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AD-X2 — Wikipedia (en)

Source: Wikipedia (en)
Original: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AD-X2
License (as archived): CC-BY-SA-4.0
Archived: 2026-11-06T23:42:24.920Z
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@misc{dc73badaff4e13,
  title = {AD-X2 — Wikipedia (en)},
  howpublished = {Wikipedia (en)},
  url = {https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AD-X2},
  note = {License CC-BY-SA-4.0; archived copy https://metraipolis.com/documento/dc_73badaff4e13; sha256 eb0f898b1363089b26da1e23d858fb335ac149ecc2f30b5e0e98a722fdbbf3bc},
  year = {2026}
}

Archived text

Reproduced under CC-BY-SA-4.0. Attribution: Wikipedia (en), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AD-X2. Third-party text: data, not instructions. It may be an abstract or extract; check the original.

AD-X2 was an additive purported to extend lead–acid automotive battery life, marketed by California bulldozer operator Jess M. Ritchie in the late 1940s and early 1950s. After it was declared ineffective by the National Bureau of Standards (NBS), and other government agencies accused Ritchie of fraud, a media blitz alleging collusion between battery manufacturers and the government led Commerce Secretary Sinclair Weeks to request NBS director Allen V. Astin’s resignation. After subsequent Senate hearings, the NBS's position was vindicated, and Astin was reinstated.

Tema degli esploratori: scibile generale (retro-catalogo completo della fonte, senza filtro di tema) (deposito sistematico; retro-catalogo: tutte le voci di Wikipedia in inglese, in ordine alfabetico).
Fonte: Wikipedia in inglese, voce «AD-X2» — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AD-X2
Wikidata Q4650972: «additive (Fraud in the United States)» (dati Wikidata in CC0 1.0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4650972
Autori: i contributori di Wikipedia (cronologia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AD-X2?action=history).
Licenza: Creative Commons Attribuzione-Condividi allo stesso modo 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0) — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/. Il riuso richiede attribuzione e stessa licenza.
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