
Matters of moment, December 1995
Attention to detail For a few hours on Friday November 10, motor racing was feeling distinctly uneasy once again. Mika Hakkinen's accident during qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix highlighted…
” NIFE ” BATTERIES ON MOUNT EVEREST. ” “
We learn that ” Nile ” batteries were used on the Mount Everest expedition for operating the cameras. They were transported across Tibet on mules, and, notwithstanding a good deal of rough usage and having to work in intense cold, their operation was most successful and the only attention the batteries required during the whole of the expedition was a change of rubber corks twice, the addition of a little water, and cleaning of the terminals.