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Sir, With reference to "Performance Uprating" (Motor Sport, March 1988), I have three comments. First, your photo is captioned as "The MG factory in 1935". It isn't— there are too…
"NIFE" BATTERIES ON MOUNT EVERREST.
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” 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.
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