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- Battery Jar - 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.
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Battery Jar
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.