Electric battery common fuels such as gasoline. In automobiles, this is somewhat offset by the higher efficiency of electric motors in converting chemical energy to mechanical work, compared to combustion engines. The usage of "battery" to describe a group of electrical devices dates to Benjamin Franklin, who in 1748 described multiple Leyden jars by analogy to a battery of cannon (Benjamin Franklin borrowed the term "battery" from the military, which refers to weapons functioning together). Italian physicist Alessandro Volta built and described the first electrochemical battery, the voltaic pile, in 1800. This was a stack of copper and zinc plates, separated by
It Is the Business of the Future to Be Dangerous This was followed by a 12 date Germany/Netherlands tour in December. Some shows were recorded and were released as "The Business Trip" and the mistitled "Treworgey 1989" CD. Atomhenge CD bonus tracks It Is the Business of the Future to Be Dangerous It Is the Business of the Future to Be Dangerous is the eighteenth studio album by the English space rock group Hawkwind, released in 1993. It spent one week on the UK albums chart at #75. As with the previous album, "Electric Tepee", the group remained a three-piece of guitarist Dave Brock, bassist Alan Davey and drummer Richard