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June 10, 2011

Edison-era inventions emerge from the vaults of General Electric

by Laura Domela

A 100-year-old electric car charger, the earliest fuel cells, and much more.

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One of GE’s earliest photovoltaic (or solar) cells, this is a slightly smaller demo version of the “Sun Motor” unveiled at the 1939 World’s Fair. You can read more about the Sun Motor–and see it ostentatiously demoed by GE publicist and “amateur magician” William Gluesing.

PopSci via Neatorama

Read more and see more photos here

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