Faure Electric Accumulator Company
The Faure Electric Accumulator Company (FEAC) was a company founded in 1881 in London to supply electric batteries suitable for lighting and other purposes.[1] It took its name from the French chemical engineer Camille Alphonse Faure. Lord Kelvin wrote a favourable review for Faure's new battery design that appeared in The Times. However he did not play a formal role in the company.[2]
Despite Lord Kelvin's optimism, various shortcomings in Faure design became apparent. In particular the lead paste applied to the lead plate in Faure's design became unstuck. Soon a revised version, the Faure-Sellon-Volckmar accumulator was considered an improvement. However this created a problem as regards the management of patents.[3] Almost immediately the Electrical Power Storage Company (EPS) was founded in 1882 and threatened the FEAC with a lawsuit over the patents. By 1883 EPS had acquired the relevant patents and became the first manufacturer of electric batteries in the world.
Appointments
[edit]The electrical engineers were:
- William Edward Ayrton (consultant)
- Camille Alphonse Faure (consultant)
- Michael Radcliffe Ward
The solicitors were Freshfield and Williams.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "The Faure Electric Accumulator Company". The Railway News. No. 4 March 1882. 1882.
- ^ "Faure Accumulator Co". www.gracesguide.co.uk. Graces Guide. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
- ^ "About batteries: the pasted plate". www.hefra.nl. Accuverkoop Hefra. Retrieved 25 September 2020.