Bacon Designs First Fuel Cell
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events: 1900-2001
- Categories: Science, Technology, Inventions
- Subcategories: Inventors, Engineering, Engineers
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, British History
- Geographical Location: England, France, Italy, United Kingdom, United States
- Date: 1932
Article abstract: Francis Thomas Bacon designed the first fuel cell, which operated at moderate temperatures and used inexpensive metals in its construction.
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Because of the earth’s rapidly increasing population and the dwindling of fossil fuels (natural gas, coal, and petroleum), there is a need to design and develop new ways to obtain energy and to encourage its intelligent use. The burning of fossil fuels to create energy causes a slow buildup of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, creating pollution that poses many problems for...
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