off.
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Williams, J.B. (2018). Portable Power: Batteries. In: The Electric Century. Springer Praxis Books(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51155-9_10
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