Portable Power: Inventor Samuel Ruben and the Birth of Duracell

This article explores the invention and commercialization of mercury and alkaline batteries by independent inventor Samuel Ruben and his licensee, the P. R. Mallory Company, known today as Duracell. During World War II, the Army Signal Corps turned to the National Inventors Council to help them solv...

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Published in:Technology and culture 2009-01, Vol.50 (1), p.24-57
Main Author: Hintz, Eric S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
20th century
Adoption of innovations
Alkalies
Alkaline batteries
Annual reports
Batteries
Business structures
Carbon
Commercialization
Consumer electronics
Councils
Cultural studies
Dry cells
Electrochemical cells
Electromagnetism
electronics
electrotechnology
Electronics
Electronics industry
Historians
History
History of science and technology
Humidity
Innovations
Inventions
Inventors
Marketing
Mercury
Mercury surface
Miniaturization
Modern society
New technology
Physical sciences and techniques
Power
Power supply
R&D
Radios
Research & development
Ruben, Samuel
Science and technology
Sociocultural factors
Technological change
Technological innovation
Technology products
Transistors
World War I
World War II
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