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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1978.0119.003

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 3
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Unknown

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: N/A
Width: N/A
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Communications
Category: Telephony
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

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 telephone 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 each battery 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: EMBOSSED ON THE FRONT IS: 'EDISON/ BATTERY OIL/ MADE IN U.S.A./ [A HORIZONTAL LINE]/ THOMAS A. EDISON/ INCORPORATED/ BLOOMFIELD, N.J., U.S.A.'/ EMBOSSED ON THE BOTTOM: '400'
Missing: CAP & OIL
Finish: Unknown
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Bottle, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1978.0119, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1978.0119.003/

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