The author of this email might be interested in experiments carried out in
the early 1950
There are some Photos and description from the inventor at my geocities site
I can't remember the exact location but if you go to whats at solaris.
you should be able to find the link.
By the way I think the radiactive material was not what you would normall
associate with radiation danger.
The radioactive battery
>I remember reading somewhere on Keelynet about a battery design made from a
>solar cell sandwiched between two plates coated with radium. The idea was
>that the solar cell would convert the glow? to electricity . This sounds
>like a relatively easy experiment if a source of radium can be found such as
>the paint used in older watch faces for the glow in the dark numerals, which
>doesn't sound to hard there is a antique mall near my home and I am sure I
>could acquire some broken watch parts possibly including radium coated watch
>faces but before I shell out any cash I would like to hear the opinions of
>others on this device. Do you think this would work? If it does why aren't
>we using them in our laptops? Imagine an atomic battery that could be
>relatively harmless and provide 30 years of power. I know it would be low
>voltage/current but it would be a start and with the right design you might
>could use multiple solar cells to push the output up to a substantial
>amount. Anyway feedback always welcome. Especially if there is some real
>simple reason why this wouldn't work. I can only think that perhaps the
>cell won't function from this type of radiation or that radium or at least
>the small amount I would consider using won't put out a constant glow for an
>extended period in complete darkness.
>Hopefully this device will function as claimed. That would be neat just to
>have around for inspiration for the quest.
>Thanks,
>crowekri
>
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Geoff
http://geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1135
Solaris searching for natures energy sources.
Geoff Egel
18 Sturt Street
Loxton 5333
South Australia
Australia
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