Bottle, battery oil
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1976.0167.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Edison, T.A.
- MODEL
- EDISON BATTERY OIL
- LOCATION
- Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GLASS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 3.8 cm
- Height
- 10.8 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Energy-electric
- Category
- Generation
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Edison
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Indiana
- City
- Bloomfield
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Between 1900 and 1972
- Canada
-
Nickel-iron batteries were widely used in Canada, espeically on telephone poles and for railroad signaling. - Function
-
The bottles contained battery oil used in nickel-iron batteries. - Technical
-
To prevent evaporation and gassing during the charging of nickel-iron batteries, battery oil was poured on top of the fresh electrolyte in battery each cell. The oil floated on the electrolyte, forming a thick protective layer that facilitated the recombination of battery gases and reduced evaporation. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INSCRIPTION: 'THOMAS A. EDISON INCORPORATED, BLOOMFIELD, N.J. U.S.A., EDISON BATTERY OIL'
- Missing
- CONTENTS OF BOTTLE
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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Edison, T.A., Bottle, battery oil, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1976.0167, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1976.0167.001/
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