October 2015
Beginner
160 pages
4h 39m
English
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Batteries from Everyday Things
By Cy Tymony ■ Illustrations by Julian Honoré
You will need
Lemon or other acidic fruit
Nail, paper clip, or twist-tie
Heavy copper wire
Water
Salt
Paper towel
Pennies and nickels
Plate
No one can dispute the usefulness of electricity. But what do you do if you’re in a remote area without AC power or batteries? Make sneaky batteries, of course! And once you know how to make sneaky batteries, you’ll never again be totally out of power sources.
1. The fruit battery.
Insert a nail or paper clip into a lemon. Then stick a piece of heavy copper wire into the lemon. Make sure the wire is close to, but does not ...