Plunge Battery, English, c. 1860 | |||||||||||
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| Inventory Number: | 87655 | ||||||||||
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| Place Created: | England United Kingdom Europe |
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| Accession Number: | 1964-221 | ||||||||||
| Brief Description: | Three earthenware containers mounted in a mahogany tray, Inside the container there are plates of thin copper mounted on a wooden frame with a zinc plate on either side and brass terminals at the top. The units could be raised and lowered by one of the two small sacks of weights, one appears to contain filings and the other lead sheets. | ||||||||||
| Provenance: | Donated by Mr. A. C. Longland | ||||||||||
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| Material(s): |
Earthenware Mahogany Copper Alloy Copper Zinc Lead Hessian Metal String | ||||||||||
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