Battery
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- OBJECT TYPE
- PRIMARY CELL/EDISON
- DATE
- 1920
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1978.0198.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Edison, Thomas A. Inc.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- West Orange, New Jersey, 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
- CERAMIC JAR/ METAL SCREW & BOLT
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 14.2 cm
- Height
- 24.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telephony
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Edison
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New Jersey
- City
- West Orange
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- BEFORE 1920
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
PROVIDE POWER FOR TELEPHONE TRANSMISSION - Technical
-
EARLY PRIMARY TELEPHONE BATTERY - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- EMBOSSED ON LID: 'EDISON/ BSCO/ PRIMARY BATTERY/ PATENTED/ JULY 28, JULY 28, '08 SEPT 6, '10 APRIL 4, '11/ OTHER PATENTS PENDING/ TRADE/ THOMAS A. EDISON (WRITTEN TRADE MARK)/ REG.US. MARK PAT. OFF./ THOMAS A. EDISON, INC., ORANGE, N.J.'
- Missing
- 2 ZINC PLATES; 1 COPPER PLATE IS IN PLACE (REF.2)
- Finish
- WHITE GLAZED CERAMIC
- Decoration
- N/A
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Edison, Thomas A. Inc., Battery, before 1920, Artifact no. 1978.0198, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1978.0198.001/
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