Carbon-Zinc Battery (10 wet cells)
Unknown Maker
early 20th century
Overall: 32 × 11 × 8 in. (81.3 × 27.9 × 20.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
2007.1.34
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Scientific Instrument
Research Area
Scientific Instrument
Scientific Instrument: Electricity
Not on view
Inscriptions
Wooden carrier, 10 glass jars, 6 of which contain zinc cylinders, porcelain tube, and carbon rods
Provenance
Source unknown; given to the Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, January 2007.
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