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The Battery That’s Lasted 176 Years And No One Knows What It Is Made Of

by memolition ·

In a laboratory at Oxford University sits the Oxford Electric Bell, which has spent 176 years constantly ringing.

And no-one’s quite sure what the battery that powers it is made of…


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