Lord Kelvin wrote a favourable review for Faure's new battery design that appeared in The Times.
[2] Despite Lord Kelvin's optimism, various shortcomings in Faure design became apparent.
[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.
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