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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edison_Storage_Battery_Company This would be my first attempt to make some improvements in a Wikipedia article. I have a 78 page book on the Edison storage battery (lithium) that would be a great addition to this Wikipedia topic. I would be happy to provide a pdf of this rare booklet to Wikipedia editors. Book has numerous photos, specifications and prices for the Edison lithium battery from more than 100 years ago:

The publication of A SERIES OF TWELVE NON-TECHNICAL LETTERS ON The EDISON STORAGE BATTERY BY MILLER REESE HUTCHISON CHIEF ENGINEER TO AND PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THOMAS A. EDISON 1912

152 LAKESIDE AVENUE ORANGE, N. J.

Included is the Forward here: Foreword WE are constantly in receipt of letters from business men and non-technical people, requesting literature on the subject of the Edison Storage Battery. While the Edison Storage Battery is the acme of simplicity in theory and construction, a technical description embraces terms and phrases which are confusing to the layman. About March 1st, 1912, we inaugurated a series of letters appearing in the Journal of Commerce, of New York, on Friday of each week, and written by Mr. Miller Reese Hutchison, Chief Engineer to and Personal Representative of Mr. Edison. We have received such favorable comment on these letters, that we have decided to reproduce them in book form. Mr. Edison labored for seven years, and expended over two millions of dollars in the evolution and perfection of the Edison Storage Battery. The perfected type was placed on the market three and one-half years ago, since which time thousands of cells have been sold and operated in a multitude of different applications. Mr. Edison has personally studied reports of their performance. As a result, he unreservedly endorses and recommends the Edison Storage Battery for general use, and backs this up by a guarantee of full rated capacity at the end of four years of use in connection with approved apparatus, irrespective of the number of charges and discharges of the batteries, and regardless of the total mileage of the vehicle on which they are installed. With an abiding faith in the sound business judgment and fair-mindedness of the public, knowing full well that the opposition he experienced when introducing his incandescent lamp would be repeated, he nevertheless attacked and mastered the problem. The Edison Storage Battery is as great an advance in world progress as was the Edison Incandescent Lamp, and will soon come into as general use. We hope the graphic account of the early struggles, gradual development and final accomplishment of the Edison Storage Battery, as set forth in these pages, will prove of sufficient interest to insure careful reading and filing for reference. Respectfully, THE EDISON STORAGE BATTERY CO., 152 Lakeside Avenue, Orange. N. J.

Draft by Rick Rys