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- Edison Power Unit, Type 8P, Used in Edison Console Radio Phonographs, 1920-1930 -
- 1920-1930
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Edison Power Unit, Type 8P, Used in Edison Console Radio Phonographs, 1920-1930
- Gibson Electric Company Battery, 1889-1899 -
- 1889-1899
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Gibson Electric Company Battery, 1889-1899
- Edison-Lalande Battery, 1900-1910 - A chemical reaction hidden within this battery's white porcelain jar creates electricity. Thomas Edison developed this battery from an earlier design by Felix Lalande and Georges Chaperon. Batteries like this powered fans, phonographs, telephones, and a variety of other devices for years in places where the electric grid did not reach, or electric generators were impractical.
- 1900-1910
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Edison-Lalande Battery, 1900-1910
A chemical reaction hidden within this battery's white porcelain jar creates electricity. Thomas Edison developed this battery from an earlier design by Felix Lalande and Georges Chaperon. Batteries like this powered fans, phonographs, telephones, and a variety of other devices for years in places where the electric grid did not reach, or electric generators were impractical.
- E. G. L. Co. Samson Battery No. 2, 1883-1900 - In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, people used batteries to power telegraph and telephone systems, ring bells and alarms, or spark gasoline engines. The Electric Gas Lighting Company in Boston Massachusetts made this wet cell battery called the Samson. Its glass jar held a conductive solution surrounding the carbon and zinc elements that produced an electrochemical reaction.
- 1883-1900
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E. G. L. Co. Samson Battery No. 2, 1883-1900
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, people used batteries to power telegraph and telephone systems, ring bells and alarms, or spark gasoline engines. The Electric Gas Lighting Company in Boston Massachusetts made this wet cell battery called the Samson. Its glass jar held a conductive solution surrounding the carbon and zinc elements that produced an electrochemical reaction.
- A. L. Ide & Sons Engine-Generator, circa 1905 -
- circa 1905
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A. L. Ide & Sons Engine-Generator, circa 1905
- Power Source for Navy Radio Transmitter, 1918 -
- October 01, 1918
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Power Source for Navy Radio Transmitter, 1918
- Edison-Lalande Battery, 1900-1910 - A chemical reaction hidden within this battery's white porcelain jar creates electricity. Thomas Edison developed this battery from an earlier design by Felix Lalande and Georges Chaperon. Batteries like this powered fans, phonographs, telephones, and a variety of other devices for years in places where the electric grid did not reach, or electric generators were impractical.
- 1900-1910
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Edison-Lalande Battery, 1900-1910
A chemical reaction hidden within this battery's white porcelain jar creates electricity. Thomas Edison developed this battery from an earlier design by Felix Lalande and Georges Chaperon. Batteries like this powered fans, phonographs, telephones, and a variety of other devices for years in places where the electric grid did not reach, or electric generators were impractical.
- National Electric Supply Co. No. 6 Dry Cell Battery, 1918 -
- 1918
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National Electric Supply Co. No. 6 Dry Cell Battery, 1918
- Western Electric Blue Bell Batteries -
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Western Electric Blue Bell Batteries