Battery Jar
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Artifact Overview
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, people used batteries to power telegraph and telephone systems, ring bells and alarms, run small appliances, or spark gasoline engines. A variety of companies produced wet cell batteries to meet this growing need. The glass jar held a conductive solution surrounding the carbon and zinc elements that produced an electrochemical reaction.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Battery jar
Place of Creation
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
29.1980.943
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of the Edison Pioneers.
Material
Glass (Material)
Metal
Paper (Fiber product)
Color
Brown
Black (Color)
Gray (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 7.75 in
Diameter: 4.5 in
Inscriptions
on label:
Manufacturers' and Inventors' / Electric Company / M and I ELECTRIC CO. / Manufacturers of and Dealers in / ELECTRICAL APPARATUS AND SUPPLIES / OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. / 82 and 84 NASSAU ST., / FACTORY. / 96 & 98 FULTON ST. / NEW YORK / DIRECTIONS FOR CHARGING / [...]
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