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Edison-era inventions emerge from the vaults of General Electric

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.

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