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Voltaic Chain Battery

Inventory Number 65736


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.65736

Item type
Object
Provenance
Associated with J.L. Pulvermacher
Primary inscriptions
'Pulvermacher'
Physical material
Copper
Zinc
fabric
Object type
Battery
Dimensions
Height: 508mm Width: 37mm Depth: 9mm Weight: 217g
Inventory No
65736

Description

Voltaic Chain Battery c.1880 - Pulvermacher's pattern

Fifty cells, each consisting of a perforated copper tube with a zinc tube and intervening red fabric. Each cell is held together by connecting pieces of metal. The end two cells have a hole used for attaching handles which are now missing.